Golf’s second Major of the season, the US PGA Championship, begins today in Oklahoma with four Irish players in action, including Shane Lowry, who is set up nicely for another tilt at a Major after contended in the Masters. “It’s a good opportunity for me to go out there and show people what I’m made of again this week, and hopefully I can be there or thereabouts come the weekend,” said Lowry, aware that the forecast is for windy conditions when he more often than not gets an extra edge on the field.
Lowry will be teeing off at 7.03pm Irish time, as Rory McIlroy takes part in the featured group of the day, alongside Tiger Woods and Jordan Spieth at 2.11pm. Ireland’s Séamus Power is one of Philip Reid’s five to wat …

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