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Irishman Wins British Open in Northern Ireland

By Maggie Holland, Assistant Editor
August / September 2019

August 1, 2019 by Leave a Comment

Shane Lowry after his win.

I hadn’t drank a brandy since 2009,” said Emily Scanlon, grandmother of golfer Shane Lowry, after Lowry won the 148th British Open Championship on Sunday, July 21, at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland. “I drank two yesterday. It’s nearly killing me.” The 32-year-old Lowry from Clara, County Offaly, won the Irish Open back in 2009 as an amateur (and his grandmother had some … [Read more...] about Irishman Wins British Open in Northern Ireland

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