The thought of Rory McIlroy slipping a Green Jacket over Shane Lowry’s shoulders at Augusta National on Sunday week is an enticing prospect for all Irish golf fans five days out from the 90th Masters. Manchip, who will fly to Georgia on Sunday after three days of practice with his star pupil in Florida, has nothing but confidence in Lowry. “He's turned himself into one of the best iron players in the game of golf, an elite iron player and that is so important at Augusta. “Some people will depend on it on any given week, how good your putting is, how good you are mentally. “Rory had really won everything in the game of golf up to that, it just shows, you know, wanting something so badly.

Source: Irish Examiner April 04, 2026 10:30 UTC