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Pluck of the Irish. Irishman Shane Lowry fired a final round 6. World Golf Championships- Bridgestone Invitational. He erased a two- shot deficit in the final round to defeat Bubba Watson by two shots. Co- 5. 4- hole leaders Jim Furyk and Justin Rose rounded out the podium in T3 two shots further shots back. This is Lowry's first win on TOUR and first anywhere since 2.
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Defending champion Rory Mc. Ilroy did not start due to an injury.
Spunky Notre Dame laid claim to the top spot in the national rankings by outlasting No. Here are 10 small-screen Irish families that we've loved making part of ours By Kenny Herzog Special to MSN TVAs St. Patrick's Day approaches, visions of clovers and. The cream of the Irish literati were on. Patrick s Day spread would be complete without a celebratory soda bread, and no true Irish soda bread would be complete without caraway seeds. Irishman Shane Lowry fired a final round 66 to post 11-under-par 269 to win the World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational. He erased a two-shot deficit in the.
Lowry broke onto the scene in 2. Robert Rock to win the Irish Open as an amateur so his pedigree has been well defined. After immediately turning pro after his inaugural win, Lowry racked up his second win in 2. Portugal Masters. He broke into the OWGR top 5. He wrapped up the year with a solo fifth at the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai. Lowry shook it up this offseason by spending time in Spain and Orlando and foregoing the early European Tour events in the desert.
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He responded with T7 at Torrey Pines, T2. Pebble Beach and T1. WGC- Cadillac to open his season on this side of the pond. He cooled off drastically after that start with three MC, T3. T5. 8 in his next five. He bounced back onto the scene with T6 at Wentworth and T9 at Chambers Bay.
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Lowry entered the week off MC at St. Andrews and nothing inside the top 2. In eight previous rounds on the South Course Lowry had posted six better than par, one at par and one below par (6. This was only his eighth WGC event and third WGC- BI so he didn't have much to lean on in terms of experience this week. He joins Hunter Mahan as the only two players to win this even that have not won a major championship.
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The tough, Irish-bred Go And Go shipped into New York from the Emerald Isle and won the 1
Only Jose- Maria Olazabal and Nick Price had made Firestone the scene of their first wins on TOUR. His 6. 6 was the T- second- lowest round of the day behind Camilo Villegas' 6.
He only made seven bogeys for the week and only two on the weekend (both on Saturday). He also didn't make any crooked numbers for the week. Very steady. He held his nerve by holing a couple of huge wedges and huge putts to get up- and- down plus his recovery shot on the final hole was pure class.
He holed 1. 8 birdies, good for No. Watching it felt like he hit almost every fairway and green on Sunday but he was T2.
T5 (4. 7/7. 2) GIR for the week. Toss in sixth in strokes- gained: putting, ninth in putts per GIR and fourth in strokes- gained: tee- to- green and it's no wonder he collected his first victory on TOUR. It was a strange week at Firestone South for many reasons including the winner. The course played firm and fast and that had not been the case in recent years. Players had problems holding fairways and greens making par a very solid score. Lowry ended the week as the only player in double figures and 2.
Even though the South Course is right in front of the players, the tight driving conditions, lightning- fast greens plus par 7. Lowry was a deserving winner as he avoided the big numbers and held his nerve against major champions down the stretch.
Lowry racks up a five year exemption on TOUR with his WGC victory so he no longer has to worry about status and where he finishes. This makes him even more appetizing to gamers in all formats because he'll get to make his schedule moving forward. Lowry banks $1. 5. Fed. Ex. Cup points but those points will NOT count towards his season total. He becomes the first player with Special Temporary Membership to win on TOUR since Jordan Spieth in 2.
According to PGATOUR Media on Twitter, WGC points are not retroactive so Lowry has 2. FEC points and does not currently rank inside the top 1. He'll need another decent finish at the PGA Championship to be eligible for the Playoffs if he so chooses.
After 2. 8 wins in 4. USA takes a back seat to Ireland this week with Lowry's win but rallied with J. J. Henry's win at the Barracuda Championship (details below). Brooks Koepka, Bill Haas, Jimmy Walker, Patrick Reed, Charley Hoffman, Bubba Watson twice, Ryan Moore, Robert Streb, Ben Martin, Brandt Snedeker, James Hahn (born in Korea; US citizen), Dustin Johnson, Jordan Spieth, Matt Every, Walker again, J. B. Holmes, Spieth again, Jim Furyk, Rickie Fowler, Chris Kirk, Spieth FOUR TIMES, Zach Johnson, Scott Piercy, Troy Merritt and Henry are the USA champs.
Alex Cejka (Germany), Paddy Harrington (Ireland), Sangmoon Bae (Korea), Nick Taylor (Canada), Jason Day TWICE (Australia), Justin Rose (England), Mc. Ilroy times two (Northern Ireland), Steven Bowditch (Australia), David Lingmerth (Sweden), Fabian Gomez (Argentina), Danny Lee (South Korea) and Lowry (Ireland) are the 1. This was the 4. 0th event but WGC- Match Play doesn't have a 5.
Poor Jim Furyk is now 0- for his last 1. Justin Rose is now 1 of 3 in 2. Henry managed to hold on to his 5.
