TRAVELERS CHAMPIONSHIP

June 22, 2023

Shane Lowry

TPC River Highlands

Quick Quotes

Q. Shane, you have mentioned that you're a little tired coming into this week flying all the way across country.

SHANE LOWRY: Yeah.

Q. If this hadn't been an elevated event, is this one you might have thought twice about coming here?

SHANE LOWRY: Yeah, but the schedule changed for me this year. Whereas we used to have the Irish Open in a couple weeks' time the week before the Scottish.

We don't have that this year, so I did have to add another tournament in my schedule around this time. Kind of made sense to play here.

It is a place that I like playing. I haven't played here that much over the years because I normally go home to Ireland straightaway after the U.S. Open, so never really fit into my schedule.

Yeah, the fact it's an elevated event is one of the reasons I'm here, but also I do need some FedExCup points, as well, so hopefully can pick up some this week.

Q. Bogey-free round.

SHANE LOWRY: Yep.

Q. Talk about your thought process through the round. Was being tired kind of helpful?

SHANE LOWRY: Yeah, just kind of didn't really expect much today. Just go out there and try and hit some good shots and make a few birdies and see where it left me.

Yeah, maybe it's a frame of mind I probably need to get myself into a little bit more.

Yeah, that's it.

Q. Shane, you hit 16 of 18 greens. Was the iron play the part that stood out?

SHANE LOWRY: Yeah, I think I drove it good. When you drive it good there is a lot of mid, short irons out here. I think if you start hitting it offline and getting it in the rough can get a bit tricky. Yeah, iron play has been good.

It's generally a strength of my game, so, yeah. It's good.

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