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vienne86 · 02-03-2015 10:14pm

Looks like Peter Lawrie has got himself another invite this week.

vienne86 · 05-03-2015 10:17am

So, back to South Africa.....it all seems very quiet after the excitement of the Honda on Monday! Anyway, Kevin Phelan going along nicely at -2, tied 7th after 13 holes. Hell of a wind there today, and it seems to be difficult.

paulos53 · 05-03-2015 11:11am

3 birdies in a row for Phelan puts him joint 1st with 1 hole left in his round

EDIT: Now has the lead on his own after Richard Bland's final score was updated to a 68 instead of 67

vienne86 · 05-03-2015 2:17pm

paulos53 wrote: »

3 birdies in a row for Phelan puts him joint 1st with 1 hole left in his round

EDIT: Now has the lead on his own after Richard Bland's final score was updated to a 68 instead of 67

Great to see him at the head of affairs all on his own now. Not going so well for Peter Lawrie unfortunately.

PARlance · 05-03-2015 3:35pm

PARlance wrote: »

Keep an eye out for Steve Webster this week. 297 club.

Don't think we'll see Steve continue on from Hahn & Harrington

PARlance · 05-03-2015 3:37pm

PARlance wrote: »

Keep an eye out for Steve Webster this week. 297 club.

Don't think we'll see Steve continue on from Hahn & Harrington

Rikand · 06-03-2015 1:25pm

Darren Clarke -3 after 7 holes so far today

vienne86 · 07-03-2015 9:43am

Rikand wrote: »

Darren Clarke -3 after 7 holes so far today

Already has a birdie today after just 3 holes. Damina McGrane has a nice round going too.

abff · 07-03-2015 1:59pm

All three Irish players tied 41st on 4 under.

abff · 08-03-2015 8:42am

Does anyone know what happened to Darren Clarke at the first this morning? According to the live scoring on the European Tour website, he started with a 10!

vienne86 · 12-03-2015 10:06am

Only Irish interest this week in S Africa is McGrane, Clarke and Hoey. McGrane on +4 after 14.....seems to be having a sluggish start to his season.

vienne86 · 18-03-2015 7:05pm

I see Peter Lawrie has another start this week in Madeira. He is getting more starts that I was expecting this season, though I expect that he won't have so many once we get into the better tournaments.

vienne86 · 19-03-2015 9:24am

Madeira Open delayed start this morning......this tournament seems to be dogged by weather delays every year.

Speak Now · 19-03-2015 3:31pm

Reduced to 54 holes already.

vienne86 · 19-03-2015 8:13pm

Jerry Seinfeld wrote: »

Reduced to 54 holes already.

I seem to remember us discussing this sort of thing last year......the weather seems to be a real problem for this event.

vienne86 · 20-03-2015 9:04am

And still play is suspended in Madeira. This seems to be a bit of a farce.

Mantis Toboggan · 20-03-2015 9:20am

I would have thought Portugal would have decent weather this time of year!

vienne86 · 20-03-2015 9:53am

Tyson Fury wrote: »

I would have thought Portugal would have decent weather this time of year!

It's quite some way from Portugal!

Mantis Toboggan · 20-03-2015 9:57am

vienne86 wrote: »

It's quite some way from Portugal!

Ah yes! Point still stands.

vienne86 · 20-03-2015 10:51pm

Peter Lawrie in good shape at -1 after 10 holes.

abff · 21-03-2015 12:24pm

Seems like the weather gods don't like Portuguese golf. Last year's Portugal Masters was reduced to 36 holes. This week's tournament seems likely to follow suit.

Goldenjohn · 21-03-2015 7:43pm

abff wrote: »

Seems like the weather gods don't like Portuguese golf. Last year's Portugal Masters was reduced to 36 holes. This week's tournament seems likely to follow suit.

Anyone know what effect that has on the prize fund/world ranking points?

abff · 21-03-2015 8:29pm

I'm fairly sure that the prize money is reduced by 25%, but full world ranking points apply. Can anyone confirm/refute?

Goldenjohn · 21-03-2015 10:14pm

abff wrote: »

I'm fairly sure that the prize money is reduced by 25%, but full world ranking points apply. Can anyone confirm/refute?

Cheers, hOpefully the Irish lads can have a good finish so

vienne86 · 22-03-2015 2:23am

Peter Lawrie and Kevin Phelan looking good.

vienne86 · 22-03-2015 10:26am

....and another delay in Madeira this morning. Starting at 10 now, apparently.

slave1 · 22-03-2015 10:31am

has to be more than a joke at this stage...with such deep fields in the US at the minute the Euro tour is pale in comparison anyways

bigtimecharlie · 22-03-2015 11:51am

vienne86 wrote: »

....and another delay in Madeira this morning. Starting at 10 now, apparently.

