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• Shane Lowry Odds To Win Us Open Golf 2020

There’s been a lot of chat about Bryson DeChambeau’s US Open win but it’s pretty simple really.

Bryson used his strength to his advantage and fair dues to him. We all have our strengths and he’s using his very well at the minute.

Shane Lowry's grandmother Emily Scanlon has revealed her pride after the Offaly golfer's heroics at the Open Championship - and how she drank a brandy for the first time since 2009 to steady her. Then led the 2016 US Open by four with a round to play, but was overtaken by Dustin Johnson. In 2009 a 10 under par 62 at the Irish Open equalled the lowest score by an amateur in Tour history and was followed by him beating Robert Rock in a play-off to become only the third amateur to win on the circuit. Shane Lowry’s coach Neil Manchip is the latest on How To Win At Dominoes this week. By Fintan O'Toole Wednesday 24 Feb 2021, 6:45 PM Feb 24th 2021, 6:45 PM 5,894 Views 0 Comments.

From the outside looking in, there’s the temptation to think Bryson won by bombing it 350 yards off the tee and then using a pitching wedge to get to the green, while the rest out us were just hitting it 300 yards and using a 7 iron.

But when you dig into the breakdown of his scores, his all-round game was very good.

I had a look on Sunday evening at the stats and he was top five for putting – and that is what you’ve got to do to win the big tournaments.

His new-found length off the tee has helped an awful lot – but it’s not everything. What’s incredible is how straight he hits it as well.

There’s plenty of big hitters on Tour who can hit it that far – but they’re nowhere near as straight as Bryson is. Matt Wolff is a big hitter and got himself into contention on Saturday on the back of that, but he then paid the price on Sunday for being too wayward off the tee.

A course like Winged Foot will punish you severely if you stray too far off the fairways and that’s ultimately what happened to everyone else – even if they could drive as far as Bryson.

There’s a danger in thinking that Bryson has just arrived on the scene since he’s started hitting it miles, but he’s a multi-tournament winner and was top five in the world rankings before his first win in a Major at the weekend.

He was a top player even before embarking on this strategy of bulking up and hitting it as far as he could.

There’s plenty more to his game than meets the eye.

He’ll go into the US Masters in November as one of the favourites to win it now and his ‘long driving’ strategy will really, really suit Augusta at that time of year.

The course will play long and soft with the date change to the winter and the longer you hit it and the straighter you hit it – the better chance you’ll have to win the US Masters.

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ONE OF THOSE who has the best insight into a recent Major winner joined Shane Keegan this week on the latest episode of How To Win At Dominoes.

Golf coach Neil Manchip was the guest as the second season of The42′s coaching podcast continues.

Manchip is the national coach of the Golfing Union of Ireland and is also the coach of Shane Lowry, the 2019 Open Championship winner at Royal Portrush.

And it was no surprise that Manchip’s star pupil came up for discussion as the rapid progress of the Offaly native, along with the level of Manchip’s input, was discussed.

“Shane’s always been a really fantastically skilful player, very self-reliant. His progress through the game of golf from getting on to the Irish U18 team, straight onto the mens’ team the following year and really very, very quick progress.

“That continued in the professional game as well. Players like Shane are very unusual in how skilful they are and how quickly they make progress.

“We discuss a lot of things together. We obviously discuss everything about his game, what he’s thinking and how he’s feeling about his game and different shots that we need to pay attention to from time to time.

“Generally he’s the master of his own ship and steers a direction he needs to go in. I’m really there for support and to offer different opinions when they’re needed.”

Shane Lowry (centre) and Neil Manchip (right) watching the Ireland rugby team train in 2012. Source: Dan Sheridan/INPHO

Manchip explained how the approach to let Lowry control matters is essential in enabling him to face challenges when he’s in action.

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“When you’re on the golf course in a tournament, it’s down to you and the caddy to talk through shots and for him to play his own game. It’s not as if there’s a coach on course talking through the strategy or the game. You’re on your own.

“So the more that kids can learn from early on to be self-critical, self-reliant and just generally look after themselves and seek help and direction when it’s needed really, just to give them a different perspective or to shine a light on something they might not see themselves.”

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