17 year old BYEONG-HUN AN better known as BEN to his friends became the youngest winner of the US AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP.
BEN is over a month younger than DANNY LEE who won last year,beating Tiger Woods record as the youngest winner when he won the first of 3 titles.
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German MARTIN KAYMER is out of action for a month after a karting accident.It leaves the door open for RORY MCILROY TO pass him on the RACE TO DUBAI TABLE as he is playing on the European tour for the next two events.
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The first ranking points for next years RYDER CUP will be available from this week at the OMEGA EUROPEAN MASTERS at CRANS-SUR-SIERRE.
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WARRENPOINT PROFESSIONAL,EDDIE BARR now living in Austrailia and playing on the QUEENSLAND tour is leading their order of merit. He finished 2nd after a pair of 69s in the MIDDLE RIDGE PRO-AM CLASSIC and now sits on top of the table with 278 points,62 ahead of JUSTIN MAKER.
Eddie has won $32,438 this year.
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ENGLAND won the RAYMOND TROPHY played for every year during the HOME INTERNATIONALS,while IRELAND took home the WOODEN SPOON after a surprise 8 -7 defeat by WALES,9.5 to 5.5 against ENGLAND and a 12 -3 hammering by SCOTLAND in the final game.
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Monday 31 August 2009
HEATH SLOCUM OVERTAKES THE BIG BOYS.
It was going to be the play off,of the century to decide the winner of THE BARCLAYS in the first of the FEDEX CUP play off's,before Heath Slocum decided to ruin the party by holing a 20 foot par putt for a stunning victory.
Waiting in the wings for a play off was Tiger Woods,Padraig Harrington,Ernie Els and Steve Stricker,but they were all stunned by Slocum's long putt.
After missing the cut in last weeks Wyndham Championship,Heath had to wait until the end to find out if he would make the play off.He did,with 125 making the finals he finished 124th.
After this week he is up to 3rd and with a cheque for $1.35million he can look forward to the next stage in Atlanta.
In joint 2nd,Ernie Els had a return to form with a 66,Tiger missed from 7 feet at the last for a 67,Harrington had another great finish with 4 birdies in the last 7 holes for a 67 and Steve Stricker lipped out at the last for a 69.All 4 came up one shot shy of the surprise winner HEATH SLOCUM.
Waiting in the wings for a play off was Tiger Woods,Padraig Harrington,Ernie Els and Steve Stricker,but they were all stunned by Slocum's long putt.
After missing the cut in last weeks Wyndham Championship,Heath had to wait until the end to find out if he would make the play off.He did,with 125 making the finals he finished 124th.
After this week he is up to 3rd and with a cheque for $1.35million he can look forward to the next stage in Atlanta.
In joint 2nd,Ernie Els had a return to form with a 66,Tiger missed from 7 feet at the last for a 67,Harrington had another great finish with 4 birdies in the last 7 holes for a 67 and Steve Stricker lipped out at the last for a 69.All 4 came up one shot shy of the surprise winner HEATH SLOCUM.
Sunday 30 August 2009
GREAT WIN FOR HEDBLOM IN SCOTLAND.
SWEDE,PETER HEDBLOM was beaten by Simon Dyson in Holland last week,but this week he won the JOHNNY WALKER CHAMPIONSHIP at GLENEAGLES after a closing 67 for an overall total of 13 under par and a one shot victory from fellow countryman MARTIN ERLANDSSON. Erlandsson had an amazing run of 7 birdies in a row from the 6th and went on to produce a fantastic 10 under par 62 to set the clubhouse lead on -12.
Hedblom knew early on what he had to do,and he did it with his final birdie at the 16th and 2 closing pars gave him his 3rd European victory,and a nice cheque for 269,895 Euros.
Defending champion,Gregory Havret put up a good defence of his title and finished joint 3rd alongside local favorite Paul Lawrie on -10.
Damien McGrane was the best of the Irish.He hit a closing 68 to finish in joint 14th and pick up a cheque for 24,290 Euros,Gary Murphy needs a lot of good finishes to hold on to his tour card.This week he played better and finished on -4 and won 21,861 Euros for 16th place.
Johnny Caldwell had a bad weekend.He was -6 on Friday evening and finished on -1 after closing 76/73 and won only 12,793 Euros.Gareth Maybin couldn't get to grips with the greens and finished well down in 59th place on +6 and won 4,615 Euros.
Hedblom knew early on what he had to do,and he did it with his final birdie at the 16th and 2 closing pars gave him his 3rd European victory,and a nice cheque for 269,895 Euros.
Defending champion,Gregory Havret put up a good defence of his title and finished joint 3rd alongside local favorite Paul Lawrie on -10.
Damien McGrane was the best of the Irish.He hit a closing 68 to finish in joint 14th and pick up a cheque for 24,290 Euros,Gary Murphy needs a lot of good finishes to hold on to his tour card.This week he played better and finished on -4 and won 21,861 Euros for 16th place.
Johnny Caldwell had a bad weekend.He was -6 on Friday evening and finished on -1 after closing 76/73 and won only 12,793 Euros.Gareth Maybin couldn't get to grips with the greens and finished well down in 59th place on +6 and won 4,615 Euros.
Ramsay wins on Challenge tour in Poland.
Scotlands,Eric Ramsay made the DHL WROCLAW OPEN TOURNAMENT his own after he shot a 61 in the first round.He continued to lead from the start and after adding 68,65 and a closing 69 he produced the lowest finish on the Challenge tour this year.His -17 total of 263 was good enough by 2 shots for him to win 22,400 Euros first prize and a lift from 70th to 22nd in the merit table.Now he can think of a top 20 spot which will give him a card for the main European tour next year.
Andrew Butterfield was second on -15 along with Richard McEvoy.Both Andrew and Richard are in good position with Andrew in 2nd and Richard up one place to 4th.
It was another poor week for the Irish.Colm Moriarty and Gareth Shaw both finished down in 34th place on -5 and got a cheque for 980 Euros.
Andrew Butterfield was second on -15 along with Richard McEvoy.Both Andrew and Richard are in good position with Andrew in 2nd and Richard up one place to 4th.
It was another poor week for the Irish.Colm Moriarty and Gareth Shaw both finished down in 34th place on -5 and got a cheque for 980 Euros.
HARRINGTON STAYS CLOSE TO TIGER.
Paul Goydos 68 and Steve Marino 68 lead the way in THE BARCLAYS over the LIBERTY NATIONAL GOLF COURSE on 9 under par heading into the final round.
They have a 2 shot lead over Fredrik Jacobson 68 and surprise second round leader,Webb Simpson 72.
Tiger Woods who struggled with his putter over the first two days,got some relief yesterday when he moved to -4 after a 67.Padraig Harrington likes to keep in touch with Tiger and he did so with a fantastic finish of 5 birdies in the last 7 holes for a 67 to join Tiger,Ian Poulter and Zach Johnston all on -4.
They have a 2 shot lead over Fredrik Jacobson 68 and surprise second round leader,Webb Simpson 72.
Tiger Woods who struggled with his putter over the first two days,got some relief yesterday when he moved to -4 after a 67.Padraig Harrington likes to keep in touch with Tiger and he did so with a fantastic finish of 5 birdies in the last 7 holes for a 67 to join Tiger,Ian Poulter and Zach Johnston all on -4.
Saturday 29 August 2009
HEDBLOM LEADS JOHNNY WALKER IN SCOTLAND.
Paul Lawrie lost his lead for the first time this week and is now in second place to Peter Hedblom heading into the final round tomorrow of THE JOHNNY WALKER CHAMPIONSHIP at GLENEAGLES in SCOTLAND.
Hedblom who was beaten in a play off last week handled the windy and sometimes wet conditions to return a 4 under par 68 to leave him on top with a 8 under par total.
Lawrie will be pushing all the way tomorrow as he didn't play that well today and after returning a 73 is only one shot behind.
Both these players need a good finish tomorrow as they are well outside the top 60 in the"Race to Dubai".Hedblow is 90th and Lawrie 97th.
Johnny Caldwell started the day in 2nd place only 3 shots behind the leader.He was doing very well to be level par after 12 holes.At the par 4,13th he left himself a 3 foot putt for par and walked off with a 7 after taking 4 putts.He went on to finish with a 76 and back down the field on -2.
Damien McGrane followed up his two level par rounds with a 1 under par 71 for a share of 26th place on -1.
Gareth Maybin had a bad day.He had 2 double bogies on his way to a 78,for a share of 60th place on +4.
Hedblom who was beaten in a play off last week handled the windy and sometimes wet conditions to return a 4 under par 68 to leave him on top with a 8 under par total.
Lawrie will be pushing all the way tomorrow as he didn't play that well today and after returning a 73 is only one shot behind.
Both these players need a good finish tomorrow as they are well outside the top 60 in the"Race to Dubai".Hedblow is 90th and Lawrie 97th.
Johnny Caldwell started the day in 2nd place only 3 shots behind the leader.He was doing very well to be level par after 12 holes.At the par 4,13th he left himself a 3 foot putt for par and walked off with a 7 after taking 4 putts.He went on to finish with a 76 and back down the field on -2.
Damien McGrane followed up his two level par rounds with a 1 under par 71 for a share of 26th place on -1.
Gareth Maybin had a bad day.He had 2 double bogies on his way to a 78,for a share of 60th place on +4.
RAMSEY BACK ON TOP IN POLAND.
Scotland's Eric Ramsay is back on top going into the final round of the DHL WROCLAW OPEN on the CHALLENGE TOUR in POLAND after a 3rd round of 65 leaves him with a 4 shot lead from overnight leader,Scott Jamieson who was unlucky to take a double bogey at the 15th for a 69.
No2 on the merit table Andrew Butterfield likes the course and we can expect him to make a charge tomorrow after 3 rounds of 66.German Nicholas Colsaerts after 68,64,66 is in 7th place on the merit table and will be looking to improve his position tomorrow.
Colm Moriarty played terrible golf during the first part of the season,but has rallied recently with some good finishes.He moved up 9 places from 27th to 18th after a third round of 67 leaves him on -7.
Gareth Shaw slipped down the leaderboard after a third round of 72 saw him drop 30 places from 18th position down into a share of 48th on -3.
No2 on the merit table Andrew Butterfield likes the course and we can expect him to make a charge tomorrow after 3 rounds of 66.German Nicholas Colsaerts after 68,64,66 is in 7th place on the merit table and will be looking to improve his position tomorrow.
Colm Moriarty played terrible golf during the first part of the season,but has rallied recently with some good finishes.He moved up 9 places from 27th to 18th after a third round of 67 leaves him on -7.
Gareth Shaw slipped down the leaderboard after a third round of 72 saw him drop 30 places from 18th position down into a share of 48th on -3.
ROOKIE SIMPSON LEADS IN NEW YORK.
You could have been forgiven for thinking you were watching the Irish Open,instead of the FedEx Cup play off's at Liberty National in New York.Constant wind and rain made it very difficult scoring conditions.
24 year old rookie Webb Simpson revelled in the conditions and surprised everybody by leading at the half way stage after rounds of 66,68 for an 8 under par total and a 2 shot lead from Paul Goydos 71 and Steve Marino 71 -6.
Padraig Harrington made a 7 at the par5,8th hole on his way to a 75. His level par total leaves him in a tie for 17th in a group of 12 guys that includes Tiger Woods 72 and Luke Donald 69.
24 year old rookie Webb Simpson revelled in the conditions and surprised everybody by leading at the half way stage after rounds of 66,68 for an 8 under par total and a 2 shot lead from Paul Goydos 71 and Steve Marino 71 -6.
Padraig Harrington made a 7 at the par5,8th hole on his way to a 75. His level par total leaves him in a tie for 17th in a group of 12 guys that includes Tiger Woods 72 and Luke Donald 69.
LAWRIE STILL LEADS AT GLENEAGLES.
Paul Lawrie still holds the lead after the second round of the JOHNNY WALKER CHAMPIONSHIP at GLENEAGLES after a second round 69 to add to his opening 67 for a -8 total.
Johnny Caldwell who had a terrible finish in his first round for a level par 72 got to grips with the course yesterday and hit a 66 to jump from 46th into a share of 2nd and only 2 shots behind the leader.
Gareth Maybin slipped yesterday with a 73,but he is still in good shape on -2 after his opening 69.
Damien McGrane has played steady to make the cut on level par with rounds of 72,72.
Shane Lowry finished birdie,birdie in his first round 74 to give himself a chance of making another cut,but unfortunately missed out by one after a second round 71 left him on one over par.
Peter Lawrie 76,71 +3 has the weekend off as does Paul McGinley 72,77 +5.
Johnny Caldwell who had a terrible finish in his first round for a level par 72 got to grips with the course yesterday and hit a 66 to jump from 46th into a share of 2nd and only 2 shots behind the leader.
Gareth Maybin slipped yesterday with a 73,but he is still in good shape on -2 after his opening 69.
