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Shane Lowry was on the top of the leaderboard after the first and second rounds at The Open Championship 2024. However, the third didn't go as Lowry would have liked.
After scoring 66 and 69, Lowry scored 77 in the third round. He finished in the sixth position after carding 68 in the final round of the final Major of the year at Royal Troon in Scotland. In the post-tournament press conference, Lowry was asked about his mindset going into the final round after a disappointing third. He said (via ASAP Sports):
"It was pretty hard. It was a tough evening yesterday evening, sat around the club here for a while, went home pretty late. Had some dinner, had some good chats with the people that are in my house."
"I just wanted to go out and give myself a chance today. I promised Neil that I would go out -- we had a great chat last night. I promised Neil I'd do one thing and go out and fight for every shot, and that's what I did today. Unfortunately, it's not good enough, and it's very disappointing. There's no two ways about it," he added.
Lowry acknowledged that he had a good chance of winning The Open Championship and that it will hurt for a few days. He won $611,000 for finishing sixth in the tournament. He also received 275 FedExCup points.
Xander Schuffele won The Open and took home a giant share of $3.1 million from the total prize money of $17 million. He received 750 FedExCup points and now trails Scheffler by 1,936 points.
Shane Lowry will play in the men's competition at the upcoming Paris Olympics. It will be held at Le Golf National in Guyancourt, France from August 1st to 4th.
A look at Shane Lowry's performance in 2024
Shane Lowry has had a great 2024 season. He's currently 10th on the FedExCup standings with 1,867 points. He has had five top-five finishes and eight top-25 finishes this year.
Lowry's best finishes have been a solo third at the Arnold Palmer Invitational and T4 at the Cognizant Classic. His other notable finishes include T6 at the PGA Championship, T6 at The Open Championship 2024 and T9 at the Travelers Championship.
Here's a look at Shane Lowry's performance in the 2024 season:
2024 PGA Tour
- The American Express: Missed Cut (67-67-70, 204, -12)
- Farmers Insurance Open: T25 (66-73-73-70, 282, -6)
- WM Phoenix Open: T60 (67-70-68-76, 281, -3)
- Cognizant Classic: T4 (67-67-66-71, 271, -13)
- Arnold Palmer Invitational: 3 (66-71-70-72, 279, -9)
- THE PLAYERS Championship: T19 (71-70-72-66, 279, -9)
- Masters Tournament: T43 (73-74-75-74, 296, +8)
- RBC Heritage: T64 (70-72-68-75, 285, +1)
- Wells Fargo Championship: T47 (75-71-73-72, 291, +7)
- PGA Championship: T6 (69-69-62-70, 270, -14)
- RBC Canadian Open: T33 (72-68-68-68, 276, -4)
- The Memorial Tournament: 49 (74-73-68-85, 300, +12)
- U.S. Open: T19 (74-71-70-69, 284, +4)
- Travelers Championship: T9 (69-62-65-67, 263, -17)
- The Open: 6 (66-69-77-68, 280, -4)
2024 DP World Tour
- Porsche Singapore Classic: T29 (69-73-66-72, 280, -8)
