Shane Lowry opens up on 'unreal' support he received while teeing off at The Open 2025

After nearly taking a month-long break from professional golf, Shane Lowry returned to the Royal Portrush to play The Open Championship 2025 on Thursday, July 17. Lowry, 38, previously won this Major in 2019 on the very same course, which gives him a massive advantage at this year's competition.

While Lowry's advantage will be a big boost for him, another major positive is the crowd support he has. This crowd support in question was seen in full effect when Lowry teed off in Round 1 of The Open 2025. The 3x PGA Tour winner was greeted with a huge cheer by the crowd when his name was announced.

After Round 1 ended, Shane Lowry reflected on the 'unreal' support he received. On social media platform X (formerly Twitter), Lowry wrote:

"Was happy to get this one away today. Support out there was unreal. See you tomorrow @TheOpen ☘️ #TheOpen."

You can check Shane Lowry's post below:

Shane Lowry began The Open Championship 2025 on a strong note, and currently finds himself tied for 20th position with a score of 1-under par. The Irish player scored three birdies and two bogeys to achieve this score. It will be interesting to see if Lowry can better his prospects in Round 2.

What time will Shane Lowry tee off in Round 2 of The Open Championship 2025?

In Round 2 of The Open Championship 2025, Shane Lowry will tee off at 10:10 a.m. ET. The 2019 Open Championship winner will be paired with Scottie Scheffler and Collin Morikawa in this round. Here is a detailed look at the tee times and pairings for Round 2 of the competition:

01:35 am: Stewart Cink, Matteo Manassero, Marc Leishman
01:46 am: Francesco Molinari, Jesper Svensson, Connor Graham (a)
01:57 am: Zach Johnson, Daniel Hillier, Daniel Brown
02:08 am: Adam Scott, Rickie Fowler, Ethan Fang (a)
02:19 am: Laurie Canter, Elvis Smylie, Sergio Garcia
02:30 am: Andrew Novak, Matthieu Pavon, Matt Wallace
02:41 am: Davis Thompson, Dean Burmester, Rikuya Hoshino
02:52 am: Si Woo Kim, Shugo Imahira, Sebastian Cave (a)
03:03 am: Michael Kim, Bud Cauley, John Parry
03:14 am: Matt McCarty, Shaun Norris, Angel Hidalgo
03:25 am: Keegan Bradley, Sungjae Im, Daniel Berger
03:36 am: Rasmus Højgaard, Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Romain Langasque
03:47 am: Aaron Rai, Sahith Theegala, Harry Hall
04:03 am: Justin Leonard, Thriston Lawrence, Antoine Rozner
04:14 am: J.T. Poston, Chris Kirk, Carlos Ortiz
04:25 am: Brian Harman, Maverick McNealy, Joaquín Niemann
04:36 am: Russell Henley, Tyrrell Hatton, Min Woo Lee
04:47 am: Robert MacIntyre, Bryson DeChambeau, Justin Rose
04:58 am: Jordan Spieth, Ludvig Åberg, Viktor Hovland
05:09 am: Rory McIlroy, Justin Thomas, Tommy Fleetwood
05:20 am: Harris English, Nick Taylor, Tony Finau
05:31 am: Lucas Glover, Jhonattan Vegas, Tom Kim
05:42 am: Brian Campbell, John Catlin, Frazer Jones (a)
05:53 am: Nathan Kimsey, Jason Kokrak, Cameron Adam (a)
06:04 am: Daniel Young, Curtis Luck, Curtis Knipes
06:15 am: Young-han Song, George Bloor, OJ Farrell
06:26 am: Padraig Harrington, Nicolai Højgaard, Tom McKibbin
06:47 am: Louis Oosthuizen, Guido Migliozzi, K.J. Choi
06:58 am: Cameron Smith, Marco Penge, Justin Hastings (a)
06:09 am: Jason Day, Taylor Pendrith, Jacob Skov Olesen
07:20 am: Phil Mickelson, Daniel van Tonder, Ryan Peake
07:31 am: Max Greyserman, Byeong Hun An, Niklas Norgaard
07:42 am: Jordan Smith, Haotong Li, Dustin Johnson
07:53 am: Darren Clarke, Davis Riley, Lucas Herbert
08:04 am: Kevin Yu, Julien Guerrier, Mikiya Akutsu
08:15 am: Thomas Detry, Chris Gotterup, Lee Westwood
08:26 am: Patrick Cantlay, Cameron Young, Mackenzie Hughes
08:37 am: Thorbjørn Olesen, Matthew Jordan, Filip Jakubcik (a)
08:48 am: Henrik Stenson, Stephan Jaeger, Sebastian Soderberg
09:04 am: Kristoffer Reitan, Martin Couvra, Adrien Saddier
09:15 am: Takumi Kanaya, Justin Walters, Bryan Newman (a)
09:26 am: Hideki Matsuyama, Ryan Fox, Matt Fitzpatrick
09:37 am: Sepp Straka, Ben Griffin, Akshay Bhatia
09:48 am: Sam Burns, Aldrich Potgieter, Brooks Koepka
09:59 am: Xander Schauffele, J.J. Spaun, Jon Rahm
10:10 am: Shane Lowry, Collin Morikawa, Scottie Scheffler
10:21 am: Corey Conners, Wyndham Clark, Tom Hoge
10:32 am: Denny McCarthy, Nico Echavarria, Patrick Reed
10:43 am: Matthias Schmid, Ryggs Johnston, Richard Teder (a)
10:54 am: Dylan Naidoo, Darren Fichardt, John Axelsen
11:05 am: Justin Suh, Oliver Lindell, Jesper Sandborg
11:16 am: Sadom Kaewkanjana, Riki Kawamoto, Sampson Zheng

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