Shane Lowry
Golf
BIOGRAPHY
Shane won the Irish Open as an amateur in 2009, and turned professional a week later. In 2015 he won the prestigious World Golf Championship (Bridgestone Invitational), and his career highlight so far is his Major win at the 2019 British Open at Royal Portrush. He has had eight top ten finishes in Majors so far, including tied third at the 2022 Masters, and tied fourth in the PGA in 2021, with two Ryder Cup appearances also. He was sixth in the PGA at Valhalla this year where he became only the fifth golfer in history to shoot a 62 in a Major, and the first European ever to do so. This season he also had five top ten finishes on the PGA tour, including victory in the Zurich Classic in April with his Irish teammate Rory McIlroy. Now based in Florida and a sponsor of his beloved Offaly GAA since 2021, Shane made his Olympic debut in Tokyo where he finished tied 22nd with a score of 274 (70-65-68-71).
GOLF NEWS
DIFFICULT DAY AT LE GOLF NATIONAL FOR MAGUIRE AND MEADOW
Leona Maguire and Stephanie Meadow were back in action at Le Golf National in round two of the women’s singles today. Meadow carded a round of 74; four better than yesterday, but Maguire will be frustrated after signing for a round of 79 today. GOLF It was another unforgiving day for Stephanie Meadow and Leona [...]
KATE O CONNOR MAKES HISTORY AS FIRST IRISH OLYMPIC HEPTATHLETE
Team Ireland’s Kate O’Connor made history today becoming Ireland’s first ever heptathlete to compete at an Olympic Games. The Newry native competed in two of the seven events this morning; 100m hurdles and High Jump to sit on 1908 points (19th overall) ahead of the next two events this evening. Leona Maguire and Stephanie Meadow are back [...]
DAY 12 EVENING REPORT FROM TEAM IRELAND
Irish track star Rhasidat Adeleke finished second in her semi-final of the women’s 400m to advance to her first ever Olympic final on Friday night. In doing so Adeleke becomes the first Irish woman ever to make a sprint final at an Olympic Games. In Taekwondo in the repechage round Jack Woolley put in an improved performance, but ultimately [...]
Day 8 – Team Ireland Paris 2024
Team Ireland’s Gymnastics superstar Rhys McClenaghan has won an Olympic gold medal in the Pommel Horse final this evening, with a magnificent score of 15.533, becoming the first Irish gymnast to ever win an Olympic medal. Cyclist Ben Healy secured Ireland’s best ever result in an Olympic road race with a brilliant 10th place finish this afternoon. Team [...]
SARAH LAVIN AND SHANE LOWRY ANNOUNCED AS FLAGBEARERS FOR OPENING CEREMONY
At a media event this morning in the Irish Cultural Centre in the heart of Paris, Limerick athlete Sarah Lavin and Offaly golfer Shane Lowry were both unveiled as the Team Ireland Flagbearers for tonight’s Opening Ceremony like no other along the river Seine, which gets underway at 7pm Irish time. Flagbearers The Limerick sprint [...]
Team Ireland Golfers Selected For Paris 2024
The Olympic Federation of Ireland has officially selected the golf team who are set to compete at the Olympic Games in Paris this summer. Replicating the team that competed in Tokyo 2020, the Paris 2024 team of Rory McIlroy, Shane Lowry, Leona Maguire and Stephanie Meadow will once again represent Ireland in golf at the Olympic Games. The golf tournament occurs [...]