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Published 12:38 22 Jul 2019 BST
Updated 22:37 22 Jul 2019 BST
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Coming into 2019, back when he was ranked 75 in the world, the Clara native set his sights on hitting the type of form that would secure him a Ryder Cup place in 2020. Having missed out on the European comeback victory in France, last September, the 32-year-old is determined to be involved at Whistling Straits next year.
When Lowry spoke with us earlier this year, ahead of the US Masters, the Ryder Cup was not far from his thoughts.
"It’s almost like when you’re playing football as a young lad and your da’s the manager, it’s harder to get on the team. "In the next 18 months, that's definitely the priority but I don’t think I’ll get a pick, I think I’ll have to make the team on pure merit. "With Paddy being the captain, I’d love to be on that plane going over to play the Americans and I feel like I’ve put myself in a position to make the team but obviously now I just need to go and play the golf to do it."He certainly is playing the golf to do it and Harrington was not the only one raving about his six-shot victory: https://twitter.com/padraig_h/status/1152991654141407233 Since the start of the year, Lowry has won the Abu Dhabi Championship, finished second at the Canadian Open, third at The Heritage and eighth at the US PGA. He is now ranked No.1 in the European Tour's 'Race to Dubai', 17th in the world [his highest ever ranking] and 18th in the Fed Ex Cup standings. All of this is much welcome, and merited, but none of his recent performances will go towards the 2020 Ryder Cup, officially at least. European players do not start earning Ryder Cup points until September of this year, 12 months out from the next staging of the trans-Atlantic tournament. This is in contrast to Team USA. Here is the criteria to become an automatic selection for Steve Stricker's side:
Here is the criteria to become an automatic selection for Harrington's side:
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