Shane Lowry seemingly gained’t be utilized in any promotional supplies for Oakmont Nation Membership.
The 38-year-old Irishman had a hot-mic meltdown throughout Friday’s U.S. Open on the Pittsburgh-area course after lacking an in depth putt for par on his fourth gap en path to his 17-over par end.
“F–k this place,” Lowry stated earlier than tapping within the bogey to put him at 14-over. “F–k this place.”
Oakmont is understood for being a course that may mess with a few of the world’s finest and this 12 months’s version has been no completely different.
Lowry missed the minimize by posting a 79-78 in his 36 holes, becoming a member of the likes of Phil Mickelson (8-over), 2016 winner Dustin Johnson (10-over) and 2024 champion Bryson DeChambeau (10-over) as standouts who won’t be in motion Saturday.
In 2016, Lowry had a significantly better run on the course by ending tied for second with a 1-under exhibiting.
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He didn’t come near replicating his effort this 12 months.
Lowry bogeyed 5 holes and double bogeyed thrice whereas ending 9-over throughout his first 18 holes, earlier than bogeying 5 holes once more and double bogeying a pair to tally an 8-over mark Friday.
Thursday’s motion featured Lowry taking out his frustrations on a microphone on the seventeenth gap after he couldn’t get his ball out of the tough.
The printed captured Lowry seemingly smacking the microphone.
Friday additionally featured Lowry making a psychological blunder when he grabbed his ball on the 14th gap however didn’t put his marker down, leading to a one-stroke violation.
“Probably one of the stupidest things I’ve ever done,” Lowry stated with amusing, per Yahoo. “I picked the ball up, had the ball in my hand, turned around to (caddie) Darren (Reynolds) and he basically said to me, ‘What the f–k are you doing?’ … By then, maybe my mind was somewhere else.”
This poor exhibiting comes after Lowry completed second in a pair of occasions this 12 months, together with the Truist Championship final month.
He acknowledged earlier than the event started that Oakmont may be “exhausting.”
“I don’t know to be honest,” Lowry stated of his exhibiting, per Yahoo. “I drove it in play lots (Thursday), did what I used to be alleged to do off the tee, after which simply didn’t have my recreation that I’ve had for the final whereas. After which I actually struggled on the greens (Thursday), and the spherical received away from me out right here, and that was it.
“They let it sort of do what they said it wouldn’t do, but that’s all fine, that’s the U.S. Open. I just made obviously too many doubles, too many big mistakes, and then when I got a couple chances, I didn’t convert them. I didn’t really do much right to be honest, other than I drove the ball as good as I’ve probably driven the ball in a long time. So, yeah, weird couple of days.”
Sam Burns is the course’s chief at 3-under coming into Saturday’s motion, whereas the scorching Scottie Scheffler wants a run at 4-over.
