‘Hard to believe' – Shane Lowry & wife Wendy stunned as youngest daughter reaches major life milestone

The Irish Sun

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Over the weekend Shane suffered a blow surrounding next month's Ryder Cup
LOW WAY 'Hard to believe' – Shane Lowry & wife Wendy stunned as youngest daughter reaches major life milestone
SHANE and Wendy Lowry were both left a little stunned as their youngest daughter departed for her first day of school.
The particularly early start is owing to them being based in Florida with the US school calendar quite different from the typical Irish equivalent.
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They were back in Ireland last month to celebrate Wendy's birthday with loved ones
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Ivy Lowry left for school alongside older sister Iris
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The setting for Wendy's stylish birthday party was House Dublin on Leeson Street
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That partly played into both of Ivy Lowry's parents being a bit taken aback as her first day of primary/elementary school arrived.
Wendy captioned the above pic: "Hard to believe Ivy's off to school." Shane later reposted her photo on his own Instagram account.
Over the weekend the Clara native suffered a blow in his quest for an automatic Ryder Cup place.
He slumped to 59th from the 69-strong field at the opening FedEx Cup play-off in Memphis.
Justin Rose claimed victory at the St Jude Championship after a tense three-hole play-off victory over American JJ Spaun.
Tommy Fleetwood's long wait for a PGA Tour win continued after he finished third with the Southport native left kicking himself after holding a five-stroke lead through 36 holes.
45-year-old Rose carded a stunning run of four birdies in the closing five holes at TPC Southwind before prevailing in the play-off.
But his victory didn't bring much good news for Lowry as permutations worked against the 2019 Open winner.
Heading into last week, he was fifth on the Ryder Cup Team Europe rankings - with only the top six qualifying automatically for next month's team event.
And now after Lowry's poor showing and Rose's triumph, along with a decent showing for Austria's Sepp Straka, the 38-year-old has slumped to number seven on the qualification table.
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While Lowry would be expected to earn one of the six captain's picks that Luke Donald will have available, he's facing a nervy few weeks after several of his European pals pushed him outside the automatic qualifying spots.
His form may come as a huge worry to the European skipper. He's slumped ten places on the OWGR ladder after finishing T2 at the Truist Championship in May.
And as a result of their strong showing at the FedEx St Jude, Rose and Fleetwood now join Rory McIlroy as the only three players to have officially sealed automatic qualification for the Bethpage Black match-up against Team USA.
SILVER LINING
But there's a silver lining for Lowry as he's already into this week's BMW Championship at Caves Valley GC.
The field is down to just the top 50 in the FedEx Cup standings ahead of the season's finale that will see only the top 30 progress to the Tour Championship at East Lake.
And time is on his side until after the PGA Tour regular season ends as the final event for Ryder Cup points will be at the Betfred British Masters. That one concludes on August 24.
As for Keegan Bradley's American side, 2025 US Open champion JJ Spaun also sealed an automatic qualification place after his runner-up finish in Memphis.
The Californian now joins Scottie Scheffler and Xander Schauffele on the team as they cannot mathematically drop outside the top six on the USA ladder.