Lowry happy to go his own way

Shane Lowry has given himself a chance to move closer to his goal of a place in the top 50 of the world rankings after qualifying for this week’s season-ending DP World Tour Championship in Dubai.

He will get another chance at next week’s ISPS Handa World Cup of Golf when he partners Graeme McDowell as Ireland’s representatives at Royal Melbourne.

And if he hasn’t cracked the top 50 by then, well, he will head into the winter break determined to get himself in the best possible shape to get the job done as soon as possible in 2014.