LAST UPDATE | 2 Jun 2022
SHANE LOWRY SHOT 69 to lie on three-under and Rory McIlroy is one shot back on two-under after their opening rounds of the Memorial Tournament in Ohio.
This week’s PGA Tour event is held at the Jack Nicklaus-designed Muirfield Village with both Lowry and McIlroy starting brightly, while Waterford’s Seamus Power is level par after his 72.
The leading group is on five-under with six players shooting 67. American duo Cameron Young and Luke List were joined by Australian Cameron Smith, the winner of the Players’ Championship this year, and South Korean golfer K.H. Lee, as that quartet set the pace early with their clubhouse targets. They were joined by Canadian Mackenzie Hughes and Davis Riley of the afternoon starters.
Will Zalatoris, who lost out in a play-off in the recent PGA Championship to Justin Thomas, is one shot back on four-under after his 68.
Lowry is tied for 10th after his 69, just two shots off the leaders after a blistering back nine. He bogeyed the first, birdied the 5th and bogeyed the 6th to reach the turn in 37. From there Lowry took off and didn’t drop any more shots, while he carded four birdies. He gained momentum on the 11th, 12th and 14th to go to three-under and then crowned at the last as he rolled in a 20-footer for birdie after a brilliant recovery shot from a fairway bunker.
McIlroy is in a tie for 21st after his first round, his 15-footer for birdie just missing out on the last as he had attempted to finish on three-under. He also dropped a shot on the first but turned things around with back-to-back birdies on the 8th and 9th to stand one-under at the turn. The back nine was a mixed bag for McIlroy with birdies on the 11th, 13th and 15th, while also recording bogeys on the 14th and 16th.
Power lies five shots back after his first round. The Waterford native endured a dramatic back nine, which featured two bogeys, a double bogey and three birdies. He had reached the turn on one-under after an impressive front nine consisting of eight pars and a birdie on the par-three 8th. He dropped shots on the 10th and 12th before rebounding with birdies on the 14th and 15th.
Then disaster struck for Power after he had gained some momentum as his tee shot on the par-three 16th found the water. That paved the way for a five there but he helped alleviate the damage with a birdie at the 17th and finished level par.
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Great advertisement for the LOI. How ex Shels RTE commentator could say Matty Smith should not have been sent off is beyond me. Shels lost their discipline at the end.
What a game. Incredible to watch on telly.
Brilliant game of football! Up the Saints!
Incredible match , brilliant atmosphere .I wonder why Pats were only given 500 tickets when there was room for another 500
May not be riveting football, but I’d rather it that way with lots of goals any day. Some incredible finishes, particularly the two Shels goals. They still have a healthy lead but sometimes pressure affects less-experienced sides more when it matters most. Rovers with the more favourable fixtures too, albeit they need a win next week to truly unsettle Duff’s men for the run in. Those sides fighting relegation like Drogheda can become banana skins too in the latter stages of any league.
Great entertainment. Couple of wonderful finishes, Keenas effort from inside his own half outrageous.
Mistakes to be sure but guys on 100000 a week make mistakes.
Thought Shels should have brought on the big lad up front sooner.
It’s like a bunch of drunks doing a 100 metre race. If you’re invested in a team it may seem exciting, but it’s been a very poor season, particularly for Shams with all the resources at their disposal. Even if they do win in the end, Bradders has been exposed as clueless.
@Ian Cunningham: you do talk some drivel Ian!
@Ellis Dewald: Shels have 54 points out of 96, Shams 49 out of 96. In any other league in the world these stats wouldn’t put a team within an asses roar of the title. Just because anyone can beat anyone on a given day doesn’t make it a great league.
@Ian Cunningham: Bayern Munich ran away with the bundesliga every year until last year, did that make it a great league?
@Bert Carolan: Personally I will say yes ;) although not the ideal regular winner I agree. If we had a bit more nerve, BVB should’ve snapped up two of them titles too.
@Ian Cunningham:
Drivel is right
Great advertisement for the league with ROVERS back in it
After shels made it two each, they needed composure, and Duff just throne a tantrum on the line and it seeped into the team, it was a great game, it’s amazing how open it still is, if Pats were to win all four games and get to 59, the other teams are showing no consistency to say they will, poor season but has the makings of a great finish.
Brilliant stuff. Best LOI game I can remember seeing and delighted the TV cameras were there. Now imagine what our league could be with some investment.
The bluffer should be made watch fools and horses
Sh€ls are falling apart again