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Lowry moves into contention in Ohio

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• Aug 8 at 12:17 AM

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Please feel free to use the following gratis press release and the attached image of  Shane Lowry (which must be credited to Getty Images and used in conjunction with this release only) in your respective publications with immediate effect.
Shane Lowry moves into contention in Ohio
Ireland’s Shane Lowry moved into contention at the halfway mark of the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, firing a four under par second round of 66 to trail runaway leader Jim Furyk by four shots. Lowry posted five consecutive threes before the turn, which included birdies on the sixth, eighth and ninth holes, to surge up the leaderboard, and he reached five under par with a sixth birdie of the day on the 15th hole, before flying the green on the last hole, which led to his second bogey of the day. Furyk also signed for a round of 66 – his second in as many days at Firestone Country Club – to pull away from the pack on eight under par, with Bubba Watson (66) and Dustin Johnson (67) sharing second place with Lowry, four shots off the pace. Northern Irishman Graeme McDowell followed his opening round of 66 with a battling one over par 71 to lie one shot further back on three under par, in a share of fifth position with Sweden’s Henrik Stenson, who posted a round of 69, and New Zealand’s Danny Lee, who birdied the closing two holes for a round of 72. Key player quotes Jim Furyk – 66 (-8 total) “I’m happy with back-to-back 66s. Yesterday I felt like I played a really good round. I got the ball in the hole. I scored. I didn't hit a lot of fairways yesterday. I missed some greens when I shouldn't have, but I just managed to make a bunch of birdies. I came out today, I felt a little better about it. I hit the ball more solid. I hit more fairways, and had more confidence. I made a couple of loose swings here and there, I missed a couple putts as well. I think I had some opportunities early in the round to really get it going and stalled a little bit. Then I was able to birdie 17 and 18 and 2 to jump start the round and get 3-under pretty quick. So overall, I’m pleased with it. I felt like I was moving in the right direction today. Hopefully, I'll continue to gain more confidence in my swing.” Shane Lowry – 66 (-4 total) “If you look at my career so far, I tend to play well on tough courses, when we have a high winning score. When pars are good and you pick off a few birdies, I tend to like it. Out here it's all about driving the golf ball. I feel like I'm driving the ball well at the minute. I'm hitting it long and straight, and I just hope I can do that for another two days.” Graeme McDowell – 71 (-3 total) “It was an up-and-down day. The first nine holes, which was the back nine, I could have shot anything there, anything from 37 to about 42. But I managed to hang in there and shoot a really great, grinding level par on the back nine, my first nine holes. And then my second nine, the front nine, I started to hit it a little better and give myself some chances and kind of made a couple silly mistakes. So that's golf. I'd have taken 71, I think, six or seven holes into the round, and I’m happy enough that I'm hanging around for the weekend, which it's always nice to be thereabouts.” Henrik Stenson – 69 (-3 total) “I'm pretty happy with the way I'm playing. Maybe I felt like I hit it a little bit better yesterday than today, but I’m still playing nicely. It's not an easy golf course even though Jim made it look easy. He was leaving everyone behind, at least the morning groups. He played really solid and I played good myself. I’m quite happy with the progress I made last week before coming into the tournament.”
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