Solid Open start for Shane Lowry, who arrived at the first tee wearing Argentina colours
Professional golfer Shane Lowry is attempting to overcome a recent slump in form at the Open Championship. He has made changes to his caddie and is focusing on managing his mental approach to the game.
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We like to think professional golfers are battling the course and the field, when the truth is they are usually battling themselves.
Shane Lowry teed off at the Open Championship on Thursday trying to find a way out of a slump with a very precise origin: the fifth hole at Augusta National on Sunday, April 12th, where a double-bogey railroaded his Masters challenge. He carded a closing 80 and hasn’t had a top-20 finish since, missing the cut in three of nine starts.
Unable to change his mood, Lowry has changed his caddie: Darren Reynolds is gone and Dermot Byrne has returned.
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