Damien McGrane has played steady to make the cut on level par with rounds of 72,72.
Shane Lowry finished birdie,birdie in his first round 74 to give himself a chance of making another cut,but unfortunately missed out by one after a second round 71 left him on one over par.
Peter Lawrie 76,71 +3 has the weekend off as does Paul McGinley 72,77 +5.
GARETH SHAW BEST OF THE IRISH IN POLAND.
Scott Jameison got an invite from the Europro Tour to the DHL WROCLAW OPEN in POLAND on the Challenge tour and he is taken full advantage.He is No1 on the Europro ladder after wins at the Party Poker and ABC SOLUTIONS Championships and he proved he is ready for the next stage by hitting a 62 in the second round to take the half way lead on -11,alongside overnight leader Eric Ramsay who added a 68 to his opening 61.
Gareth Shaw is the best of the Irish after a 67 to go with his opening 68 leaves him on 5 under par and one shot clear of in form Colm Moriarty who shot 69,67 -4.
Peter oKeeffe improved from an opening 74 to hit a 71 that included an eagle 2 at the par 4,8th hole.His +1 finish was 2 shots too many.Simon Thornton 70,72 +2,Noel Fox 70,74 +4 and Local Pro Paul McLaughlin pulled out during the second round.
Gareth Shaw is the best of the Irish after a 67 to go with his opening 68 leaves him on 5 under par and one shot clear of in form Colm Moriarty who shot 69,67 -4.
Peter oKeeffe improved from an opening 74 to hit a 71 that included an eagle 2 at the par 4,8th hole.His +1 finish was 2 shots too many.Simon Thornton 70,72 +2,Noel Fox 70,74 +4 and Local Pro Paul McLaughlin pulled out during the second round.
MCELHINNEY BLOWN AWAY OVER FIVE LAKES.
Brian McElhinney was blown away during the final round of the Europro event at FIVE LAKES GOLF CLUB in ESSEX.Starting the day one shot behind the leader Paul Reed, McElhinney fell foul of the strong wind and took 77 shots to complete his round as did the leader Paul Reed.They were both overtaken by Sean Whiffin who managed to play a level par round 71 to win the £10,000 first prize and the only one to finish under par.
Whiffin finished with a 3 under par total and a 4 shot win from Paul Reed +1.
The only person to break par on the day was Paul Dwyer. Paul shot a one under par 70 to come from 32nd into a share of 3rd with McElhinney on +2.The move lifted Dwyer into 5th place on the order of merit table,which leaves him exempt from Pre Qualifying first stage.
Barrie Trainor,playing with Dwyer got a great start when he went to -2 after five holes and back to +1 for the tournament.He couldn't fight the wind over the next 13 holes and dropped 6 shots to finish 24th on +7 for the week.
IRISH RESULTS.
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BRIAN MCELHINNEY 72,66,77 +2.
BARRIE TRAINOR 74,71,75 +7.
STEPHEN GRANT 71,74,76 +8.
RICHARD KILPATRICK 71,76,75 +9.
DANIEL SUGRUE 76,71,79 +13.
BRENDAN MCCARROLL 75,72,80 +14.
Whiffin finished with a 3 under par total and a 4 shot win from Paul Reed +1.
The only person to break par on the day was Paul Dwyer. Paul shot a one under par 70 to come from 32nd into a share of 3rd with McElhinney on +2.The move lifted Dwyer into 5th place on the order of merit table,which leaves him exempt from Pre Qualifying first stage.
Barrie Trainor,playing with Dwyer got a great start when he went to -2 after five holes and back to +1 for the tournament.He couldn't fight the wind over the next 13 holes and dropped 6 shots to finish 24th on +7 for the week.
IRISH RESULTS.
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BRIAN MCELHINNEY 72,66,77 +2.
BARRIE TRAINOR 74,71,75 +7.
STEPHEN GRANT 71,74,76 +8.
RICHARD KILPATRICK 71,76,75 +9.
DANIEL SUGRUE 76,71,79 +13.
BRENDAN MCCARROLL 75,72,80 +14.
Friday 28 August 2009
HARRINGTON IN GOOD SHAPE IN THE BARCLAYS.
Padraig Harrington was the butt of jokes from his friends after his last two US tournaments saw him in water and taking 8 on both occassions.When he got home to Ireland he got a voice message on his phone.It was the theme tune from "jaws" and while checking his golf bag found a "Ball retriever".
He took the jokes in good faith and in the first of the FedEx play off's,The Barclays he is in a good position after hitting a bogey free 4 under par 67.It only took Padraig 25 putts,never found water,and is only 2 shots behind the leaders.
Sergio Garcia,Paul Goydos and Steve Marino all returned 65s to lead on 6 under par,one ahead of a group of 4 on -5.
The two favorities,Tiger Woods and Phil Mickleson are back in 27th place along with a group of 15 players on one under par 70.
He took the jokes in good faith and in the first of the FedEx play off's,The Barclays he is in a good position after hitting a bogey free 4 under par 67.It only took Padraig 25 putts,never found water,and is only 2 shots behind the leaders.
Sergio Garcia,Paul Goydos and Steve Marino all returned 65s to lead on 6 under par,one ahead of a group of 4 on -5.
The two favorities,Tiger Woods and Phil Mickleson are back in 27th place along with a group of 15 players on one under par 70.
Thursday 27 August 2009
HOME FAVORITE LAWRIE LEADS AT GLENEAGLES.
40 year old Paul Lawrie hit a 5 under par 65 in the first round of THE JOHNNIE WALKER CHAMPIONSHIP at GLENEAGLES to lead the tournament by one shot from a group of players.
Lawrie had the perfect round with 3 birdies,a 40 foot putt for an eagle at the 9th and 14 pars.A change of fortune is needed by Lawrie as he is 97th in the race to Dubai and his exemption from winning the Open Championship in 1999 is up this year.
Gareth Maybin got a terrible start with a double bogey at the first.He went to +3 after the 5th,before hitting 6 birdies to return a -3 round of 69 and a share of 6th place.
Johnny Caldwell was in great shape when he covered the back nine in 3 under par.He gave them all back on the front nine and needed a birdie at the final hole for a level par 72 to join Damien McGrane and Paul McGinley in 47th place.
Shane Lowry put in a great finish of birdie,birdie to help rescue his round.He gave himself a chance of making the cut on 74 +2.
Last week's play off defeat took it's toll on Peter Lawrie.He was never in control of his game and took 76 shots.
Lawrie had the perfect round with 3 birdies,a 40 foot putt for an eagle at the 9th and 14 pars.A change of fortune is needed by Lawrie as he is 97th in the race to Dubai and his exemption from winning the Open Championship in 1999 is up this year.
Gareth Maybin got a terrible start with a double bogey at the first.He went to +3 after the 5th,before hitting 6 birdies to return a -3 round of 69 and a share of 6th place.
Johnny Caldwell was in great shape when he covered the back nine in 3 under par.He gave them all back on the front nine and needed a birdie at the final hole for a level par 72 to join Damien McGrane and Paul McGinley in 47th place.
Shane Lowry put in a great finish of birdie,birdie to help rescue his round.He gave himself a chance of making the cut on 74 +2.
Last week's play off defeat took it's toll on Peter Lawrie.He was never in control of his game and took 76 shots.
MCELHINNEY IN CONTENTION FOR EUROPRO WIN.
Donegal man,Brian McElhinney moved himself into contention for the final round of THE BROOKS BROTHERS CLASSIC at FIVE LAKES GOLF CLUB in ESSEX with a second round of 66-5.
McElhinney took advantage of the calm early morning conditions to reach the turn with 4 birdies.On the back nine he had one bogey and 2 birdies to move into 2nd place and only one shot behind the leader,Paul Reed who shot 71,66 -5.
Brian has won on the Europro tour over the last few years and even though he hasn't been in contention this year he will know how to handle the pressure.
Barrie Trainor made his 6th cut from 7 outings on his first year on the Europro tour when he hit scores of 74,71 to join Stephen Grant 71,74 on +3.Daniel Sugrue recovered from an opening 76 to make the cut on +5 after a 71.Richard Kilpatrick had a first round 71 and was cruising until making a triple bogey towards the end of his round. He finished on the cut mark after a 76.Brendan McCarroll made the cut on the mark as well with a 75,72+5.The other 6 Irish failed to make the cut.
IRISH SCORES.
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BRIAN MCELHINNEY 72/66 -4.
BARRIE TRAINOR 74/71,STEPHEN GRANT 71/74 +3.
RICHARD KILPATRICK 71/76,BRENDAN MCCARROLL 75/72,DANIEL SUGRUE 76/71 +5.
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TIM RICE 75/75 +8
JONATHAN MALLON 75/76,MICHAEL LAVELLE 79/72 +9.
JUSTIN KEHOE 80/74 +12.
MICHAEL MCDERMOTT 88/73 +19.
GER HALL 76/86 +20.
McElhinney took advantage of the calm early morning conditions to reach the turn with 4 birdies.On the back nine he had one bogey and 2 birdies to move into 2nd place and only one shot behind the leader,Paul Reed who shot 71,66 -5.
Brian has won on the Europro tour over the last few years and even though he hasn't been in contention this year he will know how to handle the pressure.
Barrie Trainor made his 6th cut from 7 outings on his first year on the Europro tour when he hit scores of 74,71 to join Stephen Grant 71,74 on +3.Daniel Sugrue recovered from an opening 76 to make the cut on +5 after a 71.Richard Kilpatrick had a first round 71 and was cruising until making a triple bogey towards the end of his round. He finished on the cut mark after a 76.Brendan McCarroll made the cut on the mark as well with a 75,72+5.The other 6 Irish failed to make the cut.
IRISH SCORES.
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BRIAN MCELHINNEY 72/66 -4.
BARRIE TRAINOR 74/71,STEPHEN GRANT 71/74 +3.
RICHARD KILPATRICK 71/76,BRENDAN MCCARROLL 75/72,DANIEL SUGRUE 76/71 +5.
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TIM RICE 75/75 +8
JONATHAN MALLON 75/76,MICHAEL LAVELLE 79/72 +9.
JUSTIN KEHOE 80/74 +12.
MICHAEL MCDERMOTT 88/73 +19.
GER HALL 76/86 +20.
ERIC RAMSEY HITS 61 IN CHALLENGE TOUR EVENT IN POLAND.
Scotlands,Eric Ramsey equalled the lowest ever first round since the CHALLENGE TOUR began in the DHL WROCLAW OPEN in POLAND.
He made 11 birdies and with back to back bogies he returned a 9 under par 61.He holds a 3 shot lead over Sebastian Saavedra from Argintina.
The best of the Irish is Gareth Shaw.He is one of 19 players in 28th place on 68-2.
Gareth hasn't been having the best of years. He has played in 11 tournaments and is down in 97th in the order of merit.
Colm Moriarty is one further back on 69-1,while Simon Thornton and Noel Fox are on level par 70 and on the cut mark.
Peter oKeeffe has a bit of work to do as he is on +2,72.
Paul McLaughlin who lives and works in Poland as a PGA Professional is well away after a 82 +12.
He made 11 birdies and with back to back bogies he returned a 9 under par 61.He holds a 3 shot lead over Sebastian Saavedra from Argintina.
The best of the Irish is Gareth Shaw.He is one of 19 players in 28th place on 68-2.
Gareth hasn't been having the best of years. He has played in 11 tournaments and is down in 97th in the order of merit.
Colm Moriarty is one further back on 69-1,while Simon Thornton and Noel Fox are on level par 70 and on the cut mark.
Peter oKeeffe has a bit of work to do as he is on +2,72.
Paul McLaughlin who lives and works in Poland as a PGA Professional is well away after a 82 +12.
Wednesday 26 August 2009
DIFFICULT CONDITIONS FOR EUROPRO EVENT IN ESSEX.
The golfers had to contend with hurrican Bill as they played the first round of THE BROOKS BROTHERS 2009 CLASSIC at FIVE LAKES GOLF CLUB in ESSEX.
Mathew Evans,Andrew Shakespear and Steven Mackie lead the field with 3 under par 68s.
Only 8 players managed to break par.
With only one tournament left after this week,the Irish lads were hoping for some good results to move up the order of merit.
The best they could manage was level par by Stephen Grant and Richard Kilpatrick.
Grant will be dissapointed as he was 3 under playing the 16th.He made a double bogey and followed up with another bogey at the 17th to undo the good work.Kilpatrick was happier as he made a birdie at the 18th to finish on par.
Brian McElhinney started and finished with a birdie for a +1,72.Barrie Trainor finished bogey,bogey for a +3 score of 74.Brendan McCarroll was 1 under after 11,but lost 6 shots in 4 holes,before birdieing the short 17th to finish +4,75 and Tim Rice who made a great recovery after being +4 after 2 holes to join McCarroll and Jonathan Mallon on 75.
IRISH SCORES
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STEPHEN GRANT,RICHARD KILPATRICK 71 PAR.
