{"id":509104,"date":"2026-06-20T05:24:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T05:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/509104\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T05:24:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T05:24:14","slug":"its-tough-but-golf-is-just-not-agreeing-with-me-at-the-moment-shane-lowry-misses-us-open-cut-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/509104\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018It\u2019s tough, but golf is just not agreeing with me at the moment\u2019 \u2013 Shane Lowry misses US Open cut \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"

The twin impostors of success and failure have come Shane Lowry\u2019s<\/a> way inside a year at different ends of Long Island, this geographical continental island in New York that extends out into the Atlantic Ocean.<\/p>\n

At Bethpage last year, just 60 miles away, Lowry was the hero of Europe\u2019s Ryder Cup<\/a> win, showing fortitude under pressure in a crucial halved singles with Russell Henley that ensured the famous trophy would be retained by Luke Donald\u2019s team.<\/p>\n

Lowry did an impromptu jig of delight on the 18th green of the Black Course that day, which \u2013 more than any words \u2013 showed us the deep emotion that runs through his veins.<\/p>\n

That was then, this is now.<\/p>\n

A different kind of emotion came his way in this 126th US Open<\/a> at Shinnecock Hills outside Southampton, at the other end of the island, as two successive 73s for a six-over-par 146 left Lowry dejected and wondering exactly where the state of his game lies after a missed cut that left him with nowhere to hide.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s tough, but golf is just not agreeing with me at the moment,\u201d confessed Lowry.<\/p>\n

For a man who revelled in the full glare of his glory putt in the Ryder Cup, this latest US Open expedition finished with a head full of questions and very few answers after a missed cut on a long day which started by finishing his incomplete first round for a 73 and then repeating the does in the second round.<\/p>\n

Lowry\u2019s play of the par-3 11th hole summed up his befuddlement, where a double-bogey five \u2013 on a hole ranked number one in difficulty \u2013 proved the primary difference between being around for the weekend and not.<\/p>\n

\"ShaneShane Lowry reacts on the first green during the second round of the US Open at Shinnecock Hills. Photograph: Warren Little\/Getty Images <\/p>\n

There, Lowry\u2019s tee shot finished in the first cut of rough just off the green and his chip ran past the hole. \u201cEleven was a kick in the balls really. I knew the very minute I hit that chip,\u201d recalled Lowry, who immediately said to his caddie Darren Reynolds, \u2018I just have to try and two-putt this\u2019. \u201cHonestly, I just touched it and it went seven feet past, and then I missed the next one.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cYou just know if you miss the putt, you\u2019re going to look like a f**king eejit. Do you know what I mean? Unfortunately, that\u2019s what golf courses and tests like this do.\u201d<\/p>\n

For sure, in the white heat and extra pressure of a Major, there are no places to hide. Lowry\u2019s misery was in plain view for all to see.<\/p>\n

That double-bogey on 11 highlighted in its own way where Lowry finds himself, struggling to work out exactly why his game \u2013 doing so much right for so much of the time \u2013 can treat him so, failing to fathom the injustice of it all, wondering when it will turn around to provide some reward.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like there\u2019s something missing, but I don\u2019t know what is, and it\u2019s pretty hard [to take]. But what can you do?\u201d wondered Lowry, who remains stateside to play in next week\u2019s Travelers Championship, the last of the FedEx Cup signature events, before returning home to Ireland for what will surely be a welcome break ahead of next month\u2019s Open at Royal Birkdale.<\/p>\n

Golf, it would seem, is not Lowry\u2019s friend at this moment. He admitted as much.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not enjoying it. I didn\u2019t have any fun this week. It\u2019s been hard. It\u2019s not like I\u2019m shooting 85. Two 73s is not great, but it\u2019s here and there, a couple of shots and, all of a sudden, I\u2019m shooting good scores. <\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019d love to know what\u2019s going on and I\u2019m beating my head against a brick wall, because honestly, I know I missed a couple of short putts this week, but that\u2019s these poa annua greens this week. I felt like I rolled the ball pretty well. I felt like I did a lot of things well, and I\u2019m going home Friday evening. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s pretty s**t, to be honest!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The twin impostors of success and failure have come Shane Lowry\u2019s way inside a year at different ends…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":509105,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[61,60,112,7943],"class_list":["post-509104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-sports","tag-us-open"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/509104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=509104"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/509104\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/509105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=509104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=509104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=509104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}