'A medal is my number one goal' - Shane Lowry named on Ireland's golf team for Paris Olympics

The Olympic Federation of Ireland has officially selected the golf team who are set to compete at the Olympic Games in Paris this summer, with Offaly golfer Shane Lowry once again being chosen to represent the country.

Replicating the team that competed in Tokyo 2020, the Paris 2024 team of Rory McIlroy, Shane Lowry, Leona Maguire and Stephanie Meadow will all return to compete for Ireland in golf at the Olympic Games.

The golf tournament will take place in Le Golf National, in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, near Versailles to the southwest of Paris. Le Golf National is considered amongst the most beautiful golf sites in the world and is owned by the French Golf Federation.

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Team Ireland’s golfers are some of the best in the world competing in the Olympics, with McIlroy came agonisingly close to bronze at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, finishing fourth.

Clara golfer Lowry said is going to Paris with podium ambitions.

“My first experience in Tokyo was amazing and it feeds you with the hunger of wanting to do it again and to come back and give it a better shot this time," Lowry said.

"A lot of what I’ve talked about and done this year has been geared towards the Olympics in Paris. I have always said that I’d love to bring a medal back to Ireland, and that’s my number one goal. It’s great to be going back there with Rory too.”

Olympic Federation of Ireland Chef de Mission for Paris 2024, Gavin Noble said,

“Our golf team is hugely exciting, with each of the players capable of doing something big out there in Paris. This particular team gave us so much to cheer about in Tokyo, and we are really looking forward to working with Neil Manchip and the team on supporting them in Le Golf National.”