Shane Lowry on majors and Ryder Cup being ‘full focus’ in 2025 with returns to Royal Portrush, Oakmont and Augusta | Golf Information

Shane Lowry has excessive hopes of including to his main tally and securing a Ryder Cup return in 2025, regardless of having “pure hatred” for one of many programs on this 12 months’s roster.

Lowry is again contained in the world’s prime 20 after a robust begin to the season and has 4 prime 10s in majors since his breakthrough success at The Open in 2019, the place he produced a dominant six-shot win over Tommy Fleetwood at Royal Portrush.

The ultimate males’s main of the 12 months returns to the identical Northern Eire course this July, reside on Sky Sports activities, whereas the US Open is again at Oakmont for the primary time since Lowry squandered a four-shot lead through the remaining spherical of the 2016 contest

Quail Hole Membership hosts the PGA Championship, the venue the place Rory McIlroy has gained the Wells Fargo Championship 4 occasions and shall be one of many favourites, with it additionally being the venue Lowry is least assured about difficult for main glory.

“Three out of 4 main venues this 12 months I like,” Lowry advised the Sky Sports activities Golf podcast. “I do not actually have a love-hate for Quail Hole, it is only a pure hatred for it! I’ve by no means had end result there.

“Going again to Oakmont, it is a course that I felt like I ought to have gained the US Open that 12 months. However I realized loads from that and I felt like I used that at Portrush. Would I give Portrush for that? No, completely not, however I really feel like perhaps I ought to have two [wins].

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“I have not been again there [Oakmont] since 2016 and I really feel like my recreation’s modified loads for the higher since then. That’ll definitely be a event that, if I am going there with somewhat little bit of confidence, feeling my recreation’s okay, you by no means know what might occur that week.”

Lowry’s consistency has seen him submit top-25 finishes in three majors throughout every of the final 4 seasons, with the Irishman ending tied-sixth on the 2024 PGA Championship – having equalled the bottom spherical in main historical past on day three – earlier than claiming a share of sixth at The Open.

“I definitely do not go to make up the numbers!” Lowry added. “In case you ask me now at this stage of my profession, the explanation I put that work in is, wth all due respect to the opposite occasions on the PGA Tour and DP World Tour, it is all a build-up to the majors and the Ryder Cup.

“I’ve these 5 dates circled in my calendar they usually’re the weeks that I wish to carry out my finest. I simply love the strain of them, I like how troublesome they’re, and I like all the things about them. I really feel like a number of my good performances during the last variety of years have been in majors.

“I at all times say my two favorite weeks of the 12 months will not be even tournaments, they’re the week earlier than The Masters and the week earlier than The Open, as a result of I like the build-up and preparing for these tournaments.

“I am very lucky that I’ve one, that I’ve acquired a Claret Jug in my home and I might like to win another [major]. If I used to be to win another, I am positive I’ll be grasping and wish another after that as effectively!”

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Lowry appears to be like to kickstart a ‘good 12 months’

Lowry heads into the Florida Swing having impressed on the AT&T Pebble Seaside Professional-Am final month, the place he completed two strokes behind good buddy Rory McIlroy within the PGA Tour Signature Occasion after a final-round tussle between the pair.

“I do not say it in a adverse means about my very own recreation, however I feel when somebody like Rory rocks up together with his ‘A’ recreation, he is inconceivable to beat,” Lowry admitted about his runner-up end. “I do suppose he was very shut that day. He performed unbelievable golf.

“He had the ball on a string off the tee and simply did all the things proper. He holds them nice putts on the proper time. I feel, if something, I used to be good for him that remaining spherical, perhaps enjoying collectively. I type of felt at occasions that it did not really feel like we have been going toe-to-toe for an enormous PGA Tour occasion on a historic venue.

“My one purpose was to attempt to to not hand him the event and make him win the event. I really feel like I sort of did that. It was good to see him getting a win. I used to be dissatisfied for myself, however I am nonetheless proud of my week. It is hopefully going to kickstart a reasonably good 12 months for me.”

McIlroy’s victory at Pebble Seaside was one in every of 4 European winners in a five-week stretch on the PGA Tour, with Lowry – trying to discover his personal success over the approaching months and cement his place in Europe’s Ryder Cup squad this September.

“I clearly wish to be part of it,” Lowry mentioned concerning the prospect of enjoying at Bethpage Black, reside on Sky Sports activities. “I do not simply wish to be within the staff – I wish to be part of a successful staff and I need to have the ability to assist the staff.

“I feel it’ll be one of many nice Ryder Cups of all time and I simply hope Europe can come out on prime.”

Watch Shane Lowry in motion all through 2025 reside on Sky Sports activities. Lowry subsequent options on the PGA Tour on the Cognizant Basic in The Palm Seashores, reside on Sky Sports activities Golf on Thursday from 4pm. Get Sky Sports activities or stream with no contract on NOW.