{"id":845347,"date":"2026-09-12T14:24:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-12T14:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/845347\/"},"modified":"2026-09-12T14:24:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T14:24:14","slug":"shane-lowry-seizes-irish-open-lead-after-course-record-62","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/845347\/","title":{"rendered":"Shane Lowry seizes Irish Open lead after course-record 62"},"content":{"rendered":"

The sun over the Clare coast was bright and unremitting when a smiling Shane Lowry signed for a scalding-hot course-record 8-under 62 to take the lead at the Amgen Irish Open. In Round 2, Lowry capitalized on calmer wind and faster pace of play compared to Thursday\u2019s tempestuous, torpid affair.<\/p>\n

Jacob Skov Olesen, who shot a 6-under 64 and sits three back of Lowry, said the difference between Thursday and Friday\u2019s conditions was \u201cnight and day.\u201d<\/p>\n

Though the skies today were dry, Lowry unleashed a torrent of birdies on the front nine, with circles on Nos. 3, 4, 5, 7, 8 and 9, turning in 30. He was on 59 watch after birdies at Nos. 11 and 12, until a three-putt bogey at the 13th hole stalled his momentum.<\/p>\n

Lowry added one final birdie at No. 15 and finished with a string of pars to reach 11 under. Afterward, Lowry spoke of his happiness: \u201cIt\u2019s been awhile since I\u2019ve had that much fun on the golf course.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lowry was building on good memories from his last Irish Open win as an amateur in 2009, further buoyed by his home country\u2019s ebullient crowd cheering on their native hero, their roars growing more ecstatic with every stacking birdie.<\/p>\n

Lowry acknowledged his fans: \u201cThe crowds were amazing out there today. They support me along the way and it was nice to give them something to shout about.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rory McIlroy said of the leader: \u201cHe believes he\u2019s a good player in windy links conditions \u2026 this type of golf suits the way he likes to see the game and then I think it gives him that little bit of extra belief that he can handle it better than most.\u201d<\/p>\n

As for his own game, \u201cfrustration\u201d was what McIlroy felt regarding his 1-under performance in Round 2. He explained: \u201cI just didn\u2019t have it on the greens. I really struggled to read them.\u201d The defending champion is nine back of Lowry\u2019s lead.<\/p>\n

Following a tepid first round performance, Brooks Koepka rounded into form and made the cut at 1 over after a solid 4-under 66.<\/p>\n

Patrick Reed continued his steady play with another 2-under 68 and is inside the top-10.<\/p>\n

Seventeen years after his last Irish Open win, Lowry hopes to be champion once again heading into the third round as inclement weather is forecasted to return.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a long way to go yet. A long way to go,\u201d Lowry said. \u201cThere\u2019s going to be some elements over the weekend and it\u2019s going to be a bit of a battle, but one thing is for sure, I\u2019m in a good position.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Tune in for the third round of the Amgen Irish Open at Trump International Golf Links & Hotel in Doonbeg, Ireland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The sun over the Clare coast was bright and unremitting when a smiling Shane Lowry signed for a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":845348,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[427,99],"class_list":["post-845347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/845347","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=845347"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/845347\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/845348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=845347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=845347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=845347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}