After 1. 3 first- time winners in 2. After 4. 1 events in 2. Gomez, Lingmerth, Martin, Streb, Taylor, Koepka, Hahn, Cejka, Lee, Merritt and Lowry have broken through to make it 1. The course record was more than safe this week as Justin Rose was the only player to break 6. The tournament record of 2. Young Guns Versus Prime Time Versus Old Guys.
I annually keep track of the age of the winners on TOUR because I. GET OFF MY VIAGRA. Bae got the youngsters (under 3. Martin and Streb, both 2. Nick Taylor, 2. 6, popped in to close out 2. SFC. Reed joined the party at a whopping 2.
HTOC followed by Koepka, 2. Phoenix and Jason Day, 2. Torrey Pines and now RBC Canadian. Spieth, 2. 2, has won at Valspar, Augusta, Chambers Bay and TPC Deere Valley. Mc. Ilroy, 2. 6, Fowler, 2. Mc. Ilroy won again at Quail Hollow. Lingmerth, the winner at Memorial, turned 2.
July and was at it again this week. Merritt adds victory No. Lowry, 2. 8, makes it 1. Dustin Johnson (3. James Hahn (3. 3), Brandt Snedeker (3. Bill Haas (3. 2), Jimmy Walker TWICE (3.
Charley Hoffman (3. Bubba Watson (3. 6) TWICE, Ryan Moore (3. Matt Every (3. 1), J. B. Holmes (3. 2),Justin Rose (3. Chris Kirk (3. 0), Steven Bowditch (3. Fabian Gomez (3. 6), Scott Piercy (3.
Zach Johnson (3. 9) are the prime time guys with silverware (3. The old guys (4. 0- and- over) have Jim Furyk, Paddy Harrington and Alex Cejka as representatives in their smallish club in 2. Furyk gave it another go again this week at Firestone, T3, but couldn't get over the hump. The old boys open the door to newly old guy Henry, who turned 4. April. They'll take all the Ws they can get! Hindsight. What I learned from the finishers in the top 1.
Bubba Watson: It took six tries and 2. Watson finally found a South Course set- up that he likes: firm and fast. He put four rounds at par- or- better and that included three rounds under par. The only other time he did this was 2. T2. 1. Watson made enough putts, including a ton to save par on Saturday, and led the field in GIR. Every time I think I have Watson figured out he zags the other way so I'm learning as well. He'll follow up back- to- back seconds on TOUR to Whistling Straits (WS) where he lost in a playoff in 2.
When course form meets recent form! Jim Furyk: Make it four top 1. Firestone. Furyk backed up his solo fourth last time out at RBC Canadian Open with T3 this week but the elusive victory at the WGC- BI eludes the veteran again. He lead by four after 3. Sunday was all too familiar for veteran gamers.
Furyk is now 0- 1. I'm trying to remember why I even kept him in the lineup for Yahoo for the final round!
That won't happen again! Furyk is automatic at certain places and this qualifies. The only disappointing part is the non- winning. Justin Rose: If Furyk wasn't going to take it there wasn't much doubt in my mind that Rose was going to be the one left standing at the end of the final round. Rose's masterful bogey- free 6. Saturday turned around to a two- over 7. T3. Rose only made two bogeys in his first 5.
He led the field in strokes gained: tee- to- green so it wasn't his ball- striking; he was 6. SGP and 5. 9th in PPGIR so it was the flat stick that was the culprit. Ball- striking > putting next week at Whistling Straits so I'm as high as ever on the Englishman. He's hit the top six in his last three on TOUR.
Robert Streb: Hard courses, easy courses, you name it, Streb has had a magnificent summer and it continued this week with solo fifth. Not bad for his first trips around the South Course either as the first- timer put all four rounds at par or better including three in the 6. He led the field with 2. His length and solid short game made up for the lack of accuracy. He's made nine cuts in a row since MC at the Zurich and this was his second top 1. David Lingmerth: Another virgin to the WGC- BI who wasn't intimidated by the field or the course, Lingmerth continued his hottness as well with T6.
He won in his last trip to Ohio by defeating Rose in a playoff at Memorial before posting T6 at Greenbrier and solo third last week at QLN. His slow start (7. He made only two bogeys on the weekend, one each day, on the back of excellent all- around play. Danny Lee: I feel like I could just copy and paste the recap from QLN here minus Troy Merritt!
More proof that guys who are hot should be saddled up and ridden until they fall over as Rose, Lingmerth, Fowler and Lee were all in the top 1. Lee admitted as much after his round of 6. Thursday as he suggested that he wasn't doing much wrong lately. With the Presidents Cup on the top of his mind he's trying to play his way on to the international team. His July/August won't hurt his chances as he's rolled off WIN- T3- MC- T4- T6 in his last five.
Brooks Koepka: Like Lingmerth, Koepka has proven to be a quick learner in Akron as he posted all four rounds under par in his maiden voyage. With three 6. 9s and a 6. Koepka kept his reputation for not blinking against big fields on big tracks.
He made the cut at Augusta in his first try and T1. St. Andrews in his first look. His T6 finish gives him three top 1. T2. 2. He's missed one cut this YEAR. He hits it a mile, finds plenty of GIR (T5 this week) and can really, really putt (fourth SGP). That seems to work anywhere in the world. Henrik Stenson: Piggybacks his T2 in 2.
T1. 9 last year with T6 this year.
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