Who can forget that “competitive trance” that followed him around the course while retaining The Open Championship at Royal Birkdale in 2008? But for every Tiger andPádraig, there are dozens of ‘nearly’ men who have given themselves a sniff at major championship success, only for fate to intervene. Bridging the gap to major championship success on the main tour has been a lifetime ambition, never achieved to date, for prolific winners like Lee Westwood, Rickie Fowler, and Matt Kuchar. The first 36 holes in every major championship are almost anybody’s. Experience has already taught Lowry that true major championship winning form, takes time but clearly the course very much fits his eye.

Source: Irish Examiner July 19, 2019 23:15 UTC