Shane Lowry: 'These people are the same age as my mum and dad. And they’re throwing out obscenities'

Shane Lowry has urged Luke Donald to continue as Team Europe Ryder Cup captain for a third term. 

Europe captain Luke Donald, right, and Shane Lowry after winning the Ryder Cup. Pic: Vaughn Ridley/Sportsfile

Nursing sore heads but full hearts, Europe’s heroes of Bethpage Black understandably took a quieter approach to Monday morning on Long Island. The man who led them to glory continued to stay mostly mum on whether he will be back for a historic three-peat at Adare Manor in 2027.

But Shane Lowry, who stepped forward to seal Luke Donald’s second Ryder Cup triumph on an unforgettable Long Island Sunday, is adamant the Englishman should be at the helm when the host team turn up in Limerick in two years. Lowry is fearful for any alternative scenario, pointing to one of the most disastrous succession sequences in modern sport.