Shane Lowry arrives at this year’s BMW PGA Championship in pursuit of his second win in as many weeks.
The Irishman produced a stellar performance on home soil mere days ago, claiming his second Amgen Irish Open title by a record-breaking 11 shots in County Clare.
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The 2019 Open Champion and now seven-time DP World Tour winner returns to Surrey in the hope of adding more success to his name, having sealed victory at Wentworth Club in 2022. That win, his last on golf’s Global Tour prior to the weekend’s success, marked his second at a Rolex Series event.
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Lowry, who has enjoyed an impressive record over the famous West Course with a further four top tens and 11 top twenty finishes since his debut in 2010, will be joined by Champion Golfer of the Year Ryan Fox as another player hoping to add to his past success.
The New Zealander marked his first win on the Rolex Series at the 2023 BMW PGA Championship, recovering from an early triple-bogey to post an impressive Sunday 67 and finish one shot ahead of English pair Tyrrell Hatton and Aaron Rai.
His victory at Royal Birkdale earlier this year, where he became just the second Kiwi golfer to win the Open Championship, has made for a memorable campaign to date, with a second title at one of the DP World Tour’s premier events now in his sights.
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Englishman Tommy Fleetwood will also be aiming for glory, as he chases his maiden win on home soil. The World Number Eight and reigning FedExCup Champion, who has been victorious on the DP World Tour on eight occasions, will tee it up at Wentworth for a 15th consecutive season.
Compatriot and 2022 U.S. Open winner Matt Fitzpatrick, the highest-ranked Englishman in this year’s field, will too be looking to please the home crowds and etch his name into the history books on the outskirts of London.
Player Quotes
Shane Lowry: Not really had much time to reflect on much to be honest. It’s been a busy few days since I finished on 18 on Sunday but it’s been great. There’s a few times where I spent the few days after a tournament been pretty miserable this year. So it’s nice to, it was actually – even though I was quite tired it was nice to get to Adare on Monday and spend some time with the lads and do that and then nice to go home and see my folks. Had a nice few days and obviously back here this week and back to work. Get rest this afternoon and tomorrow morning and get after it again.
I think you just have to look outside. You look at the posters around the tournament, and since I’ve come here back in 2010 for the first time, I’ve always loved coming here and just loved the area itself, it’s just a nice place to be. I mean, a golf course I always play okay around here. Just always really enjoyed it. It’s always felt like one of the biggest tournaments of the year, which it is, and yeah, it’s just a good week.
It’s something we talked Sunday evening with my team, into Monday. We talked about you have to go through the tough times to experience the good times, and it’s very, very hard at times to go through those tough times. But I’d go through them a million times over to experience what I did on Sunday.
