Follow us on Google Discover Shane Lowry holds a four shot lead heading into the final round of the Irish Open on Sunday.
Lowry posted a fine round of 65 on Saturday at the Irish Open and is sitting at 16-under for the tournament, with Jacob Skov Olesen his nearest challenger on 12-under.
The 39-year-old Irishman will be desperate to win his national open for the second time in his career at Trump International Golf Links.
Shane Lowry is certainly in the kind of form required to do exactly that at the Irish Open on Sunday.
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Lowry definitely has an advantage when the conditions are poor due to the exceptional control he has with his irons.
He is the huge home favorite in Doonbeg this week, but his behavior on Saturday at the Irish Open left a lot to be desired.
Angry golf fans react to Shane Lowry’s poor behavior at the Irish Open
After Lowry hooked his tee shot on the 18th hole of his third round, the Irishman said the volunteers standing in the left rough ‘deserved to get hit’.
Numerous golf fans took to their social media accounts on Saturday to criticize Lowry.
“Always been unlikable. Modern day Monty without the ruthlessness on the course,“ one golf fan exclaimed.
While another said: “That’s a pretty tough look.“
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And the comments kept coming, with fans stating: “Your man saying spectators and / or volunteers deserved to be bit by a snap hook with a driver! Can do some serious damage,“ and, “He may be worse than Bobby Mac. That’s hard to be.“
Meanwhile, one fan said: “He would never have said that when he was starting his career off? Paying punters cheering him on. How dare he. The fans deserve an apology. Who does he think he is?“
“100%. The down to earth Irishman is rubbish,“ one fan said.
And many others echoed a similar sentiment.
“This is scandalous from Shane Lowry!! Should be heavily fined for this comment,“ one fan said.
Shane Lowry criticism keeps coming
The comments kept coming…
“The real Shane Lowry. Everyone standing where they should be, he hooks his tee shot, gets lucky with where it finishes after hitting them. And all he can think of is ‘they deserve to get hit’.“
“Hopefully a large fine will be coming Lowry’s way. What a despicable person!“
“Was watching this live. Lowry gets a lot of free passes.“
Shane Lowry will undoubtedly be embarrassed by his actions on Saturday at the Irish Open.
Perhaps the Irishman really should come out and apologize. Whether he will or not remains to be seen, though.
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