There's been a surge in bets placed by Irish punters backing an Irish major winner in 2022 following the performance of Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry at Augusta National.
Ladbrokes make it 5/1 that McIlroy lands one of the three remaining majors, while Lowry has been priced at 14/1.
Nicola McGeady of Ladbrokes said: "The fighting spirit shown by McIlroy and Lowry in Augusta has gone down very well with punters.
"Both have been backed this morning for major success this year and with three more to go, the odds are looking good.”
Offaly native Lowry was the more consistent performer over the four days while McIlroy grabbed the headlines on Sunday night as he mounted an unlikely challenge with a stunning round of 64 - the joint lowest score in final round history at The Masters.
This included him holing out from a ridiculous bunker shot which drew wild celebrations from the man himself as well as the galleries roaring him along.
The 32-year-old finished three shots behind world number one Scottie Scheffler, who four-putted the 18th in an otherwise brilliant performance to claim his first major title with a fourth win in his last six starts.
Speaking in the clubhouse afterwards, McIlroy was in upbeat form as he spoke of taking only positives away from this latest tilt at completing the career grand slam.
He said: “It’s what you dream about, right? You dream about getting yourself in position.
“I wasn’t quite close enough to the lead (but) to play as well as I did and then to finish like this, I mean, it’s just absolutely incredible.
“This tournament never ceases to amaze and that’s as happy as I’ve ever been on a golf course right there. That was an incredible. I’ve never heard roars like on the 18th green. It was really cool.
“I will come up a little bit short, but I gave it a great go and I can’t ask any more of myself. I went out there today, shot my best ever score at Augusta and it’s going to be my best finish ever.
“Probably not quite good enough, but I’ll come back next year and keep trying.”
Meawhile Lowry spoke of a slight tinge of disappointment given how hard a tournament it is to win but on the whole was also fairly satisfied.
"Look, I've got fight," the Clara man said. "I've got determination, and I'm never going to stop trying.
"I'm out there giving it my best, and I just kept on telling myself that was only one swing. I made a great up-and-down on 5 and made a great birdie on 6, and that kind of got me going again.
"To be honest, I felt like I was somewhat out of the tournament, but you just don't know how it's going to go.
"I thought maybe I could shoot 6 or 7-under from there, but Scottie has obviously gone down and done his thing, and he is the best player in the world at the moment, and he has come out to play.
"And when the number one player in the world comes out to play his best, he is hard to beat.
"It is quite pleasing to do what I did and finish the way I did is very pleasing, yeah. But it's going to be one of those where it's like so near and so far type thing.
"I don't know how many chances you're going to get to win the green jacket.
"It is a bit of a disappointing kind of feeling right now, but obviously, my finish was really good, and I played some great golf all week.
"I've got so many positives to take from it, and, yeah, it's kind of onwards and upwards from here."
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