Confident Shane Lowry hits easy street on Road to Dubai

Good golf, they say, is only ever borrowed briefly, though Shane Lowry is happy to tempt the gods of the game by insisting he finds it all rather ‘easy’ at the moment.

The Esker Hills man claimed his first WGC title win in August and just last weekend finished joint second at the British Masters despite cursing a cold putter across the weekend at Woburn.

A likely participant at next year’s Olympics in Rio, Lowry said he felt so confident heading into last week’s event that for the first time he boldly predicted to his manager beforehand he’d win.