BRIAN MCELHINNEY 72 +1.
BARRIE TRAINOR 74 +3.
BRENDAN MCCARROLL,JONATHAN MALLON,TIM RICE 75 +4.
DANIEL SUGRUE,GER HALL 76 +5.
MICHAEL LAVELLE 79 +8.
JUSTIN KEHOE 80 +9.
MICHAEL MCDERMOTT 88 +17.
Mathew Evans,Andrew Shakespear and Steven Mackie lead the field with 3 under par 68s.
Only 8 players managed to break par.
With only one tournament left after this week,the Irish lads were hoping for some good results to move up the order of merit.
The best they could manage was level par by Stephen Grant and Richard Kilpatrick.
Grant will be dissapointed as he was 3 under playing the 16th.He made a double bogey and followed up with another bogey at the 17th to undo the good work.Kilpatrick was happier as he made a birdie at the 18th to finish on par.
Brian McElhinney started and finished with a birdie for a +1,72.Barrie Trainor finished bogey,bogey for a +3 score of 74.Brendan McCarroll was 1 under after 11,but lost 6 shots in 4 holes,before birdieing the short 17th to finish +4,75 and Tim Rice who made a great recovery after being +4 after 2 holes to join McCarroll and Jonathan Mallon on 75.
IRISH SCORES
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STEPHEN GRANT,RICHARD KILPATRICK 71 PAR.
BRIAN MCELHINNEY 72 +1.
BARRIE TRAINOR 74 +3.
BRENDAN MCCARROLL,JONATHAN MALLON,TIM RICE 75 +4.
DANIEL SUGRUE,GER HALL 76 +5.
MICHAEL LAVELLE 79 +8.
JUSTIN KEHOE 80 +9.
MICHAEL MCDERMOTT 88 +17.
NEWS FROM AROUND THE WORLD.
NOTAH BEGAY CHARITY CHALLENGE: In a 4 man challenge,it came as no surprise when Tiger Woods won the skins game for charity.Tiger won $230,000,Camillo Villegas $200,000,Begay $70,000 and poor Mike Weir nothing.
Tiger was helping out his Standford college room mate Begay to raise over a $1,000,000 for his foundation.
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USA won the Solheim cup over Europe by beating them for the 3rd consecutive year.The result was 16--12,but i felt that Europe put up a great fight and right until the last few holes it could have gone either way.
Michele Wie was the star of the show,winning 3 1/2 points.
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Ryan Moore won his first PGA Tour title by beating Kevin Stadler and Jason Bohn with a birdie at the 1st play off hole to win the WYNDHAM CHAMPIONSHIP.He picked up a cheque for $918,000,and 500 FedEx cup points.
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21 year old Danielle McVeigh from Kilkeel in N.Ireland won the LADIES BRITISH OPEN AMATEUR STROKEPLAY CHAMPIONSHIP at ROYAL ABERDEEN.
Danielle has built up an impressive C.V.Earlier this year she won the WELSH OPEN STROKEPLAY CAMPIONSHIP and 2 years ago was crowned WORLD STUDENTS CHAMPION.
Tiger was helping out his Standford college room mate Begay to raise over a $1,000,000 for his foundation.
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USA won the Solheim cup over Europe by beating them for the 3rd consecutive year.The result was 16--12,but i felt that Europe put up a great fight and right until the last few holes it could have gone either way.
Michele Wie was the star of the show,winning 3 1/2 points.
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Ryan Moore won his first PGA Tour title by beating Kevin Stadler and Jason Bohn with a birdie at the 1st play off hole to win the WYNDHAM CHAMPIONSHIP.He picked up a cheque for $918,000,and 500 FedEx cup points.
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21 year old Danielle McVeigh from Kilkeel in N.Ireland won the LADIES BRITISH OPEN AMATEUR STROKEPLAY CHAMPIONSHIP at ROYAL ABERDEEN.
Danielle has built up an impressive C.V.Earlier this year she won the WELSH OPEN STROKEPLAY CAMPIONSHIP and 2 years ago was crowned WORLD STUDENTS CHAMPION.
Sunday 23 August 2009
Dyson wins KLM Open in play off with lawrie & Hedblom.
Simon Dyson won the KLM DUTCH OPEN in 2006 with a 20 foot birdie putt on the first play off hole and now 4 years on he has his name on the trophy once again on the same KENNEMER course with a 20 foot putt for victory over Peter Lawrie and Peter Hedblom on that same play off hole once again.
It was a great win for Dyson who equalled the course record of 63 to reach the play off,which came at -15.
Overnight leader Hedblom was having a bad day and was +1 after 14 holes but got his putter going to make birdie 2s at the 15th & 17th to also finish -15.
Irishman Lawrie had the title in one hand but took an iron of the tee at the 16th for safety and finished up lucky to make a bogey 5.
It was still a good week for Lawrie who picked up 156,340 Euros that took him up 18 places to 40th in the race to Dubai table.
Damien McGrane was 66th in the race to Dubai starting the week.He managed a great 64 in the final round to miss the play off by one shot on -14.He recieved 90,000 Euros for his effort and is now inside the all important top 60 in 55th place.
Defending champion,Darren Clarke put up a good show,finishing joint 5th with Jamie Donaldson on -13. His cheque for 69,660 Euros lifted him from 95th in the table to 76th.That will give him some encouragement for the coming weeks.
Shane Lowry played a great back nine for a 68 to add to his 66,68,71,that left him in 15th place on -7 and earned him 23,062 Euros.Shane is starting to make good inroads on the tour since his magical Irish Open win as an amateur.He is now 184th in the table and has earned 70,777 Euros.
Gareth Maybin is still learning his trade in his first year on tour.He finished -5 and in a tie for 26th with Paul McGinley. Paul was the first round leader with a brilliant 64 but couldn't find a putt over the last 3 rounds.They recieved cheques for 16,020 Euros each.Maybin is 54th in the table while McGinley is well down in 124th.
It was a great win for Dyson who equalled the course record of 63 to reach the play off,which came at -15.
Overnight leader Hedblom was having a bad day and was +1 after 14 holes but got his putter going to make birdie 2s at the 15th & 17th to also finish -15.
Irishman Lawrie had the title in one hand but took an iron of the tee at the 16th for safety and finished up lucky to make a bogey 5.
It was still a good week for Lawrie who picked up 156,340 Euros that took him up 18 places to 40th in the race to Dubai table.
Damien McGrane was 66th in the race to Dubai starting the week.He managed a great 64 in the final round to miss the play off by one shot on -14.He recieved 90,000 Euros for his effort and is now inside the all important top 60 in 55th place.
Defending champion,Darren Clarke put up a good show,finishing joint 5th with Jamie Donaldson on -13. His cheque for 69,660 Euros lifted him from 95th in the table to 76th.That will give him some encouragement for the coming weeks.
Shane Lowry played a great back nine for a 68 to add to his 66,68,71,that left him in 15th place on -7 and earned him 23,062 Euros.Shane is starting to make good inroads on the tour since his magical Irish Open win as an amateur.He is now 184th in the table and has earned 70,777 Euros.
Gareth Maybin is still learning his trade in his first year on tour.He finished -5 and in a tie for 26th with Paul McGinley. Paul was the first round leader with a brilliant 64 but couldn't find a putt over the last 3 rounds.They recieved cheques for 16,020 Euros each.Maybin is 54th in the table while McGinley is well down in 124th.
Saturday 22 August 2009
Peter Hedblom 2 clear in KLM Open.
Sweden's Peter Hedblom started the day level with Darren Clarke on 8 under par in the KLM DUTCH OPEN,and finished up beating him by 3 shots,despite Clarke shooting a 67.
Hedblom got a great start with an birdie and an eagle in the first 2 holes and picked up 4 more birdies,with only one bogey,returned a 64 to sit on -14 and in line for the 300,000Euros first prize.
Hedblom's playing partner tomorrow will be Peter Lawrie.Lawrie played great golf and could easily be level with Hedblom if a few putts had of dropped.He still hit a 65 to sit in second spot on 12 under par.
Defending champion Darren Clarke is still in contention in 3rd place and only 3 shots behind the leader.Clarke made a couple of great saves on the last two holes for a 68.
Sam Little jumped from 30th place overnight to joint 4th after he equalled the course record of 63,to join Jamie Donaldson,Kenny Ferrie and Terry Pilkadaris on -10.
Damien McGrane added a 68 to his opening 67s for a share of 12th place on -8.Gareth Maybin 69 and 1st round leader Paul McGinley 70 share 23rd place on -6 and Shane Lowry took a step back,but is still in line for a good finish as his 71 leaves him in 32nd spot on -5.
Hedblom got a great start with an birdie and an eagle in the first 2 holes and picked up 4 more birdies,with only one bogey,returned a 64 to sit on -14 and in line for the 300,000Euros first prize.
Hedblom's playing partner tomorrow will be Peter Lawrie.Lawrie played great golf and could easily be level with Hedblom if a few putts had of dropped.He still hit a 65 to sit in second spot on 12 under par.
Defending champion Darren Clarke is still in contention in 3rd place and only 3 shots behind the leader.Clarke made a couple of great saves on the last two holes for a 68.
Sam Little jumped from 30th place overnight to joint 4th after he equalled the course record of 63,to join Jamie Donaldson,Kenny Ferrie and Terry Pilkadaris on -10.
Damien McGrane added a 68 to his opening 67s for a share of 12th place on -8.Gareth Maybin 69 and 1st round leader Paul McGinley 70 share 23rd place on -6 and Shane Lowry took a step back,but is still in line for a good finish as his 71 leaves him in 32nd spot on -5.
Friday 21 August 2009
DARREN CLARKE IN LINE TO DEFEND DUTCH OPEN.
Darren Clarke is in line to defend the KLM DUTCH OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP at KENNEMER GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB after a second round 67 left him on 8 under par and level with Swedens Peter Heblom(66).It is a good boost for Clarke who is down in 95th place in the"Race to Dubai" table.
It is a good tournament for the Irish as Peter Lawrie is only one shot behind on -7 after a 68.Lawrie was in a great position to lead but finished bogey,par,double bogey.
10 players are in a group on -6.They include Shane Lowry who is getting more comfortable with the Professional game,shot a 68,first round leader Paul McGinley who lost shots at the 14th and 18th for a 70,Damien McGrane had his second 67 in a row,and new course record holder Marcus Higley 63.
Gareth Maybin is in good shape on 5 under after a second round 68.
Johnny Caldwell,went to +2 after 9 holes.He rallied over the next 4 holes with 3 birdies and a poor bogey at the par3, 16th left him one shot outside the cut on level par.Caldwell who was Rory McIlroys Walker cup partner at Royal County Down looks to be heading for the qualifying school as he is 279th in the merit table.
Gary Murphy is in grave danger of losing his tour card this year.He is 156th on the merit table and missed the cut again this week after scores of 76/70 +6.
Michael Hoey won his first tournament in Portugal in April,but is sliding down the table in 82nd place after a string of poor results.It didn't get any better this week after scores of 79/69 +8.
It is a good tournament for the Irish as Peter Lawrie is only one shot behind on -7 after a 68.Lawrie was in a great position to lead but finished bogey,par,double bogey.
10 players are in a group on -6.They include Shane Lowry who is getting more comfortable with the Professional game,shot a 68,first round leader Paul McGinley who lost shots at the 14th and 18th for a 70,Damien McGrane had his second 67 in a row,and new course record holder Marcus Higley 63.
Gareth Maybin is in good shape on 5 under after a second round 68.
Johnny Caldwell,went to +2 after 9 holes.He rallied over the next 4 holes with 3 birdies and a poor bogey at the par3, 16th left him one shot outside the cut on level par.Caldwell who was Rory McIlroys Walker cup partner at Royal County Down looks to be heading for the qualifying school as he is 279th in the merit table.
Gary Murphy is in grave danger of losing his tour card this year.He is 156th on the merit table and missed the cut again this week after scores of 76/70 +6.
Michael Hoey won his first tournament in Portugal in April,but is sliding down the table in 82nd place after a string of poor results.It didn't get any better this week after scores of 79/69 +8.
TOM HAYLOCK WINS EUROPRO EVENT AT FORMBY HALL.
Tom Haylock came from nowhere to win the FORMBY HALL CLASSIC on the EUROPRO TOUR with a final round of -4,68 in difficult conditions.His 5 under par total of 211 won him the first prize of £10,000 and added to the £10,000 when he won the STOKE BY NAYLAND event last month has lifted him into 2nd place on the order of merit table.
James Freeburn was second on 4 under par with a closing 68.Overnight leader,Tim Dykes took 75 to share 3rd place with Jack Doherty,Michael Bothma and Ricky Lee.
The best of the Irish was Brian McElhinney in 20th place after a closing 75 left him on +2 and Tim Rice was 30th on +3 after a closing 76.
With only 2 tournaments left it is unlikely that any Irish will make the top 3 as the best is Paul oHanlon in 27th place.Barrie Trainor who didn't play this week is 37th and Tim Rice is 38th.
