Shane Lowry has confirmed newly crowned Masters champion Rory McIlroy will return to defend the pair’s Zurich Classic of New Orleans title in Louisiana next week. McIlroy has returned home to Northern Ireland after skipping this week’s RBC Heritage event on the PGA Tour following his career Grand Slam-clinching success at Augusta National. But Lowry...
Despite the attention being on McIlroy’s Grand Slam hopes, Lowry says he still feels a lot of pressure and winning the Masters would “be a very special thing to happen”. “If it’s not me, I hope it’s him,” Lowry said on McIlroy. “I’ve spent a lot of time with Rory over the last few years,...