“F— this place,” the 38-year-old pro golfer said multiple times after he missed par on his fourth hole
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NEED TO KNOW
- Shane Lowry was caught on a hot mic expressing his frustrations during the U.S. Open on June 13
- “F— this place,” the 38-year-old pro golfer said multiple times after he missed par on his fourth hole
- Lowry finished 17 over par, taking him out of the cut for this year’s competition following his win in 2019
Shane Lowry couldn’t hide his frustration with the Oakmont Country Club at this year’s U.S. Open., resulting in an obscenity-laden outburst.
During the annual competition on Friday, June 13, in Pennsylvania, the 38-year-old pro golfer from Ireland was caught on a hot mic cursing after he missed par on his fourth hole.
“F— this place,” Lowry said multiple times in a broadcast of the event shared to social media before tapping in his ball, taking his score at the time to 14 over par.
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On Thursday, Lowry was also seen on the broadcast taking out his frustrations on a microphone at the 17th hole by smacking it after he could not get his ball out of the rough.
Friday’s hot-mic moment comes just a few weeks after Lowry’s appearance at the PGA Championship on May 16 — when he echoed a similar sentiment about the Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, N.C.
Lowry was on the eighth hole at the championship when his tee shot landed in a pre-established divot in the fairway, per Golf.com. Lowry, who was ranked No. 10 in the world, spoke with a rules official after the ball first landed. But the officials didn’t budge, and he had to continue by hitting from the divot.
Once he did so, he tore up the area around the divot. He then took his club directly to the gap and slammed into it, taking out a huge chunk of the turf. “F— this place!” he said, before he put up his middle finger at the ball after he finished the hole with the putt.
According to the New York Post, Oakmont is known for being a difficult course.
Lowry eventually finished 17 over par and was cut from Saturday’s competition — a big departure from his win at the same competition in 2019.
Also on Friday, Lowry made a major gaff that resulted in a one-stroke violation when he picked up ball up on the 14th hole but forgot to place his marker down
“Probably one of the stupidest things I’ve ever done,” Lowry told Yahoo Sports with a laugh after the incident. “I picked the ball up, had the ball in my hand, turned around to [caddie] Darren [Reynolds] and he basically said to me, ‘What the f— are you doing?’ … By then, maybe my mind was somewhere else.”