EUROPRO ORDER OF MERIT.
TOP 3 QUALIFY FOR CHALLENGE TOUR CARD.
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1ST: SCOTT JAMIESON £23,032.
2ND: TOM HAYLOCK £21,782.
3RD: DANIEL BROOKS £19,682.
4TH: JACK DOHERTY £16,020.
5TH: ELLIOT SALTMAN £14,113.
6TH: PAUL DWYER £13,554.
7TH: JAMES BUSBY £13,515.
8TH: GRAEME CLARK £13,190.
9TH: STEVE SURRY £12,915.
10TH: PAUL MADDY £12,194.
James Freeburn was second on 4 under par with a closing 68.Overnight leader,Tim Dykes took 75 to share 3rd place with Jack Doherty,Michael Bothma and Ricky Lee.
The best of the Irish was Brian McElhinney in 20th place after a closing 75 left him on +2 and Tim Rice was 30th on +3 after a closing 76.
With only 2 tournaments left it is unlikely that any Irish will make the top 3 as the best is Paul oHanlon in 27th place.Barrie Trainor who didn't play this week is 37th and Tim Rice is 38th.
EUROPRO ORDER OF MERIT.
TOP 3 QUALIFY FOR CHALLENGE TOUR CARD.
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1ST: SCOTT JAMIESON £23,032.
2ND: TOM HAYLOCK £21,782.
3RD: DANIEL BROOKS £19,682.
4TH: JACK DOHERTY £16,020.
5TH: ELLIOT SALTMAN £14,113.
6TH: PAUL DWYER £13,554.
7TH: JAMES BUSBY £13,515.
8TH: GRAEME CLARK £13,190.
9TH: STEVE SURRY £12,915.
10TH: PAUL MADDY £12,194.
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Saltman loses lead to Tim Dykes at Formby Hall.
Elliot Saltman who shot a course record -7 65 in the first round of the FORMBY HALL CLASSIC on the EUROPRO TOUR,struggled in round 2 for a +2 round of 74.He had to give up the lead to Tim Dykes who shot a second round of 71 to go with his opening 67.
Dykes is on 6 under par going into the final round today.The £10,000 first prize would be a big help to him as his best finish this year has been at the Motocaddy Masters where he finished 36th.He is in 111th place on the order of merit.
Only 2 out of the 12 Irish playing managed to make the cut on a difficult scoring day.Former Europro winner Brian McElhinney had 4 birdies and 3 bogies for a 71 to add to his opening 72 to easily make the +3 cut on 1 under par 143.
Tim Rice matched McElhinney with rounds of 72,71.
It was a poor display by the other 10 Irish,with Brendan McCarroll 2 shots away from the cut mark of +3 and at the bottom end Michael Lavelle and Michael McDermott missed by a massive margin of 14 shots on +17.
IRISH RESULTS
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TIM RICE 72,71...BRIAN MCELHINNEY 72,71 -1
MISSED CUT
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BRENDAN MCCARROLL 73,76 +5
STEPHEN GRANT 77,73 +6
JUSTIN KEHOE 77,76,RICHARD KILPATRICK 74,78,MARK CAMPBELL 75,77 +8
DANIEL SUGRUE 74,79 +9
PAUL O HANLON 76,80 +12
SHANE FRANKLIN 80,80 +16
MICHAEL LAVELLE 82,79 MICHAEL MC DERMOTT 74,87 +17.
Dykes is on 6 under par going into the final round today.The £10,000 first prize would be a big help to him as his best finish this year has been at the Motocaddy Masters where he finished 36th.He is in 111th place on the order of merit.
Only 2 out of the 12 Irish playing managed to make the cut on a difficult scoring day.Former Europro winner Brian McElhinney had 4 birdies and 3 bogies for a 71 to add to his opening 72 to easily make the +3 cut on 1 under par 143.
Tim Rice matched McElhinney with rounds of 72,71.
It was a poor display by the other 10 Irish,with Brendan McCarroll 2 shots away from the cut mark of +3 and at the bottom end Michael Lavelle and Michael McDermott missed by a massive margin of 14 shots on +17.
IRISH RESULTS
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TIM RICE 72,71...BRIAN MCELHINNEY 72,71 -1
MISSED CUT
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BRENDAN MCCARROLL 73,76 +5
STEPHEN GRANT 77,73 +6
JUSTIN KEHOE 77,76,RICHARD KILPATRICK 74,78,MARK CAMPBELL 75,77 +8
DANIEL SUGRUE 74,79 +9
PAUL O HANLON 76,80 +12
SHANE FRANKLIN 80,80 +16
MICHAEL LAVELLE 82,79 MICHAEL MC DERMOTT 74,87 +17.
Thursday 20 August 2009
McGinley on fire at Dutch Open..
6 of the 9 Irish took advantage of the early calm conditions during the first round of the KLM DUTCH OPEN at KENNEMER GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB.
Paul McGinley sits proudly on top of the leaderboard with Gary Orr after they both returned 6 under par rounds of 64.
Darren Clarke and Peter Lawrie are in a group one shot behind the leaders on 65.Shane Lowry is getting more comfortable with the Pro game and is in joint 7th place after a -4 round of 66.
Gareth Maybin and Damien McGrane are also in good shape with rounds of -3,67 to give them a share of 17th.
With the cut likely to come under par if the weather stays calm,it is going to be tough going for Johnny Caldwell +1,71,Gary Murphy 76 +6 and Michael Hoey has a mountain to climb after a 79 +9.
Paul McGinley sits proudly on top of the leaderboard with Gary Orr after they both returned 6 under par rounds of 64.
Darren Clarke and Peter Lawrie are in a group one shot behind the leaders on 65.Shane Lowry is getting more comfortable with the Pro game and is in joint 7th place after a -4 round of 66.
Gareth Maybin and Damien McGrane are also in good shape with rounds of -3,67 to give them a share of 17th.
With the cut likely to come under par if the weather stays calm,it is going to be tough going for Johnny Caldwell +1,71,Gary Murphy 76 +6 and Michael Hoey has a mountain to climb after a 79 +9.
Elliot Saltman sets new record at Formby in Europro event.
Elliot Saltman who has been very quiet this year so far,finally woke up to shoot a new course record of -7,65 in the first round of the FORMBY HALL CLASSIC near LIVERPOOL.
He got a great start with an eagle at the 3rd and never looked back,going on to hit 6 birdies with only one bogey.His two brothers,past Walker cup player,Lloyd and Zack were also playing but both returned 75s.
There was no good news for the 12 Irish playing.It will be another day struggling to make the cut.
Former winner,Brian McElhinney was 5 under par after 9 holes but fell away over the back nine with 2 double bogies to finish on level par 72.Tim Rice needed to hole his second shot at the par 4,10th to also finish on par.Brendan McCarroll had a one over par 73,while Daniel Sugrue,Richard Kilpatrick and Michael McDermott can't afford to make any mistakes today as they are on the cut mark of +2 74.
Irish Scores.
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Tim Rice,Brian McElhinney 72 Par.
Brendan McCarroll 73 +1.
Daniel Sugrue,Richard Kilpatrick,Michael McDermott 74 +2.
Mark Campbell 75 +3.
Paul oHanlon 76 +4.
Justin Kehoe,Stephen Grant 77 +5.
Shane Franklin 80 +8.
Michael Lavelle 82 +10.
He got a great start with an eagle at the 3rd and never looked back,going on to hit 6 birdies with only one bogey.His two brothers,past Walker cup player,Lloyd and Zack were also playing but both returned 75s.
There was no good news for the 12 Irish playing.It will be another day struggling to make the cut.
Former winner,Brian McElhinney was 5 under par after 9 holes but fell away over the back nine with 2 double bogies to finish on level par 72.Tim Rice needed to hole his second shot at the par 4,10th to also finish on par.Brendan McCarroll had a one over par 73,while Daniel Sugrue,Richard Kilpatrick and Michael McDermott can't afford to make any mistakes today as they are on the cut mark of +2 74.
Irish Scores.
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Tim Rice,Brian McElhinney 72 Par.
Brendan McCarroll 73 +1.
Daniel Sugrue,Richard Kilpatrick,Michael McDermott 74 +2.
Mark Campbell 75 +3.
Paul oHanlon 76 +4.
Justin Kehoe,Stephen Grant 77 +5.
Shane Franklin 80 +8.
Michael Lavelle 82 +10.
Monday 17 August 2009
Y E YANG WINS PGA CHAMPIONSHIP.
Yong-eun Yang became the first Asian born golfer to lift a major golf title when he won the PGA CHAMPIONSHIP at HAZELTINE in MINNESOTA by beating the Worlds No1 golfer,Tiger Woods by 3 shots after they went head to head in the final round.
Starting the day 2 shots back from Woods,Yang took advantage of a poor day by Woods to shoot a 2 under par 70 and a -8 total of 280,while Woods made more records by losing his first Major when leading,in fact it was the first time he lost in America when holding a 54 hole lead.
The break through came when Yang chipped in for an eagle 2 at the 14th and Woods holed his only putt of the day for birdie to stay only one behind.Everybody including Yang were expecting something special from Woods but it never happened.In fact it was Yang who produced the"special shot" at the 18th from behind a tree.He hit a hybird No3 iron into 15 feet and holed for a birdie to give him a 3 shot victory as Tiger flew the green and took a bogey 5 for a round of 75.
37 year old Yang started the year in 478th in the World.He won the Honda Classic and moved to 110th in the World before the PGA and now he can relax as his win gives him a 5 year exemption,a cheque for $1.35 million and a jump into No34 in the World.
It was a great tournament for the Irish.Defending champion Padraig Harrington was only one shot behind Yang and Woods when he took an 8 at the 8th after visiting the water twice.He held on bravely to finish on Par 288 and joined Graeme McDowell in a share of 10th.
It was 20 year old Rory McIlroy who stole the show.He started the day with a double bogey,but recovered with birdies at the 3rd,4th,5th,9th and 14th with one other bogey at the 12th to share 3rd place with Lee Westwood after both returned -2 rounds of 70 for a total of -3,285.
It has been a great year for Rory as in his first full year playing all 4 Majors,he finished 20th in the Masters,46th in the Open championship,10th in the US Open and now 3rd in the PGA.
He is now 22nd in the World and 3rd in the Race to Dubai with 1,678,227 Euros.
Starting the day 2 shots back from Woods,Yang took advantage of a poor day by Woods to shoot a 2 under par 70 and a -8 total of 280,while Woods made more records by losing his first Major when leading,in fact it was the first time he lost in America when holding a 54 hole lead.
The break through came when Yang chipped in for an eagle 2 at the 14th and Woods holed his only putt of the day for birdie to stay only one behind.Everybody including Yang were expecting something special from Woods but it never happened.In fact it was Yang who produced the"special shot" at the 18th from behind a tree.He hit a hybird No3 iron into 15 feet and holed for a birdie to give him a 3 shot victory as Tiger flew the green and took a bogey 5 for a round of 75.
37 year old Yang started the year in 478th in the World.He won the Honda Classic and moved to 110th in the World before the PGA and now he can relax as his win gives him a 5 year exemption,a cheque for $1.35 million and a jump into No34 in the World.
It was a great tournament for the Irish.Defending champion Padraig Harrington was only one shot behind Yang and Woods when he took an 8 at the 8th after visiting the water twice.He held on bravely to finish on Par 288 and joined Graeme McDowell in a share of 10th.
It was 20 year old Rory McIlroy who stole the show.He started the day with a double bogey,but recovered with birdies at the 3rd,4th,5th,9th and 14th with one other bogey at the 12th to share 3rd place with Lee Westwood after both returned -2 rounds of 70 for a total of -3,285.
It has been a great year for Rory as in his first full year playing all 4 Majors,he finished 20th in the Masters,46th in the Open championship,10th in the US Open and now 3rd in the PGA.
He is now 22nd in the World and 3rd in the Race to Dubai with 1,678,227 Euros.
Sunday 16 August 2009
TIGER QUIETLY STAYS ON COURSE FOR MAJOR NO15.
Tiger Woods had a very quiet day on the HAZELTINE NATIONAL golf course yesterday to shoot a one under par 71 and hold a 2 shot advantage going into the final round of the 91ST PGA CHAMPIONSHIP on 8 under par.
He started the day with a 4 shot lead and after a two birdie,one bogey round of 71 his lead is down to 2.He is being chased by defending champion,Padraig Harrington(69) and Honda Classic winner Y.E Yang(67)on -6.
There is another 2 shot gap to US Open winner Lucas Glover and Henrik Stenson who had a solid round of 68 to sit on -4.
I believe that Tiger has had his bad day over him and he will come out today with "all guns blazing".He has never lost a Major with a lead going into the final round and even though,i am delighted to see Harrington back to his brilliant best,i don't feel he has enough in his bag to beat Tiger by 3 shots today.Yang has never been in this position in a major before and he will be playing with Tiger.
