Lower Amongst the Leaders at Torrey Pines
On Thursday at the Farmers Insurance Open, Lower’s second consecutive start, there were more emotions, but this time it was following a 9-under 63 on the North Course that lifted him into second place.
“Honestly, if I’m being really truthful with everyone, my mind’s not really here. My wife [Janise] is 34 weeks pregnant with twins and I’m just trying to get home on Monday, honestly, to try to help everything out as much as I can,” Lower said. “Luckily, we have family close and everything. Yeah, she’s going through it right now. Life’s about to get real, if it wasn’t real already.”
Lower had two eagles and six birdies Thursday and trails Justin Rose by a shot. After finishing outside the top 100 last year, he has limited status this season (he missed the cut last week at the American Express). A solid week at Torrey Pines would improve that status, but he admitted his focus is understandably on his family and what promises to be an eventful few months.
“It’s just a lot. We have a 3-year-old right now as well. Life’s coming at us really quick,” he said. “Then obviously, like on my side, first year in a while without full status. I would say, a little uncertainty there. Yeah, it’s just kind of the way it is. Just trying to take it one day at a time.”
