Neil Manchip
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Shane Lowry knows back-to-back Major hopes down to his putting
- Golf
- August 5, 2020, 18:23
Shane Lowry believes he can challenge for back-to-back Major victories in the US PGA Championship if he can find his feet on the greens at Harding Par(...)

Zoom calls with Rory and the GUI bake-off: Neil Manchip keeping the flag flying
- Golf
- May 28, 2020, 06:00
There is a sense of community that remains vibrant long after elite young golfers have left the technical and pastoral care of the Golfing Union of Ir(...)

Shane Lowry profile: From pitch and putt to champion golfer
- Golf
- July 22, 2019, 06:00
If you go back to the very start of how Shane Lowry first picked up a golf club, having been reared on tales of his father Brendan’s prowess as part o(...)

Shane Lowry has pub pep talk to thank for clubhouse lead
- Golf
- July 18, 2019, 15:28
Shane Lowry got a few things off his chest in a pub pep talk with his coach on the eve of the British Open and that allowed him to turn up the next da(...)

Rory McIlroy sticks by Ireland after Olympic realisation
- Golf
- May 15, 2019, 06:00
The problem for Rory McIlroy is one of having to walk on eggshells. Damned if you do; damned if you don’t. In reaffirming his original intention to re(...)

Shane Lowry claims Abu Dhabi crown after day of high drama
- Golf
- January 19, 2019, 13:37
Shane Lowry rode a roller-coaster – at times hanging on for dear life – before brilliantly out-dueling South African Richard Sterne to end a three-and(...)

Why are there fewer and fewer Irish players on the European Tour?
- Golf
- November 7, 2018, 10:34
It’s an old truism that golf is a numbers game. The basic task is to get the ball into the hole in as few strokes as humanly possible; yet the other s(...)

Shane Lowry sets sights on last chance to keep PGA Tour card
- Golf
- August 13, 2018, 19:00
Shane Lowry left Bellerive Country Club a tired man, but with renewed energy and a greater clarity on where he is headed. A difficult season has been (...)

Rory McIlroy plans all guns blazing assault on Claret Jug
- Golf
- July 20, 2018, 21:33
On an idiosyncratic day which didn’t know whether it was coming or going, one which firstly doused the early wave of players with cool rain only for t(...)

Shane Lowry intent on taking strategic British Open approach
- Golf
- July 18, 2018, 06:00
The Trackman device on the practice range is a source of statistical information, but – sometimes – can be a distraction too: as he went about his bus(...)