{"id":500153,"date":"2026-03-03T00:09:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T00:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/500153\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T00:09:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T00:09:10","slug":"shane-lowry-spills-the-beans-on-jack-nicklaus-locker-room-antics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/500153\/","title":{"rendered":"Shane Lowry spills the beans on Jack Nicklaus&#8217; locker room antics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Shane Lowry has hailed Jack Nicklaus as &#8220;incredible&#8221; and shared that the golf legend plays cards with members in the locker room at his Bear&#8217;s Club in Florida, where the Irish golfer is also a member<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Shane Lowry has revealed what golf legend Jack Nicklaus gets up to in the locker room at Bear's Club\" loading=\"eager\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0_GettyImages-2263394735.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"Shane Lowry has revealed what golf legend Jack Nicklaus gets up to in the locker room at Bear's Club\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Shane Lowry has revealed what golf legend Jack Nicklaus gets up to in the locker room at Bear&#8217;s Club(Image: Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Shane Lowry has praised the &#8220;incredible&#8221; Jack Nicklaus and shared insights into what the golf icon does in the locker room at his Bear&#8217;s Club in Florida, where the one-time major champion is a member.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><a aria-label=\"The 38-year-oldLink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishstar.com\/all-about\/shane-lowry\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">The 38-year-old<\/a>, a <a aria-label=\"two-time Ryder Cup championLink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishstar.com\/sport\/golf\/rory-mcilroy-shane-lowry-bodyguard-36454544\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">two-time Ryder Cup champion<\/a>, has embraced life in <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishstar.com\/all-about\/florida\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">Florida<\/a>, residing mere minutes from the Palm Beach Gardens facility. He&#8217;s a member at Nicklaus&#8217;s Bear&#8217;s Club, located close to the Irishman&#8217;s home in Jupiter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Nicklaus and Lowry have crossed paths on multiple occasions and even shared meals together, with the PGA Tour professional calling the golf great &#8220;incredible.&#8221; But Lowry hasn&#8217;t managed to join Nicklaus&#8217; locker room card sessions at Bear&#8217;s Club.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" data-tmdatatrack=\"read-more\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"36799681\" data-tmdatatrack-source=\"editorial\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishstar.com\/sport\/other-sports\/ufc-white-house-mcgregor-snub-36799681\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">UFC&#8217;s brutal reason for snubbing Conor McGregor from historic White House card<\/a>READ MORE: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" data-tmdatatrack=\"read-more\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"36799062\" data-tmdatatrack-source=\"editorial\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishstar.com\/sport\/other-sports\/nfl-draft-star-left-tears-36799062\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NFL Draft star left in tears after dramatic performance at Combine<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Lowry revealed this detail at the Cognizant Classic at Champion Course, where Nicklaus is providing commentary on his wife Barbara&#8217;s 86th birthday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;Yeah, it&#8217;s a bit surreal, to be honest. I go into the locker room at the Bear&#8217;s Club most days for my lunch, and Jack&#8217;s in there a lot,&#8221; Lowry said. &#8220;He plays cards with the other members in the afternoons.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;I&#8217;m not good enough to be in that card game. I&#8217;ve sat down and talked to him.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Jack Nicklaus is one of the best golfers of all time\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0_GettyImages-2217565146.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"Jack Nicklaus is one of the best golfers of all time\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Jack Nicklaus is one of the best golfers of all time(Image: Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;I&#8217;ve had lunch with him a few times, and just to be around people like that is incredible. He&#8217;s done so much for this game, and this whole area and community, and I&#8217;m so fortunate to be able to be around people like that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Lowry is aiming to secure his first individual PGA Tour victory since capturing The Open Championship in July 2019.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Lowry, who has notched three top-five finishes at this event in the past four years, is currently tied for the lead at 13-under through 54 holes with Smotherman after wrapping up the third round.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Lowry anticipates Sunday&#8217;s round to present some tough challenges. He suggests a new contender could rise with low scores. &#8220;You want to be near the leaders, keep an eye on them and see what they&#8217;re doing,&#8221; Lowry stated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;If the conditions are like this tomorrow, there are low scores out there, so someone could come from the pack. It&#8217;s not necessarily easy to lead around this golf course.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;There&#8217;s a lot of very difficult shots. But I&#8217;m up there where I want to be. I&#8217;ve had a few chances to win this tournament, and hopefully I can convert it tomorrow.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Lowry added: &#8220;There wasn&#8217;t much wind out there, so there&#8217;s certain things that aligned today to make it play easy enough, wind direction being one of them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;But you still need to go out there and hit the shots. The greens are firm. It can get away from you if you&#8217;re not hitting the ball well. I felt like I did everything pretty good today.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Shane Lowry has hailed Jack Nicklaus as &#8220;incredible&#8221; and shared that the golf legend plays cards with members&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":500154,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[228179,2808,427,11384,99],"class_list":["post-500153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-co-offaly","tag-florida","tag-golf","tag-shane-lowry","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=500153"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500153\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/500154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=500153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=500153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=500153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}