Shane Lowry didn’t know what to make of the mural at first. He doesn’t look at himself as someone worthy of being celebrated as a national hero.

A mural of Shane Lowry holding aloft the claret jug adorns the side wall of a house just across the road from Royal Portrush.

If the U.S. Open taught us anything, it is that the outsider still has a chance to win a major championship. Following a run of winners that read Scottie Scheffler, Xander Schauffele, Bryson DeChambeau and Rory McIlroy, it was J.J. Spaun who reigned supreme at Oakmont Country Club.