SHANE LOWRY COULDN’T play his way into contention at the Houston Open – but he still managed to make it a memorable week with the fourth hole-in-one of his PGA Tour career.
Lowry, who started Sunday 13 shots behind clubhouse leader Gary Woodland, aced the 170-yard, par-three second hole to get his final round off to a flyer.
Remarkably, the Clara native has now had holes-in-one in three of the last five PGA Tour seasons, as well as an unforgettable ace at the 2016 Masters.
“It’s pretty cool to make a 1, isn’t it?” Lowry said after finishing with a two-under par 68 to end the week on seven-under. “I made one at Pebble [Beach] last year and that’s my first one since.
“It’s a good start to my round. Unfortunately I didn’t kick on from there, but yeah, it’s pretty cool. Always nice. I’m pretty happy.”
Describing his shot into the second, Lowry said: “It was 170 and it was into a little draught. It was early in the morning, and it was like a perfect sort of 75 7-iron. I have a little cut 75 7-iron that I hit, and it just came out perfect, nice high cut.
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“I said to Darren [Reynolds, caddy], actually I was thinking it’s quite similar to the pin position at 6 at Augusta. I was thinking this is the type of shot you need to hit in there.
“I had a good visual for it and I just hit a beautiful shot. Yeah, it was good.”
Overall, Lowry declared himself “pretty happy” with his week’s work on a course which he said “doesn’t suit my game at all”. With the Masters now less than a fortnight away, he heads to Augusta National for two days of practice before a weekend off to fine-tune his preparations at home.
“I think I got a lot of good out of it, so I’m happy.”
He added: “[I] obviously wanted to play a tournament and I come off the back of two missed cuts. Obviously I got off to a great start this season and then at Bay Hill, Players, I wasn’t very good.
“I think what happened at Cognizant was kind of – might have let that dwell over me for a bit longer than I should have.
“It was nice to come out here and play four rounds and hit some really good shots. I felt like I
drove the ball well this week.
“Like, you just have to look at the top of the leaderboard: it’s all 185 [mph], 190 ball speed guys. This golf course is for them but I’m pretty happy.”
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Shane Lowry makes FOURTH hole-in-one of his PGA Tour career
LAST UPDATE | 29 Mar
SHANE LOWRY COULDN’T play his way into contention at the Houston Open – but he still managed to make it a memorable week with the fourth hole-in-one of his PGA Tour career.
Lowry, who started Sunday 13 shots behind clubhouse leader Gary Woodland, aced the 170-yard, par-three second hole to get his final round off to a flyer.
Remarkably, the Clara native has now had holes-in-one in three of the last five PGA Tour seasons, as well as an unforgettable ace at the 2016 Masters.
“It’s pretty cool to make a 1, isn’t it?” Lowry said after finishing with a two-under par 68 to end the week on seven-under. “I made one at Pebble [Beach] last year and that’s my first one since.
“It’s a good start to my round. Unfortunately I didn’t kick on from there, but yeah, it’s pretty cool. Always nice. I’m pretty happy.”
Describing his shot into the second, Lowry said: “It was 170 and it was into a little draught. It was early in the morning, and it was like a perfect sort of 75 7-iron. I have a little cut 75 7-iron that I hit, and it just came out perfect, nice high cut.
“I said to Darren [Reynolds, caddy], actually I was thinking it’s quite similar to the pin position at 6 at Augusta. I was thinking this is the type of shot you need to hit in there.
“I had a good visual for it and I just hit a beautiful shot. Yeah, it was good.”
Overall, Lowry declared himself “pretty happy” with his week’s work on a course which he said “doesn’t suit my game at all”. With the Masters now less than a fortnight away, he heads to Augusta National for two days of practice before a weekend off to fine-tune his preparations at home.
“I think I got a lot of good out of it, so I’m happy.”
He added: “[I] obviously wanted to play a tournament and I come off the back of two missed cuts. Obviously I got off to a great start this season and then at Bay Hill, Players, I wasn’t very good.
“I think what happened at Cognizant was kind of – might have let that dwell over me for a bit longer than I should have.
“It was nice to come out here and play four rounds and hit some really good shots. I felt like I
drove the ball well this week.
“Like, you just have to look at the top of the leaderboard: it’s all 185 [mph], 190 ball speed guys. This golf course is for them but I’m pretty happy.”
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