Shane Lowry wary of Quail Hollow but still thinks his best golf can contend

"I wish we were at a venue to suit my game a little bit better," said Lowry. 

His second place finish at last week's Truist Championship catapulted Shane Lowry into the world's top 10 for the first time. Pic: AP Photo/George Walker IV

Shane Lowry doesn’t like Quail Hollow. Or maybe Quail Hollow doesn’t like Shane Lowry? Either way they’re not a match. Never have been. If Wednesday’s offerings from the Offaly man were much to go by, this week is not overly likely to see this relationship between athlete and 18 suddenly spark.

In this game of ups and downs, Lowry has already had his share of them here before a live ball had been struck. He arrived off the back of a Sunday which left him so sour, seeing another shot at a title disappear down the stretch of the Truist Championship in Philadelphia. Yet Monday also brought news that the second-place finish which felt like no consolation at all 24 hours earlier had, in fact, catapulted him into the world’s top 10 for the first time in his life.