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ShaneLowry
Shane Lowry's Open Championship win shapes how he is seen at home and abroad, with his week-to-week golf split between the European and PGA Tours.
Lowry explained
Shane Lowry gives Irish golf a major champion to follow at the game's biggest events, and the Open Championship he won in 2019 is the result that carries his name internationally. At home it is the week supporters return to whenever the Open comes round, and it shapes what is expected of him at every other tournament. Much of his career since has been measured against it.
His competitive base covers the European Tour, the PGA Tour and the DP World Tour. Seven professional wins and a major championship are the headline results, while at 39 he still commits to a calendar that spans both sides of the game. That is the shape of his current standing: an established winner rather than a player chasing a first breakthrough.
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An Irish professional golfer from Clara, he competes on the European Tour and the PGA Tour. He studied at Athlone Institute of Technology and lives in Dublin and Jupiter, Florida.
A single major victory came at The Open in 2019. His best finishes elsewhere include a tied second at the US Open in 2016.
He is 39 years of age, having been born on 2 April 1987 in Clara, Ireland.
His birth date is 2 April 1987, and he holds Irish nationality.
Seven professional wins make up his career tally across the tours he plays. He turned professional in 2009.