Shane Lowry says he'll only return to Europe this year for the Irish Open

The Open champion has been bunkered down in Florida since March

As things stand, the only reason Shane Lowry will head back across the Atlantic is to play in the Irish Open.

The Open champion has been bunkered down in Florida since March, and is gearing up for a return to the fairways next month in the PGA Tour.

With the European Tour considerably far away from a return, the Clara man can't see himself leaving American shores anytime soon.

But Lowry has admitted that he would seriously consider heading back to Europe to compete in the Irish Open, a tournament he won in 2009.

"The way it is, especially with the quarantine on both sides, I don't think it'd be physically possible for me (to go back)," he told RTE 2FM's Game On.

"The only tournament I would contemplate going back for was if there was an Irish Open put back on the schedule. I haven't seen a schedule from the European Tour so I can't really but I'll probably be mostly in America for the rest of the year.

"Things are just going to be a bit different. I'm just going to go back to what I've done the last few years, and that's kind of living day by day, week by week, and just try to perform the best I can every day."

And Lowry reckons that golf has a great opportunity to get more eyes than ever on the game when the cameras descend on Texas for the Charles Schwab Challenge on June 11.

"I've said all along I think this is a good opportunity for golf to be one of the first sports to get back on TV and maybe people are so starved and deprived of live sport that it might get a few more people into the game," Lowry added. 

"We'll be out there with no crowds and trying to make it as exciting as possible. I'm not sure how exciting you can actually make it. We just have to try and do our best."