Royal County Down's Simon Thornton moved to within 1 shot of the 3 leaders after the second round of the KAZAKHSTAN OPEN.Thornton who hasn't had a great year so far is down in 68th in the order of merit as he only made 15,015 Euros from 8 starts.He can jump into the top 10 if he could win the first prize of 64,000 Euros this week.
It might be hard to do as the No1 player Edoardo Molinari 67.67,Gary Boyd(10th) 63.71 and Andrew Marshall(55th)71.63 are 1 shot ahead on -10.While Thornton(68th) hit 69 and a 4 birdie,1 eagle round of 66 for -9.
Colm Moriarty(49th) is on -3 after a second round of 70 and Gareth Shaw only made the -1 cut after a 73.
Johnny Caldwell who took a week off from the main tour was disqualified.
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Friday, 18 September 2009
Benn Barham leads in Austria with record 36 hole score.
Englands Benn Barham(175th) in the Race to Dubai,has shot the lowest 36 hole total this year on the European tour in the AUSTRIAN OPEN.He followed up on his opening 63 with a 66 for a 2 shot lead on 13 under par.Left hander Richard Green(75th) is making a late charge to try and reach the top 60 returned 65 & 66 to sit in second on -11.
Gary Murphy(153rd) is more worried about keeping his card for next year,and he is in good shape this week on -7 after rounds of 68,67.He is in a group of 11 players in 11th place.
Damien McGrane(53rd) improved from his opening 71 to shoot a 67 and in a share of 34th place on -4.
The cut came at -2 and it knocked out Michael Hoey who recovered from an opening 72 to hit a 69,but unfortunately was one shot too many.
Gary Murphy(153rd) is more worried about keeping his card for next year,and he is in good shape this week on -7 after rounds of 68,67.He is in a group of 11 players in 11th place.
Damien McGrane(53rd) improved from his opening 71 to shoot a 67 and in a share of 34th place on -4.
The cut came at -2 and it knocked out Michael Hoey who recovered from an opening 72 to hit a 69,but unfortunately was one shot too many.
Thursday, 17 September 2009
The Irish making no improvement at tour school.
Out of the 12 Irish players competiting at the first stage of the qualifying school,only 4 will still be in action for the final round tomorrow,but nobody is inside the qualifying score.
At Dundonald Links Barrie Trainor made a double bogey followed by a triple bogey in the early stages of his 3rd round but recovered with a 2 over par 74 to sit 3 shots outside the pace on +6.Brian McElhinney is making a fight back and is back to +7 after a 2 under par 70. Michael Lavelle hit a 71 to qualify for the final round on +8.
The only other Irish to make it to the final round is Stephen Grant who is playing at Ribagolf in Portugal.He is on +7 and 3 shots outside the cut mark after a 3rd round of 73.
Dundonald Links..Scotland..Leader Jamie Elson -8.......20 qualifiers..cut +3
Irish scores........Barrie Trainor 74 +6.
Brian McElhinney 70 +7.
Michael Lavelle 71 +8.
Non Qualifiers.... Neil o Briain 74 +14.
James Fox(AM) 79 +15.
Ger Hall 73 +18.
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Chart Hills. England..Leader James Bushy,Mathew Baldwin -9........21 qualifiers...cut +1.
Non Qualifiers....Daniel Sugrue 75 +10.
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Ribagolf..Portugal..Leader J.Van Der Vaart 72 -7.....12 qualifiers cut +2.
Irish qualifiers...Stephen Grant 73 +7.
Non qualifiers...Byron Campbell(Am) 79 +15.
Noel Fox 83 +22.
Adam Savage 92 +40.
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Lubber Golf Denmark...Leader..Lars Johansen & Victor Almstrom -2..9 qualifiers +4.
Non qualifiers...Alan Murray 77 +18.
At Dundonald Links Barrie Trainor made a double bogey followed by a triple bogey in the early stages of his 3rd round but recovered with a 2 over par 74 to sit 3 shots outside the pace on +6.Brian McElhinney is making a fight back and is back to +7 after a 2 under par 70. Michael Lavelle hit a 71 to qualify for the final round on +8.
The only other Irish to make it to the final round is Stephen Grant who is playing at Ribagolf in Portugal.He is on +7 and 3 shots outside the cut mark after a 3rd round of 73.
Dundonald Links..Scotland..Leader Jamie Elson -8.......20 qualifiers..cut +3
Irish scores........Barrie Trainor 74 +6.
