Shane Lowry: 'Being away from home and the kids is getting harder"

The 2019 Open Championship admitted to being “jaded” before this week’s home championship in Newcastle and he was left to rue a third-round three-over score of 74 that effectively ended his hopes of claiming a second Irish Open title.

MISSING HOME: Shane Lowry throws a ball to the gallery as he leaves the 18th green after finishing his round during day four of the Amgen Irish Open Golf Championship. Picture:Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

Shane Lowry admits he is “counting down the days” to the season’s end as he pushes on through a swing that will see him play in nine different tournaments across just ten weeks.

It’s a punishing schedule for any player but the American-based dad of two is finding it particularly tough after signing off his last round at the Amgen Irish Open in Royal Co. Down and looking ahead to a 7am flight to London another venue on Monday morning.