Who Is Shane Lowry's Caddie?
Discover more about the 2019 Champion Golfer of the Year's caddie, Darren Reynolds and how the pair began working together
Shane Lowry turned professional in 2009 and has only had three caddies throughout his career - including his current looper, Darren Reynolds.
Starting off with fellow Irishman Dermot Byrne, a partnership that officially started after Lowry won the Irish Open as an amateur in 2009, the fellow countrymen were together for roughly nine years. During that time, Lowry and Byrne won the 2015 WGC Bridgestone Invitational for the golfer's first PGA Tour title.
However, as Lowry's game started to deteriorate somewhat, so did his relationship with Byrne and they ended up parting ways during the latter part of the 2018 term. Without an instant replacement lined up, Lowry's brother Alan filled in for a month or so before Brian 'Bo' Martin stepped in full-time.
That would spark a highly-successful period for Lowry as he won the 2019 Open Championship at Royal Portrush, booked a regular spot in the world's top-50, and earned a first Ryder Cup place. Lowry also won the 2019 Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship and the 2022 BMW PGA Championship in that time.
Martin had previously caddied for Gary Murphy and Peter Lawrie. He also worked with Frenchman Alex Levy when he won the shortened Portugal Masters in 2014 and then he switched to Dane Lucas Bjerregaard who also happened to win the same tournament in 2017.
Speaking about 'Bo' before his final round at Royal Portrush victory at the 148th Open, Lowry said: "Bo has been great for me over the last year. It’s like he's given me a new lease on life. He's so chilled. He's so relaxed. Maybe he isn't inside but he definitely comes across that way."
However, in a slightly surprising turn of events in January 2023, Lowry announced via Horizon Sports Management that the pair had ended their professional relationship after losing their "spark" and "chemistry."
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Speaking to Golf.com after The Players in March 2024, Lowry admitted: “Yeah, kind of — like at the time, it kind of came out of nowhere. We started in the Middle East, and I had a bad couple of weeks, and we just kind of — we had a chat and things weren’t going — when I sit down and look at it things that weren’t going as well as I probably thought.
“It got to me a little bit, and I just needed some fresh — I knew, when it happened, I had no one in mind, no one lined up, so I didn’t know what to do.”
After a brief break, Lowry asked Reynolds to start at the 2024 WM Phoenix Open, and - despite missing the cut - they went from there.
In the same interview with Golf.com, Lowry said: “I’ve known Darren for years. He had just started with Alex Levy on the European Tour. That’s almost why I didn’t want to ask him, because I knew he just got a new job and I didn’t want to take him away and then it not work out for us.
"But, frankly, he was one of the few options I had, and we just had a chat. He caddied for me during Covid for a few weeks when Bo couldn’t, and yeah, it’s been going pretty good.”
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Reynolds - who was at Lowry's side as he and Rory McIlroy claimed the 2024 Zurich Classic of New Orleans - has worked with the likes of Paul McGinley, Paul Dunne and Roger Chapman throughout a professional career which began in 1998. He has also worked with Antoine Rozner for two DP World Tour wins as well.
Away from the golf course, it seems that Reynolds is a fan of horse racing as well as Tottenham Hotspur. His wife is called Shona, with the pair getting married in August 2009.
Jonny Leighfield is our Staff News Writer who joined Golf Monthly just in time for the 2023 Solheim Cup and Ryder Cup. He graduated from the University of Brighton with a degree in Sport Journalism in 2017 and spent almost five years as the sole sports reporter at his local newspaper. During his time with Golf Monthly, Jonny has interviewed several stars of the game, including Robert MacIntyre, Ian Poulter, and Lee Westwood. An improving golfer himself, Jonny enjoys learning as much about the game as he can and is hoping to reach his Handicap goal of 18 at some stage. He attended both the 150th and 151st Open Championships and dreams of attending The Masters one day.
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