Shane Lowry hoping patience pays major dividends

Shane Lowry will renew his quest for a major breakthrough at Chambers Bay tonight confident that his links experience can pay dividends if he matches his good form with the required levels of patience.

Lowry, competing in his third US Open alongside a trio of fellow Irishmen with a major victory on their resumé has the belief he can join Rory McIlroy, Graeme McDowell and Darren Clarke in the pantheon of elite champions. The 28-year-old is hopeful a genuine links test such as this one on the fine fescue of Chambers Bay gives him a better than even chance to do so.

Others may be baulking at the prospect of a distinctly Open-esque US Open but the Esker Hills golfer who won the Irish Open at Baltray in 2009 feels right at home by the shores of Puget Sound.