Very few professional golfers have captured the heart of their nation like Shane Lowry.
Originally from County Offaly, Ireland, Shane is the son of an All-Ireland winning Gaelic football player, Brendan Lowry, who, with Shane's uncles Seán and Mick, won the famous 1982 All-Ireland final that denied Kerry five in a row.
His family wasn't really into golf, so Shane taught himself the game: summers of pitch and putt with his mates in Clara, then Esker Hills. He was playing off 12 within a year of starting, and off single figures by 15. In 2009 he burst onto the golfing scene by winning the Irish Open as an amateur, only the third amateur ever to win on the European Tour. Just days later, he turned pro.
His greatest achievement came at the 2019 Open Championship at Royal Portrush: a six-shot victory at −15, sealed in the rain, with a course-record 63 in round three. He has since represented Ireland at the Tokyo Olympics, carried the flag at Paris 2024, partnered close friend Rory McIlroy to victory at the 2024 Zurich Classic of New Orleans, and made three consecutive Ryder Cup appearances, including holing the putt at Bethpage Black that retained the cup for Europe in 2025.
"Full time dad and husband. Part time golfer."
Shane's bio on X, @ShaneLowryGolf
He still wears Clara GAA's black and white on course, a Manchester United fan who's first to give out from the stand when Offaly lose.
