BMW PGA CHAMPIONSHIP

September 11, 2022

Shane Lowry

Wentworth Golf Club

Quick Quotes (2)

Q. You've been chasing this down for a while. How does it feel knowing you now have the title?

SHANE LOWRY: Yeah, I'm over the moon. It's hard to put into words. I come off the 18th green and I watched Rory's put straightaway and now I'm doing this. It's something that I'll sit back and reflect on in the next few days and I'm sure it will sink in. I'm just so happy that I can win this tournament. You know, since the first day I came here back in 2010 when they redesigned the golf course and it was getting a lot of stick, I was one of the players that absolutely loved it. I love this tournament and I love this course. I love coming here, the area, I just love everything about it. I'm so happy that I can come here and win the tournament this year. I feel like I've had a great year but it's not a great year unless you win. And I feel like this is just the glaze on the cake for me.

Q. You said yesterday it's very congested and anything can happen.

SHANE LOWRY: I kind of felt if I went out today and I beat Rory, I'd probably have a good chance. The course is quite gettable. Obviously there's lads coming from the pack. I stood on 14 green and I seen Jon had shot 62. I remember when Alex Noren won, he shot 62 early in the round like Jon was to win. That kind of crept into my head but I just tried to kind of keep the foot on the gas and missed a couple of chances on the way in and didn't hit some of the best shots but saved the best shots till last.

Like 18, I hit a great drive down there. It's a hole that I hate the tee shot. I just don't like it. Doesn't sit right with me, and I hit a great tee shot and I just hit the best 5-iron that I've hit in a long, long time so I'm pretty happy.

Q. You have such a great record here, so many top 10s and most notably 2014, you and Rory again. Do you think about past experiences?

SHANE LOWRY: To be honest coming down the last few holes, all the negative ones were coming into my head, all the bad shots I've hit. Yeah, they do. But I just spoke to my coach this morning and we talked about it, and I said, look, I'm playing some of the best golf of my life. I need to allow myself to play golf today and just allow myself to go out there and hit the shots and I did. I'm absolutely over the moon.

I did a thing with SKY Sports at the start of the week with the trophy and I held the trophy and I looked at the names on it and it's all the greats of European golf, and I'm so happy that I can add my name to that.