President Trump's warm handshake with Shane Lowry at Irish Open
The Clara man is in contention to win his second Irish Open title and enjoys a commanding lead on the final day of the tournament
US President Donald Trump enthusiastically shook hands with Shane Lowry before he teed off in the Iirsh Open in Doonbeg just after 2pm this afternoon.
The Clara man is in contention to win his second Irish Open title and enjoys a commanding lead on the final day of the tournament.
Shane continued his march towards a second with a third sensational round at Doonbeg on Saturday.
He followed up Thursday's -3 67, Friday's course record -8 62 with a blistering -5 65 on Saturday. It means he is in complete control of the tournament as he chases a big win that will rescue a stuttering season.
A win in his home open on home turf would mean so much to the Offaly man – he won the Irish Open as an amateur in Baltray in 2009, turning professional after it, embarking on a sensational career that included major success and world wide stardom.
He once again produced near flawless golf on Saturday with six birdies and just one bogey, a five on the fifth. It means that he is four shots clear of the field on -16 with Jacob Skov Olesen his nearest competitor on -12.
Joachin Niemann is the next on -9 and then there is a gap to a couple on -7. Olesen appears to be his only real threat and it is very much Lowry's tournament to lose but anything can happen in golf and after some agonising near misses early in the season, he won't be preparing his victory speech yet.