Brian McElhinney 70 +7.
Michael Lavelle 71 +8.
Non Qualifiers.... Neil o Briain 74 +14.
James Fox(AM) 79 +15.
Ger Hall 73 +18.
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Chart Hills. England..Leader James Bushy,Mathew Baldwin -9........21 qualifiers...cut +1.
Non Qualifiers....Daniel Sugrue 75 +10.
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Ribagolf..Portugal..Leader J.Van Der Vaart 72 -7.....12 qualifiers cut +2.
Irish qualifiers...Stephen Grant 73 +7.
Non qualifiers...Byron Campbell(Am) 79 +15.
Noel Fox 83 +22.
Adam Savage 92 +40.
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Lubber Golf Denmark...Leader..Lars Johansen & Victor Almstrom -2..9 qualifiers +4.
Non qualifiers...Alan Murray 77 +18.
Gary Boyd leads in Kazakhstan with a 63.
10th in the Challenge tour rankings,Englands Gary Boyd had a great day as he returned a -9 round of 63 in the first round of the KAZAKHSTAN OPEN the richest event on the Challenge tour.The winner pick's up 64,000 Euros.
The top Irish man is Simon Thornton who is 68th in the rankings,he opened with a 3 under par 69.Gareth Shaw(100th) had a bad finish when he dropped 2 shots over the last 2 holes for a 70-2.
Colm Moriarty(49th) is on -1 after a steady start of 70 while Johnny Caldwell back from the main tour is on level par 72.
The top Irish man is Simon Thornton who is 68th in the rankings,he opened with a 3 under par 69.Gareth Shaw(100th) had a bad finish when he dropped 2 shots over the last 2 holes for a 70-2.
Colm Moriarty(49th) is on -1 after a steady start of 70 while Johnny Caldwell back from the main tour is on level par 72.
Ben Barham leads in Austria with a 63.
Ben Barham down in 175th place in the Race to Dubai came good in the first round of the AUSTRIAN OPEN at FONTANA GOLF CLUB in VIENNA when he returned an 8 under par 63 to lead by 1 from Scott Drummond(158th) and Brett Rumford(100th).
Gary Murphy(153rd) in the rankings needs a good finish to the season if he is to keep his tour card.He made a good start this week with a round of 68-3 to sit in joint 21st. Damien McGrane(53rd) is in 61st place on level par 71 and needs to improve tomorrow if he is to make the cut.
There is no improvement for Michael Hoey(93rd) as he is down in 74th on 72 +1.
Gary Murphy(153rd) in the rankings needs a good finish to the season if he is to keep his tour card.He made a good start this week with a round of 68-3 to sit in joint 21st. Damien McGrane(53rd) is in 61st place on level par 71 and needs to improve tomorrow if he is to make the cut.
There is no improvement for Michael Hoey(93rd) as he is down in 74th on 72 +1.
Wednesday, 16 September 2009
Irish struggling at 1st qualifying stage.
There are 12 Irish players involved in the first stage of pre qualifying over 4 different courses and at the half way stage NONE are inside the cut mark.
Barrie Trainor,Ulster PGA champion started with a brilliant 2 under par 70 and was level par through 9 holes of his second round at Dundonald Links in Scotland.He took a double bogey at the 10th and 18th and with 2 bogies in between signed off with a 78 to sit 1 shot outside the cut mark on +4 with 2 rounds to go.
At the same venue Brian McElhinney is 6 shots off the pace after rounds of 78,75 +9.
Noel Fox is being outplayed by his amateur brother James.James is +8 at Dundonald while Noel is +11 at Riba Golf in Portugal.
Dundonald Links.Scotland 20 qualifiers.
Leader: Jamie Elson 69.69 138 -6. 20th place: +3 147.
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Irish scores: Joint 23rd. Barrie Trainor 70.78 148 +4
Joint 49th. James Fox(Am) 75.77 152 +8
Joint 55th. Michael Lavelle 78.75 153 +9
" 55th Brian McElhinney 78.75 153 +9
Joint 64th. Neil o Briain(Am) 78.78 +12
Joint 78th. Ger Hall 82.75 +17
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Chart Hills. England 21 qualifiers.
Leader: James Busby 135 -9. 21st place +1.
Irish scores: Joint 60th Daniel Sugrue 73.78 151 +7.
