Shane Lowry and Rikuya Hoshino | Round 1 Highlights | 2024 Porsche Singapore Classic

Highlights of Shane Lowry and Rikuya Hoshino from their opening rounds at the 2024 Porsche Singapore Classic.

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The DP World Tour arrives in Asia this week for the Porsche Singapore Classic at Laguna National Golf Resort Club. Ockie Strydom returns after storming to a second DP World Tour title in six starts at the last year’s Singapore Classic. The 38-year-old has claimed a string of decent results so far this season. He finished tied fourth in Bahrain which was followed by a tie for 16th in Qatar and a tie for 31st at the SDC Championship three weeks ago. Shane Lowry will also be in Singapore this week. The 2019 Open Champion arrives in the Far East with confidence after a 19T finish at THE PLAYERS Championship last week, including a near hole-in-one on the iconic 17th hole at TPC Sawgrass. As a result of the finish, has risen back inside the top-50 on the Official World Golf Ranking and will be hoping to mount a challenge for a seventh DP World Tour title this week. Rasmus Højgaard will also be in the field this week. He’s had a strong start to the season with five top-12’s including a 2T at the Ras Al Khaimah Championship in January. Others to look out for are Rikuya Hoshino, Matthieu Pavon and Yannik Paul.

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Out to the second hole Shane Lowry second yeah Power four this one pin on the right hand side 474 yards this is look at that excellent stuff Asino not rning close there as well just ball just went out you screen that back to the second hashino and he hold a wonderful putt at

The first this is a pre- straight forward putt just inside right super easy putt a birdie birdie start for the catar champion out to four and hasino 142 today this little par three fourth hole into that ball should check nicely very good could go four in a row

Back to the fourth Shane Larry’s t-shot talking very bullishly about his form this week wasn’t he so close to an ace let’s see if Hino can make it four straight birdies out of the blocks he can’t right in the middle never touched the sides lovely stuff Larry for minus three no problem there

Yeah L’s got his BD eyes on this one trying to gather as much information as you can so just down the right hand side for Shino he’s already four birdies today looks a good line Looks a good line is right in the middle for Hino fifth bird of the

Day and he’s had two twos as well that’s always nice do like a two three wood going down wind you know higher launch angle you actually get more out of it than you would a driver relative to the wind help but the wind is also going left to right

This from 154 wind helping in from the left equal amount well can he get enough of it can he yeah he can what a shot that shot of the day for me so far out of that lie what a shot wind just held it up a

Bit bit of Break On It Rich from the right from the right there is is hang up yeah did just had enough Pace on it little softer that was missing left well done I’m about furong and a half I guess nearly in the landing space anyway Asino rips one down there

310 to the bunker in the middle of the Fairway which is to be avoided and he’s done it near enough to 280 to where the holes cut actually 282 I believe he can get there no problem but got to flight it nicely the further left he go the longer the carry

Is that’s some nasty rough down that bank over the green yeah that’s where he’s gone over the back there and we’ve seen some players have trouble over there yeah quite a heavy lie at the back of this green very difficult to spin it you see that pin it’s hard to get close

That’s not bad from there though you we s a lot worse pretty much dead straight good read he doesn’t miss much three-w fur low at the 15th on his way think he likes that one 97 for Lowry much better angle here he can take dead

Aim told me walking up to the last hole has all become a bit of a struggle this would help and help it does should be a birdie there for Shane Lowry what as Shane Lowry does make the birdie two bunkers up the right side that’s your ideal Target just inside

Play a little draw use the slope neor that’s done all right It’s the second easiest hole it’s playing today on the course 44 birdies have been tucked away here today no Eagles it’s just inside the right edge of the hospital inside the left edge of the hospitality and just play a little draw on the Wind from the right

Well that’s not a bad lead there from low back there by that back right Fringe it’ll be a good shot from this angle more into the wind from here as well well he certainly started it well right trying to move it right to left oh it would looked really good from back

There just a club out got to take up short out of play 10 12 ft past the Hol is a very good effort that’s what you couldn’t do that’s silly there even if you’re 30 ft give yourself a putt Shane has great hands I mean I I

Don’t like to say that but he he typically does but as I said he’s swinging into the grain of this tightly moan grass look for him to land this short of the green bump it up there down the slope this might come back off The Fringe no

It’s going to go too far that was a hard leave terrible life for hashino here really grassy yeah and all things considering that’s a very good shot from hashino should make his par this his fourth event in a row Larry that especially with the tra traveling involved and look how far left

His aim in this some much break there is go on oh yes Shane great but say the best to last so hashino he started with four straight birdies today makes part last he really does Jam those in doesn’t he in the end a round of 68 for the Commercial Bank katar Masters champion

So a good start to the week Shane three under today pretty good start considering the jet lag how you feeling out there today yeah I mean I felt okay actually um got a little bit you know iffy towards the end uh but I think that was coming with some bad golf

As well so I got off to a great start today and I suppose I guess I just thought it was going to be easy and kind of bit me back in the middle of the round and um but I fought well and I finished well I’m pretty happy with that

Okay well what did you learn about the course cuz you played it for the first time competitively and obviously only had one practice round yeah I mean I learned a couple of places not to hit it and um yeah I actually struggled on the greens struggle with the grain on the

Greens and it was quite windy it was hard to put so um hopefully I can get out tomorrow and the greens will be you know be a little less win and stuff and I managed to ha a few puts but uh yeah hopefully I get used to him as the week

Goes on and I can keep P some better numbers you came close to an ace on Ace on the fourth tell us about that yeah I mean it was just a perfect g w from 141 or so and uh yeah it would have been a

Nice would have been nice to do I that was to go straight under after four and like I said I felt like it was golf was easy and you know everything was going to be easy today but uh you know like I said it bit me back and um need to be a

Bit more uh in control of my emotions tomorrow and and just kind of play one hole at a time I think he’s still smiling lovely birie put to finish off your round so that must put you in a good frame of mind coming in tomorrow yeah like you know 300 feels like you

Know 69 feels like better than way better than 70 even though it’s not that much better but um yeah it’s nice to shoot 300 and you know because you’re going out this morning and you’re standing on the first E8 behind the leader h you know that there’s a lot of

Good scores out there and you feel like when you’re not doing it you start to get a little bit frustrated but uh yeah I stuck with it and 300 is okay okay best that’s moment great to chat thank you to watch another DP world to video click here and this is subscribe click

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