Alan Lowry follows in big brother Shane’s footsteps to land Scratch Trophy

“When it’s breezy, swing it easy” is a well-known golfing adage and it proved to be just the advice Alan Lowry needed to follow in the footsteps of his famous big brother and win the Mullingar Electrical Scratch Trophy.

Seven years ago, Shane Lowry putted the lights out to win on 17 under par at the storied midlands track.

But with a southerly wind gusting up to 35mph, Esker Hills and Maynooth University star Alan had enough, with closing rounds of 70 and 74, to win by two strokes from Knock’s Colin Fairweather on a two-under-par 286.