Video: Shane Lowry pelts Rory McIlroy with a snowball in Arizona

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They didn’t get to play much golf in Arizona yesterday, but Shane Lowry was still determined to get one over on Rory McIlroy by pelting him with a snowball... while he was in the middle of a TV interview.

The most anticipated meeting of Down v Offaly since the 1961 All-Ireland Final never got to go ahead yesterday due to the unlikely sight of snow in the desert at the Dove Mountain course, conditions described by Rory McIlroy as ‘officially ridiculous’.

As would be the case with any good Irishman whenever there is a mere hint of a flake falling from the sky, Lowry wasn’t going to pass up the opportunity of a snowball fight and nailed one on his opponent while he was in the middle of an interview with Sky’s Tim Barter.

The pair of them will obviously dismiss the incident as playful banter, but one shouldn’t underestimate the psychological edge the Offaly man will now have when they eventually get their World Matchplay contest underway.

Lowry 1, McIlroy 0.

Video via YouTube/GolfCentralDaily