Shane Lowry claims he’s “not exactly a caddie-firer or anything.”
But the Irishman likewise stated Sunday a negative beginning to the year had actually reached him, which was his description for the splitting up in between him and also long timelooper Brian “Bo” Martin The 2019 Open Championship- winning duo split at the end of January, and also Lowry currently has Darren Reynolds on his bag.
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“Yeah, kind of — like at the time, it kind of came out of nowhere,” Lowry stated after his dip into thePlayers Championship “We began in the Middle East, and also I had a negative number of weeks, and also we simply sort of– we had a conversation and also points weren’t going– when I take a seat and also consider it points that weren’t going as well as I most likely believed.
“It got to me a little bit, and I just needed some fresh — I knew, when it happened, I had no one in mind, no one lined up, so I didn’t know what to do.”
According to the Independent, the connection had actually been souring.
The web site stated that the Lowry was seen jabbering at Martin throughout the 3rd round of in 2015’s Masters over a misclubbing, and also resources informed the website that Lowry’s beginning to this year verified that the duo had actually shed its “mojo.” Lowry had actually opened up 2023 with a connection for 28th at the DP World Tour’s Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship– he was linked for the lead entering into the last round– and also he missed out on the cut the following week at the Hero Dubai Desert Classic, likewise a DP World Tour occasion.
Soon after, they were done. Martin had actually brought for Lowry because 2018, a run that saw them win 3 times– the 2019 Open at Royal Portrush, the 2019 Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship and also in 2015’s BMW PGAChampionship He had actually changed Dermot Byrne, that had actually been Lowry’s caddie for 9 years.
“I’ve had two caddies my whole career, and I’ve been on Tour 14 years,” Lowry stated. “I’m not exactly a caddie-firer or anything. This is my third caddie.”
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Two weeks after Dubai, Lowry played the PGA Tour’s Waste Management Open, and also Reynolds was aboard. Lowry stated he had actually been caddying for professional Alex Levy.
“I’ve known Darren for years,” Lowry stated. “He had just started with Alex Levy on the European Tour. That’s almost why I didn’t want to ask him, because I knew he just got a new job and I didn’t want to take him away and then it not work out for us. But, frankly, he was one of the few options I had, and we just had a chat. He caddied for me during Covid for a few weeks when Bo couldn’t, and yeah, it’s been going pretty good.”
The Players noted both’s 5th occasion with each other, over 5 weeks. They missed out on the cut at the WM, linked for 14th at the Genesis Invitational, linked for 5th at the Honda Classic, completed 67th at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, and also linked for 35th at thePlayers
Up next for Lowry is the WGC-Match Play in 2 weeks, adhered to by the Masters 2 weeks afterwards.
“That week in Phoenix was a bit weird for me, and I felt a bit different,” Lowry stated. “But thankfully we went to L.A. and we had a decent result, and then we went and contended at the Honda. Bay Hill didn’t go to play, but Bay Hill is not a place I typically go, and then but for the first round here, we’ve had a decent week this week, so it’s gone well so far.”