20 year old Rory McIlroy is in joint 13th place on one under par.He has shown that he is Major class as he has run up 12 birdies this week,the same as Tiger,but it is the 9 bogies and a careless double bogey at the par 3,17th in the second round that has stopped him from chasing the title.
Graeme McDowell is one shot back from McIlroy on par after a bogey at the 18th for a 71,leaves him in joint 18th heading into the final round.
He started the day with a 4 shot lead and after a two birdie,one bogey round of 71 his lead is down to 2.He is being chased by defending champion,Padraig Harrington(69) and Honda Classic winner Y.E Yang(67)on -6.
There is another 2 shot gap to US Open winner Lucas Glover and Henrik Stenson who had a solid round of 68 to sit on -4.
I believe that Tiger has had his bad day over him and he will come out today with "all guns blazing".He has never lost a Major with a lead going into the final round and even though,i am delighted to see Harrington back to his brilliant best,i don't feel he has enough in his bag to beat Tiger by 3 shots today.Yang has never been in this position in a major before and he will be playing with Tiger.
20 year old Rory McIlroy is in joint 13th place on one under par.He has shown that he is Major class as he has run up 12 birdies this week,the same as Tiger,but it is the 9 bogies and a careless double bogey at the par 3,17th in the second round that has stopped him from chasing the title.
Graeme McDowell is one shot back from McIlroy on par after a bogey at the 18th for a 71,leaves him in joint 18th heading into the final round.
Saturday 15 August 2009
CAN TIGER BE CAUGHT AT HAZELTINE ?
World No1 Tiger Woods looks to be on target to collect his 15th Major title as he is already 4 shots clear of the field at the half way stage of the US PGA CHAMPIONSHIP at HAZELTINE.
He led after a 67 -5 in round one and on a windy and tricky scoring day he birdied the 14th,15th and 16th for a second round of 70-2 to lead on -7 and open up a 4 shot gap to a bunch of 4 players on -4.
They include defending champion,Padraig Harrington 73,US Open winner Lucas Glover 70,Englands Ross Fisher 68,Vijay Singh 72 and Aussie Brandon Jones 70.
Things are not looking good for the chasing pack,as Tiger has never been beaten in his last 8 tournaments when he was leading at the half way stage.
Harrington has been playing great golf the last two weeks and he should be the biggest threat to Tiger over the weekend.Despite dropping 3 shots in a row he still managed to keep in touch with a second round 73 to go with his opening 68.
Rory McIlroy got a poor start but he showed his class by making 5 birdies on his way to a 36 hole total of 144 level par.
Graeme McDowell got 2 early biries to join Tiger on -4 but fell back to +1 145 after he made 6 bogies and only one futher birdie.
Darren Clarke played good golf last week at The Bridgestone challenge and gained an invitation to the PGA this week.He couldn't handle the conditions and failed to make the +4 cut after rounds of 78/76 +10.
He led after a 67 -5 in round one and on a windy and tricky scoring day he birdied the 14th,15th and 16th for a second round of 70-2 to lead on -7 and open up a 4 shot gap to a bunch of 4 players on -4.
They include defending champion,Padraig Harrington 73,US Open winner Lucas Glover 70,Englands Ross Fisher 68,Vijay Singh 72 and Aussie Brandon Jones 70.
Things are not looking good for the chasing pack,as Tiger has never been beaten in his last 8 tournaments when he was leading at the half way stage.
Harrington has been playing great golf the last two weeks and he should be the biggest threat to Tiger over the weekend.Despite dropping 3 shots in a row he still managed to keep in touch with a second round 73 to go with his opening 68.
Rory McIlroy got a poor start but he showed his class by making 5 birdies on his way to a 36 hole total of 144 level par.
Graeme McDowell got 2 early biries to join Tiger on -4 but fell back to +1 145 after he made 6 bogies and only one futher birdie.
Darren Clarke played good golf last week at The Bridgestone challenge and gained an invitation to the PGA this week.He couldn't handle the conditions and failed to make the +4 cut after rounds of 78/76 +10.
Thursday 13 August 2009
Irish not performing on Europro Tour.
The Europro Tour was set up by Barry Hearne to fill a gap for a lot of young Professional golfers who need competitive golf waiting for their break into the main European Tours.
The top 5 at the end of the year will gain a full Challenge tour card,that will set them on their way to fame and fortune.
With only 3 events left,the best Irish man is Paul o Hanlon in 25th position.He would need to win one of the last 3 events to have a chance as would Barrie Trainor who is in 31st position.
EUROPRO LEADERBOARD.
1ST SCOTT JAMIESON £22,586
2ND DANIEL BROOKS £19,675
3RD JACK DOHERTY £14,320
4TH ELLIOT SALTMAN £13,253
5TH GRAEME CLARKE £13,190
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25TH PAUL O HANLON £3,370
31ST BARRIE TRAINOR £2,691
39TH MICHAEL COLLINS £2,350
41ST TIM RICE £2,267
55TH MARK STAUNTON £1,454
58TH BRENDAN MCDERMOTT£1,385
69TH MICHAEL MCDERMOTT£1,045
74TH BRIAN MCELHINNEY £1,003
87TH MARK CAMPBELL £755
109TH CIAN MCNAMARA £500
110TH JUSTIN KEHOE £495
115TH PAUL MCDONALD £442
124TH STEPHEN GRANT £370
131ST JONATHAN GRANT £352
135TH PETER O KEEFFE £308
143RD PATRICK GERARTY £285
145TH SHANE FRANKLIN £280
146TH JERRY SCULLION £260
148TH RICHARD KILPATRICK £237
150TH DAMIEN MOONEY £225
157TH DANIEL SUGRUE £215
165TH MICHAEL LAVELLE £202.
The top 5 at the end of the year will gain a full Challenge tour card,that will set them on their way to fame and fortune.
With only 3 events left,the best Irish man is Paul o Hanlon in 25th position.He would need to win one of the last 3 events to have a chance as would Barrie Trainor who is in 31st position.
EUROPRO LEADERBOARD.
1ST SCOTT JAMIESON £22,586
2ND DANIEL BROOKS £19,675
3RD JACK DOHERTY £14,320
4TH ELLIOT SALTMAN £13,253
5TH GRAEME CLARKE £13,190
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25TH PAUL O HANLON £3,370
31ST BARRIE TRAINOR £2,691
39TH MICHAEL COLLINS £2,350
41ST TIM RICE £2,267
55TH MARK STAUNTON £1,454
58TH BRENDAN MCDERMOTT£1,385
69TH MICHAEL MCDERMOTT£1,045
74TH BRIAN MCELHINNEY £1,003
87TH MARK CAMPBELL £755
109TH CIAN MCNAMARA £500
110TH JUSTIN KEHOE £495
115TH PAUL MCDONALD £442
124TH STEPHEN GRANT £370
131ST JONATHAN GRANT £352
135TH PETER O KEEFFE £308
143RD PATRICK GERARTY £285
145TH SHANE FRANKLIN £280
146TH JERRY SCULLION £260
148TH RICHARD KILPATRICK £237
150TH DAMIEN MOONEY £225
157TH DANIEL SUGRUE £215
165TH MICHAEL LAVELLE £202.
SCOTT JAMIESON HAS EASY WIN ON EUROPRO TOUR.
Scott Jamieson followed up on his course record 65 with a closing 68 to easily win the ABC SOLUTIONS UK CHAMPIONSIP EVENT at WYCHWOOD PARK GOLF CLUB with a 12 under par total and a winning margin of 7 shots from James Ruebotham on -5.
Having won the PARTY POKER tournament at PRINCES GOLF CLUB in KENT,SCOTT is now on top of the order of merit table and guaranteed a full CHALLENGE tour card next year.
He replaced Daniel Brooks at the top of the table,as Brooks could only finish 3rd on -4 after a closing 73.
Their was no"luck of the Irish"as Barrie Trainor got to -4 and a share of 3rd place with 3 holes to go,only to finish in a share of 13th after finishing bogey,par,double bogey and -1.
Michael Collins was -3 playing the last and took a bogey 6 to finish on -2 and a share of 8th place.
Brendan McCarroll was -2 playing the 18th and took a triple bogey 8 for a share of 19th on +1.
Paul o Hanlon had a closing 74 for 36th place on +5 and Brian McElhinney had a double and a triple bogey at par 5s for a round of 76 and a share of 43rd on +6.
Having won the PARTY POKER tournament at PRINCES GOLF CLUB in KENT,SCOTT is now on top of the order of merit table and guaranteed a full CHALLENGE tour card next year.
He replaced Daniel Brooks at the top of the table,as Brooks could only finish 3rd on -4 after a closing 73.
Their was no"luck of the Irish"as Barrie Trainor got to -4 and a share of 3rd place with 3 holes to go,only to finish in a share of 13th after finishing bogey,par,double bogey and -1.
Michael Collins was -3 playing the last and took a bogey 6 to finish on -2 and a share of 8th place.
Brendan McCarroll was -2 playing the 18th and took a triple bogey 8 for a share of 19th on +1.
Paul o Hanlon had a closing 74 for 36th place on +5 and Brian McElhinney had a double and a triple bogey at par 5s for a round of 76 and a share of 43rd on +6.
Wednesday 12 August 2009
SCOTT JAMESON HITS 65 TO LEAD EUROPRO IN CREWE.
Scott Jameson hit a fantastic 7 birdie/11 par round of 65 during the second round of the ABC SOLUTIONS U.K CHAMPIONSHIP at WYCHWOOD PARK GOLF CLUB in CREWE to open up a 3 shot lead heading into the final round tomorrow.
Scott has already been a winner this year at Princes golf club and is in 8th position in the merit table.His rounds of 71/65 -8 leaves him 3 clear of another winner and order of merit leader Daniel Brooks on 69/70,Daniel Perrett 68/71,and James Ruebotham 69/70 -5.
5 of the 14 Irish made the 36 hole cut.In joint 10th position is recent winner of the Ulster PGA Championship,Barrie Trainor and Mallows Michael Collins.Trainor had a second round of -2,70 while Collins had a level par 72 to leave them both in a position to attack the leaders tomorrow from 2 under par.
Brendan McCarroll made birdies at all 4 par 3s.With 7 birdies on his card he found himself on -3 playing the last,but managed to double bogey to finish on -1 with rounds of 74/69.
Brian McElhinney had 2 rounds of 73 for a plus 2 total and Paul o Hanlon just made it after a second round of 74 to finish on the cut mark of +3.
IRISH SCORES.
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BARRIE TRAINOR 72/70,MICHAEL COLLINS 70/72 -2
BRENDAN MC CARROLL 74/69 -1
BRIAN MCELHINNEY 73/73 +2
PAUL O HANLON 73/74 +3
MISSED CUT -----------------------------
MARK CAMPBELL 75/73 +4
MARK STAUNTON 73/76 +5
TIM RICE 73/78,GREG BOWDEN 78/73 +7
GER HALL 79/73,RICHARD KILPATRICK 76/76 +8.
JUSTIN KEHOE 76/77 +9.
DANIEL SUGRUE 79/75 +10.
MICHAEL LAVELLE 79/80 +15.
Scott has already been a winner this year at Princes golf club and is in 8th position in the merit table.His rounds of 71/65 -8 leaves him 3 clear of another winner and order of merit leader Daniel Brooks on 69/70,Daniel Perrett 68/71,and James Ruebotham 69/70 -5.
5 of the 14 Irish made the 36 hole cut.In joint 10th position is recent winner of the Ulster PGA Championship,Barrie Trainor and Mallows Michael Collins.Trainor had a second round of -2,70 while Collins had a level par 72 to leave them both in a position to attack the leaders tomorrow from 2 under par.
Brendan McCarroll made birdies at all 4 par 3s.With 7 birdies on his card he found himself on -3 playing the last,but managed to double bogey to finish on -1 with rounds of 74/69.
Brian McElhinney had 2 rounds of 73 for a plus 2 total and Paul o Hanlon just made it after a second round of 74 to finish on the cut mark of +3.
IRISH SCORES.
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BARRIE TRAINOR 72/70,MICHAEL COLLINS 70/72 -2
BRENDAN MC CARROLL 74/69 -1
BRIAN MCELHINNEY 73/73 +2
PAUL O HANLON 73/74 +3
MISSED CUT -----------------------------
MARK CAMPBELL 75/73 +4
MARK STAUNTON 73/76 +5
TIM RICE 73/78,GREG BOWDEN 78/73 +7
GER HALL 79/73,RICHARD KILPATRICK 76/76 +8.
JUSTIN KEHOE 76/77 +9.
DANIEL SUGRUE 79/75 +10.
MICHAEL LAVELLE 79/80 +15.
Tuesday 11 August 2009
BARRY HUME LEADS EUROPRO EVENT AFTER GREAT FINISH.
