Shane Lowry
The main tournament wins for Shane Lowry are shown in the table below, which also includes relevant information on venues, scores and prize money.
America
Zurich
Played as the Zurich Classic of New Orleans (Apr 25-28; two-man team event: betterball rounds 1&3; alternate shot rounds 2&4). Rory McIlroy (N.Ire) & Shane Lowry (Ire) beat Chad Ramey (USA) & Martin Trainer (USA) with a par at the first playoff hole (par-5 18th). McIlroy won his 25th PGA Tour title, Lowry his third, and both took home prize money of $1,286,050. [TPC Louisiana, Avondale, nr New Orleans, LA].
Europe
BMW
Played as the BMW PGA Championship (Sept 8-11). Second-placed Rory McIlroy (N.Ire) and Jon Rahm (Esp) finished 1 shot behind Shane Lowry (Ire), whose rounds of 66, 68 and 65 were bogey free. Tournament reduced to 54 holes after Friday's play was cancelled following the death of Queen Elizabeth II on Thursday. [West course, Wentworth Club, Virginia Water, Surrey]. Fourth of five Rolex Series events on the 2022 European (DP World) Tour.
Majors
R&A
The Open Championship (148th) (July 18-21). Second-placed Tommy Fleetwood (Eng) finished 6 shots behind 32-year-old Lowry (Ire), whose course record 63 in the third round set-up his first major championship win. Lowry became the fifth Irishman to take home the Claret Jug, and the first to achieve his victory on Irish soil. [Dunluce Links, Royal Portrush GC, Co. Antrim, N. Ireland].
Europe
HSBC
Played as the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship presented by EGA (Jan 16-19; first of eight European Tour Rolex Series events; first European Tour event of 2019; part of 2018/19 schedule). Second-placed Richard Sterne (RSA) finished 1 shot behind Shane Lowry (Ire), who won with a final hole birdie. [Abu Dhabi GC, UAE].
WGC
Bridgestone
Played as the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational (Aug 6-9). Second-placed Bubba Watson (USA) finished 2 shots behind Lowry (Ire), who recorded his first WGC win, first PGA Tour win and third on the European Tour. [South course, Firestone CC, Akron, Ohio].
Europe
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Played as the Portugal Masters (Oct 11-14). Second-placed Ross Fisher (Eng) finished 1 shot behind Shane Lowry (Ire), who became only the second player on the European Tour to win both as an amateur and a professional (Spain's Pablo Martín was the first). [Victoria GC, Vilamoura, Algarve].
Europe
3 Mobile
Played as the 3 Irish Open (May 14-17). Lowry (Ire; amateur) beat Robert Rock (Eng) with a par at the third playoff hole. 22-year-old Lowry, a +5 handicap amateur, was playing in his first European Tour event, and became only the third amateur to win on the European Tour. [County Louth GC, Baltray, Drogheda, Ireland].
Chevron Championship: Carlton Woods near Houston in Texas provides the stage for the first women’s major championship of 2025, where Nelly Korda defends her title. (April 24-27).
Soudal Open: successor to the Belgian Open, the Soudal Open takes place on the quiet, wooded North course of Rinkven Golfclub. Belgian stars Thomas Pieters and Nicolas Colsaerts will be vying for top honours. (May 22-25).
Rory McIlroy: with his 2025 win in The Masters, Rory joined the pantheon of golfing greats who have achieved a career Grand Slam of men’s majors ... Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan, Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods are the only others in this select band.
Bernhard Langer: he may have played in his last Masters Tournament, but the 67-year-old German will be trying to extend his own record, and win a 13th senior major title at the 36th Regions Tradition. (May 15-18).
Marco Simone Golf & Country Club: With a clubhouse that might befit a Roman Emperor, and a golf course to match, you can be sure of a memorable outing at Rome's most talked about golf facility.
Jim Fazio's original layout was much changed to create a modern Ryder Cup course ... now one of the Eternal City's (and Italy's) most revered.
Here at Prince’s Golf Club you'll find 27 excellent holes of links golf. Just over the fence and sharing similar terrain is Royal St George’s; but Prince’s is far from overshadowed by its venerable neighbour. The three nine-hole loops at Prince's, laid out over gently undulating terrain, are sure to bring a smile of satisfaction to all lovers of links golf.
Stay&Play at Prince's: excellent onsite Lodge accommodation available
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