MajorsBrian KeoghThe Masters, Darren Clarke, Rory, Rory McIlroy, Shane Lowry, Graeme McDowellComment

Masters stats: How the Irish rank

MajorsBrian KeoghThe Masters, Darren Clarke, Rory, Rory McIlroy, Shane Lowry, Graeme McDowellComment
Masters stats: How the Irish rank

Rory McIlroy is just one shot off the lead but Shane Lowry is having a great Masters. Just look at the statistics.

While McIlroy leads the Clara man in eagles (1-0) and birdies (9-8), Lowry is ahead in virtually every other category. 

As for Darren Clarke and Graeme McDowell, it's easy to see where their problems lay as the missed he cut comfortably.

Both struggled on the treacherous greens with Clarke racking up five three-putts, the most in the field (tied with Vijay Singh) with McDowell totalling four to match the likes of Ernie Els.

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Driving distance

  • 1 Dustin Johnson 293.0 
  • 2 Adam Scott 290.9
  • 19 Shane Lowry 280
  • T20 Rory McIlroy 280.1
  • 47 Darren Clarke 272.9
  • T51 Graeme McDowell 272.1

Fairways

  • 1 Kevin Streelman 26/28 (92.86%)
  • T12 Shane Lowry 22/28 (78.57%)
  • T20 Rory McIlroy 21/28 (75%)
  • T40 Darren Clarke 19/28 (67.86%)
  • T55 Graeme McDowell 18/28 (64.29%)

GIR

  • 1 Matthew Fitzpatrick 29/36 (80.56%)
  • T2 Soren Kjeldsen/Justin Rose 27/36 (75%)
  • T18 Rory McIlroy/Shane Lowry 24/36 (66.67%)
  • T46 Graeme McDowell 21/36 (58.33%)
  • T63 Darren Clarke 19/36 (52.78%)

Putts

  • 1 Angel Cabrera 52 (1.44)
  • T9 Shane Lowry 57 (1.58)
  • T29 Rory McIlroy 60 (1.67)
  • T61 Graeme McDowell 63 (1.75)
  • T79 Darren Clarke 66 (1.83)

Putts in GIR

  • 1 Hideki Matsuyama 30/19 hole 1.58
  • 5 Shane Lowry 41/24 holes 1.71
  • T7 Rory McIlroy 42/24 holes 1.75
  • T11 Jordan Spieth 39/22 holes 1.77
  • T67 Graeme McDowell 41/21 1.95
  • T77 Darren Clarke 38/19 2.0

Three-putts

  • T88 Darren Clarke 5/36
  • T77 Graeme McDowell 4/36
  • T29 Rory McIlroy 2/36; Jordan Spieth 2/36
  • T8 Shane Lowry 1/36
  • T1 Marc Leishman, Thongchai Jaidee, Keegan Bradley, Bernhard Langer, Troy Merritt, Hideki Matsuyama, Soren Kjeldsen 0/36

Eagles

  • T1 Rory McIlroy 1

Birdies

  • T1 Jordan Spieth/Emiliano Grillo 10/36
  • T3 Rory McIlroy, Danny Lee, Brandt Snedeker, Hideki Matsuyama, Sergio Garcia, Dustin Johnson, Paul Casey Cheng Jin (a) 9/36
  • T11 Shane Lowry 8/36
  • T43 Graeme McDowell 5/36
  • T59 Darren Clarke 4/36