Shane Lowry is hoping the good times continue at this week's $20m (€21.5m) Wells Fargo Championship.
The 2019 Open Championship winner teamed up with Rory McIlroy at the recent Zurich Classic of New Orleans team event at TPC Louisiana, with the Irish pair clinching victory via a play-off.
There was plenty of footage showing the celebrations were extensive after the win, with the Offaly native saying they continued the following week when the pair met up again.
"Yeah, we had a pretty good night Wednesday night," Lowry said. "We drank some nice stuff and had a good time and we celebrated our win, which you should do. ... I've been playing 16 years and I've only won seven times. You've got to celebrate the good times."
Lowry has the Zurich to thank for his entry into the Wells Fargo in the first place. This week's event is a closed-field tournament; Lowry was not qualified for the signature events to begin 2024, though he played his way into the Arnold Palmer Invitational via the Aon Swing 5 pathway on the strength of good performances in other tournaments.
He capitalised by finishing third at the Arnold Palmer, then slipped a bit in the next few events, including a tie for 43rd at the Masters, before his New Orleans success.
"Cognizant and Bay Hill, I had two really good weeks, I was in the final group all week. Then you start to expect that from yourself week in and week out," Lowry said.
"The Masters didn't go my way, Hilton Head (RBC Heritage) didn't go my way, so I was getting a little bit down on myself. Not down on myself, but I knew my game and a lot of aspects of my game were very good, but I just needed to tidy up some other things.
"When you're not shooting the scores you feel like you should be shooting, it becomes difficult.
"Yeah, I've just been hard on myself, the days were getting tougher and tougher and yeah, New Orleans sorted that."
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