Not like his fellow compatriot Rory McIlroy, Shane Lowry has an abysmal file at Quail Hole Membership, the location of this week’s Wells Fargo Championship.
In his 4 appearances at this course, Lowry has missed the lower twice, tied for sixty fourth, and tied for thirty fourth. He has solely damaged par throughout competitors right here as soon as—a ultimate spherical 2-under 69 in 2018, when he completed 12 pictures behind winner Jason Day.
But, Lowry, contemporary off his win on the Zurich Traditional of New Orleans with McIlroy, appears like he has a strong recreation plan to assault Quail Hole and alter the narrative.
“This [course] fits longer hitters. I’m not quick, however I’m not one of many longer guys. I simply really feel like I want to not attempt to be one of many longer hitters this week, you type of get what I’m saying?” Lowry stated.
“A number of holes out right here, you stand on the tee, and it makes you need to hit the ball arduous off the tee, and I really feel like if I can get the ball in play and hit the fairways, I will be harmful as a result of my iron play is my energy. So if I can hit a variety of fairways this week, which is my recreation plan, there are a variety of bunkers on the market, like 300 yards, that I can carry if I hit a very good one, but when I don’t hit an excellent one, it’s most likely going to be in dangerous form.”
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At this level within the season, Lowry ranks first on the PGA Tour in driving accuracy share. He has discovered the golf green 81.55% of the time, a exceptional quantity and an attribute he might want to depend on this week.
The person from County Offaly additionally ranks third in strokes gained: approaching the inexperienced. So if he can put himself in place at Quail Hole, he ought to give himself loads of alternatives to make birdies on this former PGA Championship venue.
“I simply have to play inside myself this week,” Lowry added.
“It’s good to come back in right here with 4 rounds earlier than [the PGA Championship] subsequent week and simply attempt to play my manner into the match and provides myself a couple of possibilities.”
Lowry additionally talked about Bay Hill, the location of the Arnold Palmer Invitational every year, and the way he has notoriously struggled on that course, too. Previous to this 12 months, by which he completed solo third, Lowry had recorded 4 missed cuts in 5 makes an attempt at Bay Hill. The one time he made it to the weekend got here in 2023, when he completed solo 67th.
“Bay Hill was a match the place I had a a lot worse file than I do [at Quail Hollow] and managed to play fairly properly there [this year],” Lowry stated.
“Hopefully, I can do the identical this week.”
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