Scotlands Barry Hume takes a one shot lead after a brilliant finish of 4 under par for the last 5 holes during the first round of the ABC SOLUTIONS CHAMPIONSHIP at WYCHWOOD PARK GOLF CLUB near MANCHESTER.
Everybody else was struggling over the difficult closing stretch,but not Hume as his 4 late birdies gave him a -5 score of 67.
The leading Irishman is Cork man Michael Collins.He got a great start of birdie,birdie and got to -3 after another birdie at the 9th.He came home with 8 pars and a bogey at the 15th for a share of 6th place on -2.
Warrenpoints Barrie Trainor,who won the Ulster PGA Championship last week got a terrible start.He doubled bogied the 13th,his 4th and followed up with further bogies at the 14th and 16th to go to +4 after 7 holes.He recovered brilliantly with a birdie at the 17th and after 4 birdies in a row from the 2nd to the 5th got to one under par.He bogied the short 6th and is in a share of 23rd on level par.
Paul o Hanlon,Brian McElhinney,Mark Staunton and Tim Rice are inside the cut mark on 73+1.
IRISH SCORES....
70 MICHAEL COLLINS -2.
72 BARRIE TRAINOR PAR.
73 PAUL O HANLON,BRIAN MCELHINNEY,MARK STAUNTON,TIM RICE +1.
74 BRENDAN MC CARROLL +2.
75 MARK CAMPBELL +3.
76 JUSTIN KEHOE,RICHARD KILPATRICK +4.
78 GREG BOWDEN +6.
79 GER HALL,DANIEL SUGRUE,MICHAEL LAVELLE +7.
Everybody else was struggling over the difficult closing stretch,but not Hume as his 4 late birdies gave him a -5 score of 67.
The leading Irishman is Cork man Michael Collins.He got a great start of birdie,birdie and got to -3 after another birdie at the 9th.He came home with 8 pars and a bogey at the 15th for a share of 6th place on -2.
Warrenpoints Barrie Trainor,who won the Ulster PGA Championship last week got a terrible start.He doubled bogied the 13th,his 4th and followed up with further bogies at the 14th and 16th to go to +4 after 7 holes.He recovered brilliantly with a birdie at the 17th and after 4 birdies in a row from the 2nd to the 5th got to one under par.He bogied the short 6th and is in a share of 23rd on level par.
Paul o Hanlon,Brian McElhinney,Mark Staunton and Tim Rice are inside the cut mark on 73+1.
IRISH SCORES....
70 MICHAEL COLLINS -2.
72 BARRIE TRAINOR PAR.
73 PAUL O HANLON,BRIAN MCELHINNEY,MARK STAUNTON,TIM RICE +1.
74 BRENDAN MC CARROLL +2.
75 MARK CAMPBELL +3.
76 JUSTIN KEHOE,RICHARD KILPATRICK +4.
78 GREG BOWDEN +6.
79 GER HALL,DANIEL SUGRUE,MICHAEL LAVELLE +7.
Monday 10 August 2009
Harrington moves up the RACE TO DUBAI rankings.
Padraig Harrington's second place finish at Firestone behind Tiger earned him 474,718 Euros that lifted him into 20th place in the RACE TO DUBAI rankings and guarentees him a place in the final 60 to compete for the 10million purse in the final event of the season.
Paul Casey who had to retire at FIRESTONE still leads the way,with the leading Irishman Rory McIlroy in 6th spot.
At the moment Ireland have 6 players inside the top 60,with Damien McGrane just outside in 64th place.
RACE TO DUBAI.
1ST:PAUL CASEY 1,965,150 EUROS.
6TH:RORY MCILROY 1,374,653 "
20TH:PADRAIG HARRINGTON 735,134 "
38TH:GRAEME MC DOWELL 492,324 "
50TH:GARETH MAYBIN 428,023 "
57TH:PETER LAWRIE 387,589 "
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64TH:DAMIEN MC GRANE 353,767 "
78TH:MICHAEL HOEY 298,626 "
93RD:DARREN CLARKE 243,482 "
Paul Casey who had to retire at FIRESTONE still leads the way,with the leading Irishman Rory McIlroy in 6th spot.
At the moment Ireland have 6 players inside the top 60,with Damien McGrane just outside in 64th place.
RACE TO DUBAI.
1ST:PAUL CASEY 1,965,150 EUROS.
6TH:RORY MCILROY 1,374,653 "
20TH:PADRAIG HARRINGTON 735,134 "
38TH:GRAEME MC DOWELL 492,324 "
50TH:GARETH MAYBIN 428,023 "
57TH:PETER LAWRIE 387,589 "
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64TH:DAMIEN MC GRANE 353,767 "
78TH:MICHAEL HOEY 298,626 "
93RD:DARREN CLARKE 243,482 "
TIGER WINS ! HARRINGTON IS BACK !
Is there no stopping Tiger Woods? The man is a genius.After a slow start in the BRIDGESTONE INVITATIONAL at FIRESTONE COUNTRY CLUB in AKRON,OHIO Woods produced two rounds of 65 to win his 7th BRIDGESTONE title after a great tussle with Padraig Harrington.
Starting 3 behind Harrington,Woods got a fast start with a 20 foot eagle putt at the 2nd,followed by birdies at the 4th & 5th to take a one shot lead.A further birdie at the 9th left him to the turn in 30 shots and a 2 shot lead,from Harrington who made 9 pars in a row.
Harrington who has had a terrible year while he made some swing changes,proved he is back with his first birdie at the 11th to close the gap to one.He went back in front after Tiger dropped shots at the 13th & 14th.
The bubble burst for Harrington at the 16th.After watching Tiger hit an 8 iron to a foot for a definite birdie,Padraig third flew through the green.The large crowd went quiet as his 4th shot from a downhill lie flew out quickly and into the water.An 80 yard shot back finished through the green and a chip and putt gave him an 8 and allowed Tiger to take a 3 shot lead with 2 to go.
Tiger proved his golfing skills with another terrific iron shot to the 18th for a closing birdie and a 4 shot win over Harrington(72) and Robert Allenby(66)
It was a great week for Harrington as he tee's up with Tiger once again next week when he will defend his US PGA title at Hazeltine.
For Tiger,he just keeps setting new records week after week.He collected 999,407 Euros to sit on top of the US Tour rankings after 5 wins this year.He collected 550 points to extend his lead in the FedEx cup to an uncatchable 946 points.
He has now won at Firestone in this event 7 times from 10 starts and has never been out of the top 5.16 victories in the World golf Championship series,winning at least one every year since they started in 1999.
His 70th tour win is only 3 behind Jack Nicklaus and 12 behind the overall leader Sam Snead.
Darren Clarke birdied the 18th to return a 69 that finished off a good week in 22nd spot on level par.
Graeme McDowell hit a closing round of 70 to finish on +5 and 45th place.
Rory McIlroy never got to grips with the course and closed with a 74 in 68th place on +10.
Shane Lowry's first World event finished better than it started.He had a pair of 78s in the first two rounds,but came good at the weekend with a pair of 72s to finish in 77th place on +20.He picked up the biggest cheque since turning Professional of 25,699 Euros and gained a lot of experience.
Starting 3 behind Harrington,Woods got a fast start with a 20 foot eagle putt at the 2nd,followed by birdies at the 4th & 5th to take a one shot lead.A further birdie at the 9th left him to the turn in 30 shots and a 2 shot lead,from Harrington who made 9 pars in a row.
Harrington who has had a terrible year while he made some swing changes,proved he is back with his first birdie at the 11th to close the gap to one.He went back in front after Tiger dropped shots at the 13th & 14th.
The bubble burst for Harrington at the 16th.After watching Tiger hit an 8 iron to a foot for a definite birdie,Padraig third flew through the green.The large crowd went quiet as his 4th shot from a downhill lie flew out quickly and into the water.An 80 yard shot back finished through the green and a chip and putt gave him an 8 and allowed Tiger to take a 3 shot lead with 2 to go.
Tiger proved his golfing skills with another terrific iron shot to the 18th for a closing birdie and a 4 shot win over Harrington(72) and Robert Allenby(66)
It was a great week for Harrington as he tee's up with Tiger once again next week when he will defend his US PGA title at Hazeltine.
For Tiger,he just keeps setting new records week after week.He collected 999,407 Euros to sit on top of the US Tour rankings after 5 wins this year.He collected 550 points to extend his lead in the FedEx cup to an uncatchable 946 points.
He has now won at Firestone in this event 7 times from 10 starts and has never been out of the top 5.16 victories in the World golf Championship series,winning at least one every year since they started in 1999.
His 70th tour win is only 3 behind Jack Nicklaus and 12 behind the overall leader Sam Snead.
Darren Clarke birdied the 18th to return a 69 that finished off a good week in 22nd spot on level par.
Graeme McDowell hit a closing round of 70 to finish on +5 and 45th place.
Rory McIlroy never got to grips with the course and closed with a 74 in 68th place on +10.
Shane Lowry's first World event finished better than it started.He had a pair of 78s in the first two rounds,but came good at the weekend with a pair of 72s to finish in 77th place on +20.He picked up the biggest cheque since turning Professional of 25,699 Euros and gained a lot of experience.
Sunday 9 August 2009
COLSAERTS WINS IN FINLAND IN PLAY OFF.
Belgium,Nicolas Colsaerts won his first event on the Challenge tour when he won the SK GOLF CHALLENGE in FINLAND.
COLSAERTS won the hard way.he finished with 2 birdies for a final round 66 and a -11 total,to join Wales guy Rhys Davies as clubhouse leaders.France's,Julien Guerrier only needed a par to take the title,instead he made a bogey and had to join Colsaerts and Davies in a play off.
The play off lasted two holes before Nicolas Colsaerts was presented with the trophy and a cheque for 28,000 Euros that has lifted him into 7th place on the order of merit and now in with a great chance of a full European card next year.
Guerrier and Davis picked up 15,750 Euros and are both in the top 20.
4th place went to first round leader,Jose-filipe lima on 10 under par.
Local favorite,Roope kakko had a bad day and finished down in 8th place after a closing 73 that left him -8 for the tourament.
Irelands,Colm Moriarty had another dissapointing finish.He finished down in a share of 47th on a +1 total after a level par round of 72.
His cheque for 805 Euros didn.t help his order of merit position.He is the top Irish man in 51st position.
COLSAERTS won the hard way.he finished with 2 birdies for a final round 66 and a -11 total,to join Wales guy Rhys Davies as clubhouse leaders.France's,Julien Guerrier only needed a par to take the title,instead he made a bogey and had to join Colsaerts and Davies in a play off.
The play off lasted two holes before Nicolas Colsaerts was presented with the trophy and a cheque for 28,000 Euros that has lifted him into 7th place on the order of merit and now in with a great chance of a full European card next year.
Guerrier and Davis picked up 15,750 Euros and are both in the top 20.
4th place went to first round leader,Jose-filipe lima on 10 under par.
Local favorite,Roope kakko had a bad day and finished down in 8th place after a closing 73 that left him -8 for the tourament.
Irelands,Colm Moriarty had another dissapointing finish.He finished down in a share of 47th on a +1 total after a level par round of 72.
His cheque for 805 Euros didn.t help his order of merit position.He is the top Irish man in 51st position.
CAN HARRINGTON HOLD THE TIGER BACK ?
Padraig Harrington returned a 67 in the 3rd round of the BRIDGESTONE INVITATIONAL event to reach 10 under par.While he was enjoying the applause from the crowd,he took his first look at the leaderboard and got a shock to see the name of Tiger Woods on 7 under par.
"I didn't know he was up there"said Padraig to his caddy.It was a shock for Padraig as he had birdied 4 of the last 6 holes and thought he had pulled well away from the pack,but Woods already a winner of the BRIDGESTONE 6 times made 4 birdies of his own over the last 6 holes,returning a 65 to close the gap to 3.
Harrington showed the world his golfing skills,especially over the front nine.He played hooked,low shots under trees,cut shots under trees,fantastic chips and putts for pars and then on the back nine when he started to find the fairways he only needed 11 putts from 30 feet in to return a 67 and leave himself with a 3 shot cushion for the final round.
Tiger on the other hand was hitting some fantastic iron shots,leaving himself short birdie putts which he didn't miss.
It is going to be a fantastic day for golf fans as they watch two of the best shot makers and short game experts do battle,over the FIRESTONE course.
CAN HARRINGTON HOLD ON ?
Padraig & Tiger have to be careful that they don't forget about the rest of the world class field.Jerry Kelly is only 2 shots behind Tiger on -5 and on -4 is a group of 10 players that includes Masters champion,Angel Cabrera,Lucas Glover,US OPEN Champ and recent OPEN CHAMPION,Stewart Cink.
The next best Irishman to Padraig is Darren Clarke.He has played steady golf all week with rounds of 71,70,70 for a share of 34th on +1.Graeme McDowell had a 71 for a share of 59th on +5.Rory McIlroy never made a birdie in a round of 71 to sit in 61st place on +6 and Shane Lowry had an unfortunate double bogey at the 15th for a 72.