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Riba Golf Portugal 12 Qualifiers 12th place +2.146
Leader: Jurrian Van Der Vaart(Am) 68.69 137 -7
Irish Scores: Joint 25th Stephen Grant 75.75 150 +6
" 32nd Byron Campbell 76.76 152 +8
" 39th Noel Fox 79.76 155 +11
" 46th Adam Savage 83.81 164 +20
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Lubber Golf Resort Denmark 9 Qualifiers +4 148.
Leaders: Lars Johansen & Oliver Suhr 143 -1.
Irish Scores: Joint 26th Alan Murray 79.78 157 +13.
Barrie Trainor,Ulster PGA champion started with a brilliant 2 under par 70 and was level par through 9 holes of his second round at Dundonald Links in Scotland.He took a double bogey at the 10th and 18th and with 2 bogies in between signed off with a 78 to sit 1 shot outside the cut mark on +4 with 2 rounds to go.
At the same venue Brian McElhinney is 6 shots off the pace after rounds of 78,75 +9.
Noel Fox is being outplayed by his amateur brother James.James is +8 at Dundonald while Noel is +11 at Riba Golf in Portugal.
Dundonald Links.Scotland 20 qualifiers.
Leader: Jamie Elson 69.69 138 -6. 20th place: +3 147.
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Irish scores: Joint 23rd. Barrie Trainor 70.78 148 +4
Joint 49th. James Fox(Am) 75.77 152 +8
Joint 55th. Michael Lavelle 78.75 153 +9
" 55th Brian McElhinney 78.75 153 +9
Joint 64th. Neil o Briain(Am) 78.78 +12
Joint 78th. Ger Hall 82.75 +17
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Chart Hills. England 21 qualifiers.
Leader: James Busby 135 -9. 21st place +1.
Irish scores: Joint 60th Daniel Sugrue 73.78 151 +7.
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Riba Golf Portugal 12 Qualifiers 12th place +2.146
Leader: Jurrian Van Der Vaart(Am) 68.69 137 -7
Irish Scores: Joint 25th Stephen Grant 75.75 150 +6
" 32nd Byron Campbell 76.76 152 +8
" 39th Noel Fox 79.76 155 +11
" 46th Adam Savage 83.81 164 +20
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Lubber Golf Resort Denmark 9 Qualifiers +4 148.
Leaders: Lars Johansen & Oliver Suhr 143 -1.
Irish Scores: Joint 26th Alan Murray 79.78 157 +13.
Tuesday, 15 September 2009
What a year for Tiger............So far.
Tiger Woods has had an amazing year so far,having come back from injury in April this year.He has played in 16 tournaments and even though he didn't win any majors he managed 6 victories winning a massive $9,698,163.He leads the stroke average of 68.06 per round,has 13 top 10s and is No1 in scrambling with a 68.09% return.
With his BMW win last week,his wins on the US tour are now 71,only 2 behind the great Jack Nicklaus and 11 behind the leader,Sam Snead.
His wins this year came at the ARNOLD PALMER INVITATIONAL,THE MEMORIAL,AT&T NATIONAL,BUICK OPEN,BRIDGESTONE INVITATIONAL and the BMW CHAMPIONSHIP.
Tiger is the only modern day player to feature on the all time winners list which would indicate that nobody is in a position to challenge him for the foreseable future.
1: Sam Snead 82
2: Jack Nichlaus 73
3: TIGER WOODS 71
4: Ben Hogan 64
5: Arnold Palmer 62
6: Byron Nelson 52
7: Billy Casper 51
8: Walter Hagen 45
9: Cary Middlecoff 40
10: Gene Sarazen 39
11: Tom Watson 39.
With his BMW win last week,his wins on the US tour are now 71,only 2 behind the great Jack Nicklaus and 11 behind the leader,Sam Snead.
His wins this year came at the ARNOLD PALMER INVITATIONAL,THE MEMORIAL,AT&T NATIONAL,BUICK OPEN,BRIDGESTONE INVITATIONAL and the BMW CHAMPIONSHIP.
Tiger is the only modern day player to feature on the all time winners list which would indicate that nobody is in a position to challenge him for the foreseable future.
1: Sam Snead 82
2: Jack Nichlaus 73
3: TIGER WOODS 71
4: Ben Hogan 64
5: Arnold Palmer 62
6: Byron Nelson 52
7: Billy Casper 51
8: Walter Hagen 45
9: Cary Middlecoff 40
10: Gene Sarazen 39
11: Tom Watson 39.
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