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5th October 2022
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"I got on tour but I was playing mainly in Europe and he was in America, so I wouldn't have seen him that much," he said. "But I think, over the last few years, we've grown closer than we ever have been. "I live down here [in Florida] and live 10 minutes from him. Our wives are very good friends and we have kids of a similar age. It's all worked out where we do hang out a bit and play practice rounds together. "I play quite a bit with at The Bear's Club, and I always say this - if you want to become a better golfer, you have to play with better players. And it has definitely helped me, over the years, playing golf with him, because if you go to The Bear's Club with him on a Tuesday afternoon and if you don't shoot 8-under, you're losing the money! "Definitely over the last four to five years, we've grown closer than we have ever been. And it's great for me to have one of the best players in the world, and certainly one of the greatest over the last 10 years, as one of my good friends and someone I can talk to."[caption id="attachment_261463" align="aligncenter" width="800"]
Shane Lowry pictured at the 2022 PGA Championship at Southern Hills Country Club. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)[/caption]
"I think the amounts of money that are being thrown around are absolutely disgusting, at the minute. Even, I feel like all people talk about now is money. They don't talk about what you win. The PGA Tour, for 10 years, has tried to get money out of it - we play for points now in the FedEx Cup. "Even when you watched the [PGA] Tour Championship, though, all the commentators talked about was how much money the players were going to win. I was thinking, 'Would you just talk about the trophy or the title they're going to win?' Talk about Rory going down the stretch and how he could surpass Tiger if he wins. Stuff like that. It's just disgusting, the amounts of money we're talking about, to be honest."When the host observed how the money-talk was a 'turn off' for many fans, Lowry agreed whole-heartedly. "The general Joe Soap - a guy that works his nuts off to make 50 grand a year and has to struggle, even, to make the membership at his local golf club, and loves the game so much - this is probably pissing him off, more than anyone. And I think it's the wrong thing to do." You can listen to that full interview with Shane Lowry here.
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