Shane Lowry: It’s time for the (Major) talking to stop

Shane Lowry will go into today’s Scottish Open with a new look and a determination to ignore the expectation building around him ahead of next week’s Open Championship at St Andrews.

Ireland’s world number 46 resumes competition at Gullane Golf Club having finished tied for ninth alongside Rory McIlroy and Jason Day in last month’s US Open at Chambers Bay.

That represented a second top-10 in a major inside a year following another T9 in last July’s Open at Royal Liverpool and the 28-year-old from Offaly came back to Ireland to a host of good reviews which Lowry could do without as he aims to close in on a first tournament victory since the 2012 Portugal Masters.