Shane Lowry has issued a warning to the leading 10 DP World Tour players who earned their PGA Tour cards at the season finale in Dubai.
Shane Lowry has warned the 10 DP World Tour players who earned their PGA Tour cards last week they cannot approach 2025 half-heartedly.
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The 2019 Open champion is now one of the best players in the world, currently sitting 28th in the Official World Golf Ranking.
He moved to Florida in 2021 and, while he is still a big supporter of the European-based circuit, there is no denying that he counts the PGA Tour as his home.
Last weekend at the DP World Tour finale, Rasmus Hojgaard, Thriston Lawrence, Paul Waring, Jesper Svensson, Niklas Norgaard, Matteo Manassero, Thorbjorn Olesen, Antoine Rozner, Rikuya Hoshino and Tom McKibbin earned their PGA Tour cards.
“The PGA Tour is the Premier League of golf,” Lowry told Golf Digest’s John Huggan.
“So you can’t go there and be half-hearted. You have to give it everything you have.
“All 10 have had great seasons here though. So they are good enough to go out there and compete.
“The fields are deep over there but there is no need to change anything.”
Asked what the hardest part of adapting to a new tour is, Lowry said it was not knowing all of the courses.
“Over here they are familiar with the events and often don’t need to play a practice round,” he said.
“Over there they won’t be in many pro-ams so they will need to travel Monday and play Tuesday to get to know the course.
“That’s time-consuming and difficult.”
Former Masters champion Adam Scott also echoed Lowry’s sentiments, telling the publication that whilst they are the leading players in Europe they will be down the pecking order in America.
“That’s good for the confidence at home, but they won’t have that next year,” he said.
“On the PGA Tour they will be a lot lower on the pecking order, the depth is so much greater.
“The golf is more aggressive there. So you have to go low every week.”
Right….
I might have said it, dreamed about it, believed it etc… but to actually do it!!!
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