Jan 30, 2020: Open Champion Shane Lowry is aiming to extend his strong record in the Middle East when he makes his debut as part of a strong field in the Saudi International powered by SoftBank Investment Advisers.
The Irishman won the 2019 Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship presented by EGA and is a former runner up in the European Tour’s season-ending DP World Tour Championship, Dubai.
He began his 2020 calendar year by finishing runner up in Hong Kong and after missing the cut by
one shot in Abu Dhabi, he finished tied 11th in last week’s Omega Dubai Desert Classic.
“It’s very much a Middle East-style golf course, and something that I like the look of it straightaway. It’s in great condition.
“Hopefully I can go out and play well, but I do really like the look of the golf course and it’s in perfect condition”, said Lowry.
Lowry believes Royal Greens Golf and Country Club is comparable to some of the other courses he has performance well at in the Middle East and he is looking forward to teeing it up for the first two rounds alongside World Number One Brooks Koepka and former Masters Champion Sergio Garcia, both of whom return to Saudi Arabia after playing in last year’s inaugural event.
Defending champion Dustin Johnson is also in the field and he is grouped with Lee Westwood, winner of the 2020’s first Rolex Series event in Abu Dhabi, and another Middle East specialist, Sweden’s Henrik Stenson.
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