Shane Lowry gears up for some long-overdue major pressure

ST LOUIS, MO - AUGUST 09: Shane Lowry of Ireland plays his shot from the 18th tee during the first round of the 2018 PGA Championship at Bellerive Country Club on August 9, 2018 in St Louis, Missouri. (Photo by Ross Kinnaird/Getty Images)

There aren’t many guarantees in golf, but generally you can always find the player who won the previous major championship standing at the microphone before the next major tees off. Memories, however, can fade over the course of 13 months, so perhaps PGA Championship officials can be forgiven for needing to scramble to make Shane Lowry an 11th-hour addition to the interview schedule.

Even Lowry has a hard time believing that his inspiring homespun victory 382 days ago at Royal Portush was the last time golf crowned a major champ.