What is a moment in golf that you will never forget? Well, if someone were to ask Shane Lowry that, he would probably look back at his first major win in 2019. The golfer had emerged victorious at the Open Championship held at the Royal Portrush. But it seems there is another instance from the title-winning tournament aside from him lifting the cup that stays fresh in his mind. Cue the athlete’s tee shot on the 14th.

The 37-year-old had once recounted his iconic win at the tournament in an interview with the Irish Examiner. Lowry, during the same, also took to remember the stray tee shot that broke his wonderful spell on Saturday at the par-4, 14th: “I actually hit someone, which stopped it from going into really heavy stuff.”

The Irishman found out about the same when he was walking down the tee box to the place where the ball fell. “I remember walking down and my dad was standing there,” said Lowry as he recollected the exact words his dad spoke to him, “You hit someone in the head.” His response? “Alright, relax!” he exclaimed before signing a glove and apologizing for the unfortunate incident.

But that didn’t stop the Irish athlete from dishing out a par-putt on the hole, despite a tough series of shots that followed. “I missed the green then and I had a really difficult pitch shot,” reminisced Lowry, “I hit a lovely pitch to four feet and holed that for par.” The save, in turn, helped him dish out a flawless round on the moving day.

That day, the golfer carded a total of eight birdies on a round of 8-under 63. “I birdied three of the last four and just missed on 18. I felt so in control and so aware of what was going on,” said the European athlete as he looked back on the birdies he scored on the par-4 15th, par-3 16th, and par-4 17th at Royal Portrush.

A peek back into Shane Lowry’s 2019 win at the Open Championship

“Mentally, I’ve never been in that place. It’s an incredible place to be in,” divulged the golfer in the interview as he recounted the third round of play, which helped push him to the top for the title. Even so, achieving the win wouldn’t have been possible had it not been for him to register impressive scores on the other three rounds as well.

Shane Lowry put up figures of 67-67-63-72 over the four days of play, thanks to which he finished at T1 with a score of 15-under 269. He scored a total of 23 birdies and 8 bogeys over the four rounds, allowing him to beat the likes of Tommy Fleetwood and Tony Finau, both of whom finished T2 (9-under par) and T3 (7-under par), respectively, at the Royal Portrush Golf Club!