Are Shane Lowry and Rory McIlroy friends?

Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry are friends. Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry have been friends for a long time now.

The pair first met when they were both playing golf at the same club in Ireland. The pair drifted apart for a few years after the Northern Irish golfer left the Horizon management company in 2013. However, they are closer now.

Shane Lowry is an Irish professional golfer who plays on the European and PGA tours and is known for winning the 2015 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational.

Shane Lowry was the 2007 Irish Amateur Close Champion where he defeated Niall Turner 4 and 3 in the final. Shane Lowry won for the first time as a professional in 2012, at the Portugal Masters in October.

In September 2021, Shane Lowry played on the European team in the 2021 Ryder Cup at Whistling Straits in Kohler, Wisconsin.

In February 2022, Shane Lowry finished runner-up at The Honda Classic. Shane Lowry had his best professional result in 2009 in November, when he finished 3rd in the Dunlop Phoenix Tournament in Japan.