'You Feed Off That Good Energy' - Shane Lowry In Contention Once More

Friday, 15 April 2022 at 13:43

He tees-off at 6:18pm this evening.

Shane Lowry and Graeme McDowell are just three shots off the lead going into the second round at the RBC Heritage.

Both opened with five-under par rounds of 66 in South Carolina last night.

Lowry is back on course just before twenty-past six Irish time this evening.

Cameron Young heads the field on eight-under.

Here's what the former Open champion said after another sparkling round yesterday:

It was pretty good. I woke up this morning, I couldn't believe it was Thursday already. It was one of those I felt like the Masters was only yesterday, and I felt quite tired.

But I get out there and I get after it, and I had a nice group with Jordan and Justin, and there were some nice crowds out there. It was kind of you feed off that and feed off the energy out there, and it was nice to get out there and shoot a good score.

On why he tends to play well at this event in particular:

The way the course is set up, I like keeping the ball down under the trees. I think it kind of suits that. You need to kind of flight it around here, and that's what I do well, keeping it down out of the wind.

Even though you're in the trees and you can't really feel it, there's a lot of wind up there. You just need to be in control of your ball, and I've done that really well today. I just love coming here.

To be honest, it's more so the time of year. It's obviously a beautiful place and it's a nice course and all, but the week after the Masters, last week is so stressful, and everybody has their families here, and it feels almost like a semi-holiday and you just go and play a bit of golf as well.

On how he feels about his game at the moment:

Yeah, it's pretty good. I felt like I was looking out the window at the Honda, and I've played pretty good since that. Obviously had a good week last week at the Masters. I feel like I just need to try and keep knocking on the door. I'd love to get another win soon. I feel like I haven't won for a while.

So I just need to be patient and need to keep going, and hopefully I get the breaks on some Sunday when I need it, and I can win another tournament soon. That's kind of what's just spurring me on is just trying to win. It's so hard to win out here. I'm trying as hard as I can, but I'm trying to be patient as well. It's one of those.