Shane Lowry just kept jumping, just kept running in circles, just kept pumping his fists and clenching his arms and roaring his way around the 18th green — looking at anyone who’d roar right back at him.
Shane Lowry just kept jumping, just kept running in circles, just kept pumping his fists and clenching his arms and roaring his way around the 18th green — looking at anyone who’d roar right back at him.
His 6-foot putt, with an entire grandstand full of American fans praying for a comeback and European fans begging for anything other than a historic collapse, had settled into the hole, securing the final half-point needed for Europe to retain the Ryder Cup.
And that moment turned Lowry, the No. 24 golfer in the world who became a villain Saturday and fielded taunts about his weight, into a Ryder Cup hero.
He’d won big tournaments before.
In 2019, he celebrated a British Open title in his home country of Ireland.
That, he said, was a “dream come true.
