Shane Lowry

Shane Lowry

37-Year-Old Golfer
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2024 Fantasy Outlook
Lowry has plenty of talent, and he often fares well when he plays, but the problem is, he doesn't play that often. He's made just 18 starts in each of the past two seasons which means that any bad showing means a lot more than others that play 30 times per season. Lowry doesn't often play poorly, but at 36 it's hard to say that he's getting better. With that said, this past season was not one of his best, so there's plenty of room for improvement. Lowry actually made $1 million in 2021-2022 than he did this past season and that was before elevated events were in play. Lowry's ceiling isn't as high as it used to be, but he can certainly do better than he did this past season. Read Past Outlooks
T12 at BMW PGA Championship
September 23, 2024
Lowry finished in a share of 12th place at the BMW PGA Championship after shooting a five-under 67 in the final round.
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The 2022 winner of the BMW PGA Championship posted bookend rounds of 67 this week, but was only able to muster 71's in the middle and that left him on the outside of the top-10 in Wentworth. That being said, Lowry has finished T13-T9-T12-T12 in his last four starts and it wouldn't be surprising to see him grab a win before the end of 2024. Lowry is listed in the field for the acciona Open de Espana.
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
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Lowry is the rare European Tour player that's had a lot of success on this side of the pond. It didn't begin that way however as Lowry struggled for years to find his footing, but his win at the Open Championship in 2019 seemed to unlock his full potential. The Irishman is probably now the best player without a PGA Tour victory. He cam close with a runner-up at the Honda Classic and T3's at the Masters and RBC Heritage. Lowry ranked ninth in SG: Approach, second in proximity to the hole, third in scrambling and ninth in scoring average. There's a lot of things here to like about Lowry going forward.
Lowry won the Open Championship in 2019 and seemingly coasted through the 2019-2020 season. But he bounced back in 2020-21, missing only two cuts. He played his best golf during summer and into the FedEx Cup playoffs, showing some strong ball-striking that hasn't always been there throughout his career. Lowry ended up top-25 in SG: approach, SG: around and SG: tee-to-green. The putter was really the only thing holding him back. It wouldn't be a surprise to see Lowry carry this momentum into this season.
Lowry hit it big in 2019 when he won the Open Championship, but that wasn't the only thing he accomplished. He also scored a 3rd-place finish and a runner-up on his way to over $3.4 million in earnings. This past season however, there wasn't much to write home about as he only managed one top-10 in 13 starts. Lowry's cap number is so low entering this season however that it'll be hard to pass him up in salary cap formats.
After three up-and-down seasons as the full-time member of the PGA Tour, few expected Lowry to have a break-out season this past year, but with a win at the Open Championship, that's exactly what happened. Lowry got off to a terrible start last season, but prior to the Open Championship, he showed signs that his game was rounding into form. Predictably, the major win was his last good showing of the season as he likely spent the rest of the year celebrating. Lowry will get it back together before next season starts, but he's set the bar too high in salary cap leagues. He'll have plenty of value in other formats however.
Lowry's disappointing 2017-18 saw zero top-10s and only four top-25s in 19 starts on the PGA Tour. The burly Irishman has flashed signs of talent in big tournaments, but his limited play on the PGA Tour along with his poor performance the past two seasons makes him a menacing pick in most fantasy golf formats. As such, his outlook for next season looks similar to the past two, though he should strike a top-10 at some point if he can find his rhythm for four consecutive rounds.
Lowry's body of work saw no near-wins last season and a rank outside the top 125, a clear disappointment coming off a $1,585,436 season the year prior. Fortunately for him, his 2015 WGC-Bridgestone victory granted him a three-year exemption that will extend his fully exempt PGA Tour status through the 2017-18 season. After nearly winning the U.S. Open in 2016, the burly Irishman has posted just one top-10, so it's clear Lowry comes with some volatility. Further increasing his risk has been a limited schedule of 17 or less PGA Tour events the last three seasons, so be warned that his above average talent comes with downside as well.
Lowry's first full-season on the PGA Tour was mostly a success, but it could have been so much better if not for a disastrous final-round at the U.S. Open. Lowry, a season European Tour veteran, dipped his toes in the PGA Tour pond for the first time last season and at $1.5 million in earnings, it had to be classified as a success, but a major-win would have catapulted him into an entirely different stratosphere. With that said, his loss is the salary cap player's gain as his price is very reasonable heading into this season. It would be nice to see some added consistency this season, but that can be expected after getting acclimated last year. In draft leagues, he should be taken in the sixth or seventh round.
Lowry, a 22-year-old from Ireland, is ranked 16th in the World Amateur Golf Rankings as of mid-May 2009. He is being urged to declare himself as a professional by Darren Clarke and Rory McIlroy.
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Top-10 in FedExCup finale
September 3, 2024
Lowry finished in a tie for ninth place at the TOUR Championship after a three-under 68 in the final round.
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Misses cut in Greensboro
August 12, 2024
Lowry carded a two-day total of two-under at the Wyndham Championship to miss the cut by two shots.
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Takes sixth place at the Open
July 21, 2024
Lowry closed with a three-under 68 to finish in solo sixth place at the Open Championship on Sunday.
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Finishes T9 at Travelers
June 24, 2024
Lowry carded a three-under 67 in the final rounf of the Travelers Championship to finish in a tie for ninth place.
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Top-20 at U.S. Open
June 17, 2024
Lowry fired a one-under 69 on Sunday at the U.S. Open to finish tied for 19th place.
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