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Shane Lowry Switches Focus To Tokyo Olympics

Monday, 19 July 2021 11:41

He's not resting on his stout Open Championship defence.

Shane Lowry is looking forward to representing Ireland at the Tokyo Olympics. 

The golf event takes place over two days on Wednesday and Thursday next week (28th/29th). 

It'll be his first games and just the second time that golf will be on the ticket, Justin Rose was the maiden gold medal winner in 2016.

For many players it'll be a bit of a holiday away from the regular grind of the PGA Tour season but for Shane he has only one target in mind:

I've said all along, when it comes along, I'll be looking forward to it. I'll be trying my best. Obviously, it's a huge honor for me to go and represent my country at the Olympics. It's something I never thought I'd do, but now I get to go and do it. I'm going with one goal and one ambition, and that's to bring a medal back to Ireland. That's the only reason I'm going. I'm not going there on my holidays. I'm going there to win a medal, and that's kind of the way I look at it.

I feel like I'm playing some good golf going into it. Who knows? It's a great opportunity for me to go and do something very special. Hopefully, I can get over to Tokyo and grab it by the scruff of the neck, and like I said, come back with a medal.

He'll be joined in Tokyo by Rory McIlroy but the Clara man is aware that it isn't a team event despite how many journalists may chalk it up heading into the event:

We have our clothes. I'm pretty sure. We've been told what to wear. We'll decide what to wear when we're over there, but it's obviously not a team event -- we are a team going over, but -- we are staying in the same place and we are going to be hanging out together that week, but I think like it's individual.

I think it's going to be quite warm over there, but I've played in heat before, so it doesn't really matter. It's just another week. Yeah, no tactics talk yet anyway.

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