Shane Lowry has come close to winning The Masters, tying for 3rd place in 2022.
On Saturday afternoon, Lowry gave another meaning to “Moving Day” at Augusta with a heroic hole-in-one at No. 6 that put him squarely in position to be wearing that coveted green jacket come early Sunday night in Georgia. And the 39-year-old Irishman made some history while delighting the Saturday crowd at Augusta National.
Lowry became just the 7th player all-time to ace the 6th hole at Augusta, and he’s now the only player in the storied history of The Masters to ace 2 different holes. To accomplish his feat on Saturday, Lowry grabbed a 7-iron on the 190-yard hole and did what not many before him had ever done, considering this is the 90th edition of The Masters.
Sitting at 6-under before he made his golfing memory for that lucky gallery, the 2019 British Open champion suddenly thrust himself into contention. With that 1 perfect stroke of the ball, Lowry moved himself into a tie for 2nd place at 8-under-par, just 4 shots back of leader Rory McIlroy.
There was still a lot of golf to be played on Saturday and then of course on Sunday, but no matter what happens for the rest of this Masters, Lowry put himself in select company in tournament history without even winning the event — yet.
Lowry’s hole-in-one certainly made his chances at winning on Sunday a lot more realistic. Here is what the Kalshi market is currently saying about Lowry’s chances to be wearing that green jacket when all is said and done at Augusta:
Cory Nightingale, a former sportswriter and sports editor at the Miami Herald and Palm Beach Post, is a South Florida-based freelance writer who covers Alabama for SaturdayDownSouth.com.
