Shane Lowry has his priorities straight.
The Offaly golfer will be heading to Oakmont to take part in this year’s US Open, but he has a bit of business to attend to first.
Lowry has delayed his trip to the Major, in order to support the Offaly senior team in their Leinster SFC quarter-final clash against Westmeath on Sunday, he revealed to the Irish Independent.
Sure it’s no wonder, really. The man’s a die-hard fan of the Faithful County.
EXCLUSIVE look at @ShaneLowryGolf's outfit for today at #TheMasters. Good to see him staying faithful to his roots pic.twitter.com/TEbTOMGIRV
— SportsJOE (@SportsJOEdotie) April 8, 2016
Despite playing at The Players Championship in Sawgrass last weekend, Lowry made sure to keep abreast of the happenings at O’Connor Park, where his beloved county broke a nine-year hoodoo.
Offaly won their first Championship game since 2007 with a 2-21 to 2-13 victory against Longford last Sunday, and thousands of miles away, Lowry was tuning in via Midlands 103.
“The first half I listened in my bedroom, and the second half I was listening to it in the locker-room, and then went into the players’ lounge, and Pádraig (Harrington) listened to the last ten minutes with me.”
“Yeah, it was nice, and it’s great, we got a win. People laugh at me. I said to Pádraig, ‘it’s all right for you, you get to experience that every year.’ It was great for them to get the win. I know a few of them. It was nice.”
Happiest man in sawgrass today. #upoffaly @Offaly_GAA pic.twitter.com/RRin4hVoHq
— Shane Lowry (@ShaneLowryGolf) May 15, 2016
