NO LUCK OF THE IRISH... LOWRY WAS PURE GENIUS

That was Shane Lowry this week, but to be fair, the party was pretty big first time around in 2019 when he became the first Irishman to win The Open on home soil.

- BY NICK CHERRIE

Shane Lowry 67 67 63 72

Tommy Fleetwood 68 67 66 74

Tony Finau 68 70 68 71

Brooks Koepka 68 69 67 74

Lee Westwood 68 67 70 73

2019 Championship at Royal Portrush

“IF I do win it again, the party will be twice as big.”

Fred Daly was the first Irishman to win The Open in 1947, but Lowry's win six years ago was another level, with the whole of Ireland 'on his bag'.