Inside Wendy Lowry's adventure-filled day with kids while Shane competes at FedEx St Jude Championship
FAR APART Inside Wendy Lowry's adventure-filled day with kids while Shane competes at FedEx St Jude Championship
WENDY Lowry enjoyed a fun trip to Castlecomer Discovery Park with her daughters while Shane completed his opening round at the FedEx St Jude Championship.
That tournament is being held at TPC Southwind in Memphis, Tennessee while Shane's family are back home in Ireland.
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Wendy branded the 80-acre Kilkenny activity park 'soooooo good'
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The tourist attraction boasts fishing lakes, walking trails, kids' play areas and a canopy walkway
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They also ventured out to Greystones in Wicklow
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Where Wendy relaxed with pals via a picnic on the beach
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Shane teed off with a mediocre Thursday round of 73 at three-over-par that left him 11 shots off the lead held by Akshay Bhatia.
The American's blistering round of 62 was just a single stroke short of the course record. Lowry's close pal Tommy Fleetwood is in sole place of second place as he sits one shot back on seven-under-par.
Justin Rose is another big name in the early mix as he's tied for third with Harry Hall and Bud Cauley on six-under.
The Offaly native's day of play featured four bogeys against a sole birdie on the third hole.
This $20 million competition serves as the first leg of the PGA Tour's FedEx Cup playoffs.
Rory McIlroy last week faced some online fan backlash after news of his decision to skip it came to light. It's supposed to feature the top 70 players in the FedEx Cup standings.
Cam Young claimed his first tour win in the last qualifying event on Sunday, August 3 before this week's playoffs got going.
The field was trimmed to 69 after McIlroy dropped a bombshell by pulling out.
No reason was given for the Hollywood hotshot's omission from the prestigious event but it may be down to the new format.
In previous seasons, the entire $100 million FedEx Cup bonus pool was distributed based solely on players' final positions at the Tour Championship.
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But that changed this year after the format at East Lake was reverted to a traditional 72-hole stroke play event with no starting strokes.
Scottie Scheffler is already guaranteed to hold the No. 1 spot after the BMW Championship in two weeks, earning him an additional $5 million bonus before even setting foot at the Tour Championship.
Now, the outright winner will pocket $10 million, regardless of FedExCup ranking.
Down ace McIlroy is comfortably through to the last playoff event due to his second place standing on the ladder, while Lowry is 17th.
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A group shot she shared of all her friends gathered round
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Greystones is among the most beautiful spots in the entire country
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They braved going in for a dip
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The couple at Wendy's glamorous birthday party last month
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But it has clearly created more talking points after he also skipped three of the PGA Tour's eight Signature Events including The Sentry, RBC Heritage and the Memorial Tournament.
That last one even raised eyebrows from Jack Nicklaus. The 18-time major winner called McIlroy's no-show at his own event 'a surprise'.
As for Lowry, who is ranked in the top 20 on the FedEx standings, he knows a strong week in Memphis could catapult him up the leaderboard before the BMW Championship and Tour Championship later this month.
Only the top 50 qualify for the BMW - with another 20 cut from the Tour Championship finale.
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