Shane Lowry wins the 2019 British Open at Portrush

The 2019 British Open is in the books and we have another first-time major winner. Shane Lowry is your 2019 British Open champ.

From start-to-finish this week, Shane Lowry was at the top of the leaderboard.

A first-round 67 was topped only by J.B. Holmes, and had Lowry sitting in second place on his own, ahead of a slew of golfers at -3.

He would follow that up with another 67, and sat at -8 at the end of the second round, tied with J.B. Holmes.

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Then, on day three, Shane Lowry put the rest of the field on notice. He would come out and play an exceptional round of golf Saturday, shooting 63. Not only that, it was a bogey-free 63, and would get him plenty of clearance on the rest of the field.

No one else near the top of the leaderboard was able to put up a round of golf like Lowry that day. Danny Willett came the closest with a 65, but his opening round 74 left him nine shots back from Lowry. Tommy Fleetwood and Rickie Fowler both managed a 66 on Saturday, but were still four and eight shots back, respectively.

With the stereotypical links weather rolling in on Sunday, there was no chance for anyone playing in any contending group to make a run at Lowry, provided he didn’t fall apart.

Lowry made fans nervous for a short period of time. An opening bogey dropped him back to put Fleetwood and Lee Westwood within site. Lowry turned it back on though, carding birdies on 4, 5, and 7. Four more bogeys and one birdie throughout the end of the round led him to a finishing 72.

In regular conditions, a 72 might have left enough space for those behind him to overcome Shane Lowry. At Portrush, it wasn’t the case.

With the occasional rain and prevailing strong wind, mother nature ruined anyone’s chances of catching Lowry. In fact, of the final six groups to play, no one shot better than par. Which means that in fact, Lowry’s 72 was the second-best round of anyone in contention.

A look into some of Shane Lowry’s stats helps show why he ran away with this year’s final major. He hit more greens in regulation than any other player, notching a rate of 79.17%. Pairing his British Open high of GIR, his rate of 1.62 putts per hole led to plenty of scoring opportunities.

He was in plenty of fairways as well, hitting a nice 62.5% number. If you are looking for reasons as to why this was one of the most dominant major wins of all-time, Lowry’s statistics back that up.

Lowry now joins the ranks of those who are able to say that they have won a major. Even sweeter is that he did it so close to home, with the Irishman winning the first major held in Northern Ireland in quite some time.

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A solid paycheck, plenty of exemptions, and moments that are better than anything he earned from winning, Shane Lowry goes down in history. Congratulations to your 2019 British Open Champion.

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