FILE PHOTO: Jul 9, 2020; Dublin, Ohio, USA; Shane Lowry reacts to his putt on the ninth hole during the first round of the Workday Charity Open golf tournament at Muirfield Village Golf Club. Mandatory Credit: Joseph Maiorana-USA TODAY Sports
(Reuters) - Reigning British Open champion Shane Lowry is excited to be competing in the Memorial Tournament this week in Dublin, Ohio but it is not lost on the Irishman where he would have been if not for the COVID-19 outbreak.
If not for the pandemic which wreaked havoc on the global sporting calendar, the world's best golfers would have been at Royal St George's in Kent on England's south-east coast this week to contest the year's final major championship.
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