‘It'll be hard' – Shane Lowry gives brutally honest verdict on PGA Championship chances after Truist horror show
SHANE LOWRY admitted he wished the PGA Championship was at a venue "that suits my game a little bit better".
But the
Championship
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Shane Lowry at Quail Hollow ahead of the PGA Championship
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It comes less than a week after his defeat at the Truist Championship
The 2019 Open Champion will tee off this afternoon less than a week after he narrowly came up short in Philadelphia.
But he believes he will challenge if he plays to the level required and of which he is capable.
He said: 'I wish we were at a venue that
suits
my game a little bit better.
'But I do feel like if I play my best
golf
, I can contend, but it'll be hard, and I will have to play my best golf this week.
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"But you know, that's great, because I am actually playing some of my best golf around now.
'So I'll give it a run and see what happens.
"And if it's not this week, sure, I'll dust myself off and I get ready for Memorial, and if it's not that week, I'll just keep going.'
The 37-year-old was two holes away from winning the Truist title, which would have been his first solo win on the
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Meanwhile,
And it is for this reason that the Clara man believes he is playing at the highest level despite being disappointed with how the competition went.
He added: 'I felt like I probably could have won that tournament.
"I should have won that tournament. And it's hard to win out here. So when you give yourself chances like that, it stings.
'I was conscious coming into a big week like this, where you're not feeling great about yourself because of that.
"So it was actually
nice
that it was a forced day off on Monday with the
weather
.
'So I don't feel anything but positive
energy
coming from last week.
"Hopefully I can get out tomorrow morning early and get after it.'
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