Shane Lowry using Honda Classic to rev up for big 2016

Devastated is too strong a word but Shane Lowry confessed that he’ll be “very disappointed” if he fails to make Darren Clarke’s Ryder Cup team this year.

While the high expectations of others are always dangerous, Lowry knows himself well and having elevated himself to the top table in golf with his World Golf Championships Bridgestone Invitational victory last year, he’s only hungry for more success.

Focusing on “the process” rather than the result is one of those psychobabble terms players use to describe how they take pressure off themselves on the golf course.