Shane Lowry was crowned the Irish Open champion on Sunday evening after a scintillating display over the course of the four-day tournament.
Shane Lowry produced one of the most dominant displays the Irish Open has ever seen to win on home soil at Trump International Golf Links in Doonbeg on Sunday.
The Offaly man closed with a superb final-round 63 to finish 23-under par and win by a staggering 11 shots.
It was the largest winning margin in the tournament’s history, and he was handsomely rewarded for it.
It was Lowry’s second Irish Open title and, just as sweetly, his first individual win in four years, since the 2022 BMW PGA Championship.
US President Donald Trump stayed on an extra day to watch the home hero seal his victory and presented him with the trophy on the 18th green.
Shane Lowry’s prize money
So, after a week that started with a course-record 62 on Friday and ended in record-breaking fashion, just how much did Lowry pocket for his efforts?
The 39-year-old landed a cheque of €878,529 for the win. However, he also banked a further $30,000 (about €26,000) in bonus money for his stunning course-record 62 on Friday, taking his total haul for the week to comfortably north of $1 million.
Patrick Reed and Joaquin Niemann, who tied for second a distant 11 shots back, took home €447,016 each, while Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen banked €258,391 in fourth.
Defending champion Rory McIlroy, who closed with a 67 to finish the week under par, earned an estimated €29,456.
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Extra Angle
£37,500 — what Bernhard Langer won for the 1987 Irish Open record Lowry just broke. Lowry earned €878,529.
Langer’s 10-shot win at Portmarnock in 1987 was the Irish Open’s biggest margin for 39 years. Lowry beat it by a shot at Doonbeg for a cheque roughly 20 times bigger.
A cheque from the distillers too?
Lowry’s winnings may not be the only windfall to come out of his week at Doonbeg as, during the trophy presentation, Trump used his speech to announce he was removing US tariffs on Irish whiskey.
Speaking to a cheering crowd, the US President said that he had discussed the matter with Taoiseach Micheal Martin.
‘Everybody’s been bugging me,’ Trump said. ‘They are saying “would you do me a favour? It’s so unfair what’s going on. Could you possibly take the tariffs off of Irish whiskey”, and I said, “on behalf of the United States of America, I am going to take the tariffs off Irish whiskey.”‘
Lowry, who had been at a dinner with the President the night before, later joked that he was owed a slice of the goodwill.
‘He said he’s taking the tariffs off Irish whiskey, which Irish distillers better be sending me a cheque soon, that must be worth a few quid to them,’ he told reporters.
‘There was a big dinner last night and I was there, and we had a talk, but he didn’t tell me that he had changed his plans for me.’