His +18 total is 78th.
"I didn't know he was up there"said Padraig to his caddy.It was a shock for Padraig as he had birdied 4 of the last 6 holes and thought he had pulled well away from the pack,but Woods already a winner of the BRIDGESTONE 6 times made 4 birdies of his own over the last 6 holes,returning a 65 to close the gap to 3.
Harrington showed the world his golfing skills,especially over the front nine.He played hooked,low shots under trees,cut shots under trees,fantastic chips and putts for pars and then on the back nine when he started to find the fairways he only needed 11 putts from 30 feet in to return a 67 and leave himself with a 3 shot cushion for the final round.
Tiger on the other hand was hitting some fantastic iron shots,leaving himself short birdie putts which he didn't miss.
It is going to be a fantastic day for golf fans as they watch two of the best shot makers and short game experts do battle,over the FIRESTONE course.
CAN HARRINGTON HOLD ON ?
Padraig & Tiger have to be careful that they don't forget about the rest of the world class field.Jerry Kelly is only 2 shots behind Tiger on -5 and on -4 is a group of 10 players that includes Masters champion,Angel Cabrera,Lucas Glover,US OPEN Champ and recent OPEN CHAMPION,Stewart Cink.
The next best Irishman to Padraig is Darren Clarke.He has played steady golf all week with rounds of 71,70,70 for a share of 34th on +1.Graeme McDowell had a 71 for a share of 59th on +5.Rory McIlroy never made a birdie in a round of 71 to sit in 61st place on +6 and Shane Lowry had an unfortunate double bogey at the 15th for a 72.
His +18 total is 78th.
Saturday 8 August 2009
Moriarty falls back in Finland after 3rd round.
Denmarks,Jacob Olesen jumped out of the pack in the SK GOLF CHALLENGE at LINNA GOLF CLUB in FINLAND with a sparkling round of 6 under par, 66 that lifted him to the top of the leaderboard on 10 under par going into the final round,alongside Frances Julien Guerrier who had a 67.
Local Roope Kakko gave the home fans something to chear about when he returned a 67 to move into 3rd on -9.
Overnight leader Jose-Filipe Lima could only manage a level par 72 and is now in a share of 8th on -6,4 behind.
last weeks winner,Jamie Mc Leary had a bad day with a 74 and is well back on -3.
Colm Moriarty,the only remaining Irish man was on 19th overnight and in need of a good finish to move up the rankings,but faded badly with a 75 and is now down in 50th place on +1.
Local Roope Kakko gave the home fans something to chear about when he returned a 67 to move into 3rd on -9.
Overnight leader Jose-Filipe Lima could only manage a level par 72 and is now in a share of 8th on -6,4 behind.
last weeks winner,Jamie Mc Leary had a bad day with a 74 and is well back on -3.
Colm Moriarty,the only remaining Irish man was on 19th overnight and in need of a good finish to move up the rankings,but faded badly with a 75 and is now down in 50th place on +1.
Harrington still in Charge at Bridgestone.
padraig Harrington was in good form as he held on to the lead after two rounds of the BRIDGESTONE INTERNATIONAL at FIRESTONE COUNTRY CLUB in OHIO.
After his best score this year in the opening round of 64,he was a bit more conservative during his second round.He only made 2 birdies and one bogey for a 69 and with a -7 total he is one shot clear from Tim Clarke 66/68-6.
They are looking over their shoulder at World No1 Tiger Woods who is in 13th place after rounds of 68/70 -2 and waiting for him to pounce.
Darren Clarke is the next best of the Irish. He needed two late birdies at the 16th and 17th to leave him in 36th place after rounds of 71,70.Graeme McDowell is in 58th position with scores of 73/71.Rory McIlroy who made 7 bogies the first day of 75,only made one bogey in his level par round of 70 and remains on +5 and in 63rd place.
Irish Open winner,Shane Lowry has found the going difficult and is 78th out of 79 players on +16 after matching rounds of 78.
After his best score this year in the opening round of 64,he was a bit more conservative during his second round.He only made 2 birdies and one bogey for a 69 and with a -7 total he is one shot clear from Tim Clarke 66/68-6.
They are looking over their shoulder at World No1 Tiger Woods who is in 13th place after rounds of 68/70 -2 and waiting for him to pounce.
Darren Clarke is the next best of the Irish. He needed two late birdies at the 16th and 17th to leave him in 36th place after rounds of 71,70.Graeme McDowell is in 58th position with scores of 73/71.Rory McIlroy who made 7 bogies the first day of 75,only made one bogey in his level par round of 70 and remains on +5 and in 63rd place.
Irish Open winner,Shane Lowry has found the going difficult and is 78th out of 79 players on +16 after matching rounds of 78.
Moriarty makes a move in Finland.
Colm Moriarty has been playing better golf this past few weeks on the Challenge tour,and in Finland this week he is only 4 shots behind the leader at the half way stage of the SK GOLF CHALLENGE.
To reach the top 20,Colm needs a few good finishes as he is currently lying 51st in the table,some 15,000 behind the 20th man.
Jose-Filipe Lima is the leader of the tournament on 6 under par after a 70/68.Last weeks winner Jamie Mcleary is in a group of 3 on 139-5.
Moriarty shot 73/69 for a tie of 19th on -2 and as the only Irishman to make the cut he will be the best on the merit table as Simon Thornton took this week of to play in the Ulster Championship where he fininshed 6 shots behind the winner Barrie Trainor.
Michael McGeady's miserable season continues with rounds of 73/74 he missed the plus 2 cut by one shot.Daniel Sugrue was never at the races on 79/81+16 and Stephen Grant retired half way through his second round.
To reach the top 20,Colm needs a few good finishes as he is currently lying 51st in the table,some 15,000 behind the 20th man.
Jose-Filipe Lima is the leader of the tournament on 6 under par after a 70/68.Last weeks winner Jamie Mcleary is in a group of 3 on 139-5.
Moriarty shot 73/69 for a tie of 19th on -2 and as the only Irishman to make the cut he will be the best on the merit table as Simon Thornton took this week of to play in the Ulster Championship where he fininshed 6 shots behind the winner Barrie Trainor.
Michael McGeady's miserable season continues with rounds of 73/74 he missed the plus 2 cut by one shot.Daniel Sugrue was never at the races on 79/81+16 and Stephen Grant retired half way through his second round.
Friday 7 August 2009
BARRIE TRAINOR WINS ULSTER PGA CHAMPIONSHIP.
Warrenpoint golfer Barrie Trainor won the Ulster PGA Championship at the spectecular Faldo designed Lough Erne resort in County Fermanagh.
The first round was played around the castle Hume course.Barrie who has been second twice in the last 3 years shot a 2 under par 68 to sit one shot behind the leader Donal Gleeson.
The Lough Erne course was only opened 2 weeks ago by Rory McIlroy and Padraig Harrington so all the Professionals had to play it without a practice round.
Trainor got into his stride very quickly by hitting his first shot to 18 inches at the 1st.Another birdie at the long 4th was washed out after finding water at the 5th.
He hit back quickly with a chip in for eagle at the 6th followed by a 20 foot putt for bidie at the 7th.Three shots from the side of the 9th left Barrie to the turn in 33-3 and -5 for the tournament.
3 pars were followed by a run of 2,4,2 to take Barrie to -8 overall.A steady finish of 3 pars gave him a round of -6,66 and with his first round 68 -2 won his first Major title with a 134 total of -8 and a 3 shot win over Damien Mooney.
The first round was played around the castle Hume course.Barrie who has been second twice in the last 3 years shot a 2 under par 68 to sit one shot behind the leader Donal Gleeson.
The Lough Erne course was only opened 2 weeks ago by Rory McIlroy and Padraig Harrington so all the Professionals had to play it without a practice round.
Trainor got into his stride very quickly by hitting his first shot to 18 inches at the 1st.Another birdie at the long 4th was washed out after finding water at the 5th.
He hit back quickly with a chip in for eagle at the 6th followed by a 20 foot putt for bidie at the 7th.Three shots from the side of the 9th left Barrie to the turn in 33-3 and -5 for the tournament.
3 pars were followed by a run of 2,4,2 to take Barrie to -8 overall.A steady finish of 3 pars gave him a round of -6,66 and with his first round 68 -2 won his first Major title with a 134 total of -8 and a 3 shot win over Damien Mooney.
Graeme Clark wins Europro event in kent.
Graeme Clark who won the order of merit in 2007 on the EUROPRO tour,put himself back in position to do so again this year as he jumped from 19th to 3rd after a 3 shot victory in the VIRGIN ATLANTIC 25TH ANNIVERSARY CLASSIC in MARRIOT TUDOR PARK GOLF CLUB in KENT.
Leading overnight Clark hit a -4 round of 66 to go with his opening 64,63 for a superb total of -17.Ian Keenan finished on -14 and Elliot Saltman was 3rd on -12.
The only two Irish to make the cut was Shane Franklin and Paul o Hanlon. Shane close with a 69 for a share of 32nd place on -3 while Paul hit a 70 for joint 37th on -2.
Leading overnight Clark hit a -4 round of 66 to go with his opening 64,63 for a superb total of -17.Ian Keenan finished on -14 and Elliot Saltman was 3rd on -12.
The only two Irish to make the cut was Shane Franklin and Paul o Hanlon. Shane close with a 69 for a share of 32nd place on -3 while Paul hit a 70 for joint 37th on -2.
Harrington on fire at firestone !
Padraig Harrington put a bad year behind him when he shot a perfect round of 66 in the BRIDGESTONE INVITATIONAL at FIRESTONE COUNTRY CLUB,ARKON,OHIO to take a 2 shot lead over Scott Verplank,Prayed Marksaeng and Tim Clark going into the second round.
Harry,to his friends started with a birdie at the 10th hole and after making a great up and down at the 11th felt that he was back in control of his game.He went on to make further birdies at the 16th,1st,2nd,7th and 8th and with no bogies shot the lowest score of the year for the Dubliner and good timing as he defends his US PGA title at HAZELTINE NATIONAL next week.
Darren Clarke was steady with a 71,Graeme McDowell was up and down for a 73 but Rory McIlroy struggled with 7 bogies on his card and with only 2 birdies shot a 75,11 shots behind Harrington.
Shane Lowry had a tough introduction to World golf with an 8 over par 78.
Harry,to his friends started with a birdie at the 10th hole and after making a great up and down at the 11th felt that he was back in control of his game.He went on to make further birdies at the 16th,1st,2nd,7th and 8th and with no bogies shot the lowest score of the year for the Dubliner and good timing as he defends his US PGA title at HAZELTINE NATIONAL next week.
Darren Clarke was steady with a 71,Graeme McDowell was up and down for a 73 but Rory McIlroy struggled with 7 bogies on his card and with only 2 birdies shot a 75,11 shots behind Harrington.
Shane Lowry had a tough introduction to World golf with an 8 over par 78.
Wednesday 5 August 2009
Graeme Clark sets a hot pace in Kent.
Graeme Clark added a second round of 63 to go with his opening 64 to set a hot pace of 13 under par and a 2 shot lead in the VIRGIN ATLANTIC 25TH ANNIVERSARY CLASSIC on the EUROPRO TOUR at MARRIOTT TUDOR PARK in MAIDSTONE,KENT.
Clark sitting at 19th on the merit table could move inside the all important top 5 that goes straight through to the second stage of qualifying if he continues to produce this type of golf.
It will not be easy as Ian Keenan also shot a 63 to finish on -11,Daniel Gaunt 67 is on -9,Elliot Saltmam 67,-8 with overnight leader Paul Dwyer in a group of 6 on -7.
There was 55 players that made the cut on -1,with only 2 out of 12 Irish making it through.
Shane Franklin with a 65 in round one needed a birdie at the last to finish with a 73 and a -2 total of 138.He was joined by Paul oHanlon who was -5 with 3 holes to go,but slipped back with a double bogey at 16 and a bogey at 17.The pair are in joint 31st position.
It was too little too late for Justin Kehoe. He shot a 69 to finish on +1,while Richard Kilpatrick had a good 67 for +2.Ger Hall and Brian McElhinney both shot 69s to finish on +3.
Irish Results.
Paul o Hanlon 66/72,Shane Franklin 65/73 -2.
Missed cut.Justin Kehoe 72/69 +1.
Richard Kilpatrick 75/67 +2.
Ger Hall 74/69,Brian McElhinney 74/69 +3.
Tim Rice 72/72 +4.
Brendan McCarroll 72/73,Mark Campbell 73/72 +5.
Jonathan Mallon 74/72 +6.
Michael Lavelle 73/75 +8.
Cian McNamara 72/77 +9.
Clark sitting at 19th on the merit table could move inside the all important top 5 that goes straight through to the second stage of qualifying if he continues to produce this type of golf.
It will not be easy as Ian Keenan also shot a 63 to finish on -11,Daniel Gaunt 67 is on -9,Elliot Saltmam 67,-8 with overnight leader Paul Dwyer in a group of 6 on -7.
