Lowry Goes to Hell and Back ; but Heaven Is Reached After Battle in Play-Off [Eire Region]
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SHORTLY after five o'clock last night beside the 18th green at County Louth proud mum Bridget Lowry buried her head in her hands with tears welling in her eyes.
As her 22-year-old son Shane pulled a three-foot putt left of the hole her hopes -- along with those of a nation -- that he could pull off one the of the greatest shocks in European golfing history crashed into the Baltray mud.See the full content of this document
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Lowry Goes to Hell and Back ; but Heaven Is Reached After Battle in Play-Off [Eire Region]
Surely no young amateur playing his first tournament alongside the battle-hardened pros of the European Tour could survive such a crushing mental blow.
But not only did Shane Lowry survive, he flourished. Around an hour later, to the wild delight of around 10,000 fiercely patriotic fans, he tapped home a short putt to take the Irish Open title -- sparking amazing sce...See the full content of this document
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