PGA CHAMPIONSHIP

May 22, 2021

Shane Lowry

The Ocean Course at Kiawah Island

Quick Quotes

SHANE LOWRY: I'm frustrated, I'm disappointed because I feel like I had a round in me today, especially where I drove the ball to. I feel like there's a good score out there. I think I only missed a couple of fairways, and yeah, it's disappointing. I finished strong. I kept battling. It was nice to birdie 16 and 17. But yeah, live to fight another day, try and go out and shoot a decent score tomorrow and have a good week. I can still sneak a top 10 out of it or a top 5 or a good finish if I can shoot sort of 4- or 5-under tomorrow.

Q. What realistically can you expect tomorrow?

SHANE LOWRY: Realistic, 5-under I think is a realistic goal. But I think if -- I don't know, it was very playable out there today but still tough. But I think if I can get it back into red figures for the tournament, I think it would be a very good tournament. I'll go away probably thinking, God, what if, ifs and buts. But I've just got to do the same thing. I feel like I'm playing great. Look, I'm very happy the way I played this week so far. Coming into big tournaments, coming into majors and bringing your best golf, it's quite pleasing. I feel like I had that. If I had hold a couple more putts in the first round, a couple more putts today, it could have been a whole different ballgame this week. I'm still quite pleased about where my game is at. I'm very upbeat. I'm very positive going forward sort of thing.

Q. Completely different course every day here, no? What is it going to be tomorrow?

SHANE LOWRY: Who knows. I think we do have a different wind tomorrow. I think the back nine is going to play downwind tomorrow, so I don't know, but who knows. We just have to come out -- I'll get my tee time tonight and wake up in the morning and go play and see what it gives me. I'll be able to adapt to whatever conditions it throws at us tomorrow.

Q. You've been watching the leaderboard --

SHANE LOWRY: Yeah.

Q. Are you surprised how Mickelson is going?

SHANE LOWRY: I wouldn't say I'm surprised because he's Phil Mickelson. He's one of the greatest golfers of all time, but wow, it's an unbelievable story so far. Who knows if he'll hold on or not or he'll go on and win, but it is fairly incredible like what he's doing. So fair play to him. We're obviously out there trying to chase him down, but it's a fairly packed leaderboard and it's quite tight. Yeah, I'll go back home now and watch the back nine here and I'll play my golf and watch the finish tomorrow.