There was 55 players that made the cut on -1,with only 2 out of 12 Irish making it through.
Shane Franklin with a 65 in round one needed a birdie at the last to finish with a 73 and a -2 total of 138.He was joined by Paul oHanlon who was -5 with 3 holes to go,but slipped back with a double bogey at 16 and a bogey at 17.The pair are in joint 31st position.
It was too little too late for Justin Kehoe. He shot a 69 to finish on +1,while Richard Kilpatrick had a good 67 for +2.Ger Hall and Brian McElhinney both shot 69s to finish on +3.
Irish Results.
Paul o Hanlon 66/72,Shane Franklin 65/73 -2.
Missed cut.Justin Kehoe 72/69 +1.
Richard Kilpatrick 75/67 +2.
Ger Hall 74/69,Brian McElhinney 74/69 +3.
Tim Rice 72/72 +4.
Brendan McCarroll 72/73,Mark Campbell 73/72 +5.
Jonathan Mallon 74/72 +6.
Michael Lavelle 73/75 +8.
Cian McNamara 72/77 +9.
Dwyer course record leads in Kent.
Paul Dwyer equalled the Marriot Tudor park course record of -7,63 in the first round of the VIRGIN ATLANTIC 25TH ANNIVERSARY CLASSIC in KENT.
Dwyers round of 63 was put together despite bogies at the 9th and 17th holes.Sitting at 8th on the merit table,Paul can go top with a win this week.
In perfect scoring conditions 50 players are under par. Shane Franklin -5 and Paul o Hanlon -4 were the only 2 of the 12 Irish playing that look like making the 36 hole cut of point.
Irish scores.
Shane Franklin 65 -5.
Paul o Hanlon 66 -4.
Cian McNamara,Justin Kehoe,Brendan McCarroll,Tim Rice,Michael Lavelle 72 +2
Mark Campbell,Ger Hall 73 +3.
Jonathan Mallon,Brian McElhinney 74 +4.
Richard Kilpatrick 75 +5.
Dwyers round of 63 was put together despite bogies at the 9th and 17th holes.Sitting at 8th on the merit table,Paul can go top with a win this week.
In perfect scoring conditions 50 players are under par. Shane Franklin -5 and Paul o Hanlon -4 were the only 2 of the 12 Irish playing that look like making the 36 hole cut of point.
Irish scores.
Shane Franklin 65 -5.
Paul o Hanlon 66 -4.
Cian McNamara,Justin Kehoe,Brendan McCarroll,Tim Rice,Michael Lavelle 72 +2
Mark Campbell,Ger Hall 73 +3.
Jonathan Mallon,Brian McElhinney 74 +4.
Richard Kilpatrick 75 +5.
Monday 3 August 2009
TIGER WINS THIRD BUICK OPEN...
World No1 Tiger Woods shot a closing round 69 to win his 69th tournament with a -20 total at Warwick Hills golf & country club.
After missing the cut at the Open Championship at Turnberry the papers and magazines had all the headlines.Tiger game has gone.......Tiger will sack his coach...etc,etc.
When will the press leave him alone and sit back and watch a master at work.Sitting outside the cut mark in joint 94th place after an opening first round of -1.He ripped the course apart with a 63,65 and 69 to win on -20,and 3 shots clear of Roland Thatcher,Greg Chambers and John Sendon on -17.
Tigers 69th win leaves him in 3rd place on the all time winners list.Sam Snead leads the way with 82 wins and Jack Nicklaus is in Tigers sight on 73 wins.
Tiger is back at the top of the FedEx cup with only 3 events left before the play off's
Tigers incredible run sees him now with 21 wins in his last 39 starts
FedEx Cup Table...........Events..........points.
Tiger Woods 11 2,551.
Steve Stricker 16 2,059.
Kenny Perry 18 1,901.
Zach Johnston 19 1,892.
Phil Mickleson 12 1,616.
After missing the cut at the Open Championship at Turnberry the papers and magazines had all the headlines.Tiger game has gone.......Tiger will sack his coach...etc,etc.
When will the press leave him alone and sit back and watch a master at work.Sitting outside the cut mark in joint 94th place after an opening first round of -1.He ripped the course apart with a 63,65 and 69 to win on -20,and 3 shots clear of Roland Thatcher,Greg Chambers and John Sendon on -17.
Tigers 69th win leaves him in 3rd place on the all time winners list.Sam Snead leads the way with 82 wins and Jack Nicklaus is in Tigers sight on 73 wins.
Tiger is back at the top of the FedEx cup with only 3 events left before the play off's
Tigers incredible run sees him now with 21 wins in his last 39 starts
FedEx Cup Table...........Events..........points.
Tiger Woods 11 2,551.
Steve Stricker 16 2,059.
Kenny Perry 18 1,901.
Zach Johnston 19 1,892.
Phil Mickleson 12 1,616.
Rookie Henningsson wins in Czech Republic.
23 year old Oskar Henningsson won the MORIVIA SILESIA OPEN in the CZECH REPUBLIC in fine style with a closing 67 for a 2 shot win over Steve Webster and Sam Little.
Henningsson won the qualifying school at the end of last year and after yesterday his future is secure with a 2 year exemption and invites to some of the worlds biggest events.He is now 42nd in the Race to Dubai,well inside the all important top 60.
Oskar came from 3 shots behind Steve Webster with an opening front 9 of 32.After getting to -14 he could afford to bogey the last and still beat Webster 72,and Sam Little 70 by 2 shots.
Gareth Maybin got into a great position to take the title,but after a miserable finish where he dropped 4 shots over the last 5 holes,had to settle for joint 7th place and a cheque for 55,000 Euros on -9 total.
Damien McGrane was in joint 32nd after a closing 73 for a -1 total and 15,750 Euros.
Michael Hoey tumbled down the field after a closing 78.His Par finish earned him 14,200 Euros.
Henningsson won the qualifying school at the end of last year and after yesterday his future is secure with a 2 year exemption and invites to some of the worlds biggest events.He is now 42nd in the Race to Dubai,well inside the all important top 60.
Oskar came from 3 shots behind Steve Webster with an opening front 9 of 32.After getting to -14 he could afford to bogey the last and still beat Webster 72,and Sam Little 70 by 2 shots.
Gareth Maybin got into a great position to take the title,but after a miserable finish where he dropped 4 shots over the last 5 holes,had to settle for joint 7th place and a cheque for 55,000 Euros on -9 total.
Damien McGrane was in joint 32nd after a closing 73 for a -1 total and 15,750 Euros.
Michael Hoey tumbled down the field after a closing 78.His Par finish earned him 14,200 Euros.
Local,James McLeary wins Scottish event.
Local James McLeary gave the Scottish public something to cheer about when he won the SCOTTISH HYDRO CHALLENGE at the MACDONALD SPEY VALLEY GOLF COURSE after hitting a final round 68 to beat the favorite,Italian Edoardo Molinari by 2 shots.
It was a first Professional victory for 28 year old McLeary.He shot rounds of 69,67,72,68 to finish on 276 -13,pick up a cheque for 32,000 Euros and jump from 57th into 11th position on the order of merit table.
Consolation for Molinari is that his 2nd place finish leaves him on top of the table and has guarenteed his place on the European tour next year.
Simon Thornton dropped down from 9th overnight to 16th after a closing 73. His +1 total earned him 2,700 Euros.
Johnny Caldwell moved up from 47th to 36th with a closing 71.He finished +5 and collected 1,280 Euros.
It was a first Professional victory for 28 year old McLeary.He shot rounds of 69,67,72,68 to finish on 276 -13,pick up a cheque for 32,000 Euros and jump from 57th into 11th position on the order of merit table.
Consolation for Molinari is that his 2nd place finish leaves him on top of the table and has guarenteed his place on the European tour next year.
Simon Thornton dropped down from 9th overnight to 16th after a closing 73. His +1 total earned him 2,700 Euros.
Johnny Caldwell moved up from 47th to 36th with a closing 71.He finished +5 and collected 1,280 Euros.
Sunday 2 August 2009
Thornton in 9th position in Scotland.
With only one round to go,Royal County Downs Simon Thornton is in joint 9th position in the Scottish Hydro Challenge at the Macdonald Spey Valley golf club in Scotland.
The event is being led by Edoardo Molinari after a 67 -6,with Thornton on 71,-1.
The only other Irish to make the cut,Johnny Caldwell fell back with a 73 for joint 47th place on +5.
Noel Fox,Michael McGeady,Peter oKeeffe,Colm Moriarty and Gareth Shaw all failed to make the half way cut.
The event is being led by Edoardo Molinari after a 67 -6,with Thornton on 71,-1.
The only other Irish to make the cut,Johnny Caldwell fell back with a 73 for joint 47th place on +5.
Noel Fox,Michael McGeady,Peter oKeeffe,Colm Moriarty and Gareth Shaw all failed to make the half way cut.
MAYBIN IN GREAT POSITION IN CZECH REPUBLIC.
Ballyclares Gareth Maybin is only 2 shots behind Stephen Webster going into the final round of the MORIVIA SILESIA OPEN around the PROSPER GOLF RESORT in the CZECH REPUBLIC.
Webster is 2 shots clear of Maybin who is on -9 after a 3rd round of 68.Gareth started his 3rd round birdie,birdie and if he can produce the same start today he will be in a great position to win his first European Tour event.
Michael Hoey is only 5 behind the leader when he also hit a 68 for a share of joint 10th place on -6.
The only other Irish to make the weekend is Damien McGrane.He is in 35th place on -2 after a 3rd round 70.
Shane Lowry,Gary Murphy and Peter Lawrie all have the weekend off after all 3 had a poor tournament.
Webster is 2 shots clear of Maybin who is on -9 after a 3rd round of 68.Gareth started his 3rd round birdie,birdie and if he can produce the same start today he will be in a great position to win his first European Tour event.
Michael Hoey is only 5 behind the leader when he also hit a 68 for a share of joint 10th place on -6.
The only other Irish to make the weekend is Damien McGrane.He is in 35th place on -2 after a 3rd round 70.
Shane Lowry,Gary Murphy and Peter Lawrie all have the weekend off after all 3 had a poor tournament.
James Bush wins Europro event at Burhill golf club.
James Bush put in a final round of -5,67 to win the PANDORO 2009 OPEN at BURHILL GOLF CLUB and lift the £10,000 cheque and a move into the important top 5 on the Europro order of merit.
His 209 -9 total allowed him to overtake the overnight leaders,and go on to beat Daniel Brooks by 2 shots.The £5,000 prize Brooks won has now lifted him into No1 position in the merit table.
The top Irish man was Michael Collins. He had a fine tournament,as after starting with a one over par 73 he followed up with 68,71 for a -4 total and joint 4th place with a nice cheque for £1,325.
Paul o Hanlon missed the cut after a pair of 75s but is still the leading Irish man on 22nd place on the merit table.Barrie Trainor +5 is in 30th place and Michael Collins is now up to 44th.
IRISH RESULTS.
4TH MICHAEL COLLINS 71 -4.
16TH MARK STAUNTON 70 -1.
21ST MARK CAMPBELL 71 +1.
42ND BARRIE TRAINOR,RICHARD KILPATRICK +5.
49TH MICHAEL LAVALLE 76 +7.
54TH PAUL MC DONALD 80 +10.
MISSED CUT.........
STEPHEN GRANT,BRENDAN MC CARROLL,JUSTIN KEHOE,PADRAIG DOOLEY +4.
PAUL O HANLON,CAIN MCNAMARA,BRIAN MCELHINNEY +6.
SHANE FRANKLIN,TIM RICE +8.
JONATHAN MALLON +9
GER HALL +13.
His 209 -9 total allowed him to overtake the overnight leaders,and go on to beat Daniel Brooks by 2 shots.The £5,000 prize Brooks won has now lifted him into No1 position in the merit table.
The top Irish man was Michael Collins. He had a fine tournament,as after starting with a one over par 73 he followed up with 68,71 for a -4 total and joint 4th place with a nice cheque for £1,325.
Paul o Hanlon missed the cut after a pair of 75s but is still the leading Irish man on 22nd place on the merit table.Barrie Trainor +5 is in 30th place and Michael Collins is now up to 44th.
IRISH RESULTS.
4TH MICHAEL COLLINS 71 -4.
16TH MARK STAUNTON 70 -1.
21ST MARK CAMPBELL 71 +1.
42ND BARRIE TRAINOR,RICHARD KILPATRICK +5.
49TH MICHAEL LAVALLE 76 +7.
54TH PAUL MC DONALD 80 +10.
MISSED CUT.........
STEPHEN GRANT,BRENDAN MC CARROLL,JUSTIN KEHOE,PADRAIG DOOLEY +4.
PAUL O HANLON,CAIN MCNAMARA,BRIAN MCELHINNEY +6.
SHANE FRANKLIN,TIM RICE +8.
JONATHAN MALLON +9
GER HALL +13.
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