Shane Lowry: Open champion enthusiastic about PGA return plan
Shane Lowry won the Irish Open as an amateur in 2009
Open champion Shane Lowry aims to "hit the ground" after the PGA Tour announced a scheduled resumption on June 11.
The tour has been suspended since March 12 due to Covid-19 but a return, behind closed doors, is planned at the Charles Schwab Challenge in Texas.
"I'm very excited because it gives me a date to work – I miss golf, I just miss playing the game," said Lowry.
"I have goals to be stronger and fitter than ever before."
33-year-old De Ier won his first major last year at Royal Portrush, but the 2020 Open is planned. for Royal St George & # 39; s in July, has been canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Lowry is "very disappointed" that he has the opportunity to defend the title this year, but the other three majors are enrolled before the end of 2020.
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De Number 20 in the world is eager to go back to competition golf even when there are no spectators to watch the action.
He added, "Yes it will be different, but to be honest I wouldn't do that. I will just be happy to play tournament golf again – any kind of golf because I haven't touched a club in nearly four weeks now.
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"I've struggled a bit with nothing to work for the past few weeks, but now I have a date in my head. If things go great and then we play golf again.
"First and foremost, the health and safety of everyone is at the top of their (PGA Tour) priorities. As long as everyone can stay safe and healthy, it will be great to play tournament golf again.
"I don't care to play in the Masters, whether in November or April – going to Augusta every day is always a special day for me.
" I hope we get to a stage where the tournaments get busy, to return to some sort of normality, but I'll just be happy to play golf again. I miss simple things like hitting a bucket of balls. "