1pm now. Farcical.

abff · 22-03-2015 12:33pm

abff wrote: »

I'm fairly sure that the prize money is reduced by 25%, but full world ranking points apply. Can anyone confirm/refute?

On the Wikipedia page for the world rankings, it states that world ranking points are reduced by 25% if the tournament is reduced to 36 or fewer holes. But I think this is incorrect. Alexander Levy got 24 points for winning the Portugal Masters last October.

The Premier Man · 22-03-2015 2:52pm

Tournament has been cancelled according to the European tour website

slave1 · 22-03-2015 4:00pm

abff wrote: »

On the Wikipedia page for the world rankings, it states that world ranking points are reduced by 25% if the tournament is reduced to 36 or fewer points. But I think this is incorrect. Alexander Levy got 24 points for winning the Portugal Masters last October.

I don't know if it was the case for the PM but ranking points are fixed and given minimum points regardless of fields and length of play from time to time, to promote the game and get tournaments up and going etc.

vienne86 · 22-03-2015 4:46pm

The Premier Man wrote: »

Tournament has been cancelled according to the European tour website

Poor sods who got themselves there to play - what a waste of time and money.

abff · 22-03-2015 5:53pm

vienne86 wrote: »

Poor sods who got themselves there to play - what a waste of time and money.

So no prize money, no world ranking points, nothing?:mad:

Zaph · 22-03-2015 5:56pm

abff wrote: »

So no prize money, no world ranking points, nothing?:mad:

I'd imagine that the level of players who'd be playing there would include quite a lot who could do with a few quid and could have done without shelling out for a trip to Madeira for nothing.

pistol_75 · 22-03-2015 6:01pm

They are looking at rescheduling it later in the year I think.

Diego Tristan · 23-03-2015 7:35pm

On to Agadir this week.

Peter Lawrie gets in with an invite (again!), also features Hoey, McGrane, Maybin and Phelan.

Kevin Phelan last man in on the entry list, thanks to Gregory Havret having to withdraw after picking up a calf injury playing indoor soccer.

Speak Now · 26-03-2015 2:30pm

pistol_75 wrote: »

They are looking at rescheduling it later in the year I think.

Rescheduled for end of July, same week as Paul Lawrie's new match play event.

paulos53 · 27-03-2015 11:46am

4 birdies in 5 holes has moved Kevin Phelan within 1 shot of the lead

EDIT: It was 5 birdies in 6 holes

Old diesel · 27-03-2015 12:21pm

paulos53 wrote: »

4 birdies in 5 holes has moved Kevin Phelan within 1 shot of the lead

Pity shottracker isn't available on European tour - that would be a nice shot tracker and scorecard to see

abff · 27-03-2015 6:59pm

Very disappointed for Damien McGrane. Having hauled his way back into the top 40 after a poor opening round, he played his last six holes in three over, with bogeys on two of his last three holes (including his 18th) to miss the cut by one shot.

Diego Tristan · 28-03-2015 3:16pm

Kevin Phelan in a great position at the moment in Round 3.

Just birdied the 10th to go -3 for the day and -7 overall, 1 behind the 2 joint leaders from Scotland Richie Ramsay & Andrew McArthur.

Seems to be in really good form lately.

Mantis Toboggan · 28-03-2015 4:12pm

Very few high profile players at the top of the European tour. Seems the top Europeans don't bother with it anymore. Shame. Wonder if they can do anything to win them back.

PARlance · 28-03-2015 5:13pm

Johnny kills wrote: »

Very few high profile players at the top of the European tour. Seems the top Europeans don't bother with it anymore. Shame. Wonder if they can do anything to win them back.

Add between 4-5 million $'s to the prize money for most events.

coylemj · 28-03-2015 6:03pm

Johnny kills wrote: »

Very few high profile players at the top of the European tour. Seems the top Europeans don't bother with it anymore. Shame. Wonder if they can do anything to win them back.

Lack of sponsors is the problem. What with co-sanctioning and all that, the European Tour 2015 season notionally starts in December but the first tournament in mainland Europe this year is not until the Open de Espana which starts on May 14th. Up to then the players are hopping all over the place and the farce last week in Madeira doesn't help the tour's reputation either.

You really can't blame Westwood, Casey et. al. for moving to the PGA Tour. I know money was probably the main motivator and I'm sure the wives like the Florida sunshine but the lack of decent sponsorship has reduced the number of tournaments being played on European soil and is why a lot of players have upped sticks.

Mantis Toboggan · 28-03-2015 8:20pm

Not much of a European tour when it takes 6 months to have an event in Europe. You would think with Europe having so many high profile players these days that sponsorship should be easy.

vienne86 · 29-03-2015 8:49am

Johnny kills wrote: »

Not much of a European tour when it takes 6 months to have an event in Europe. You would think with Europe having so many high profile players these days that sponsorship should be easy.

The bloody weather must have a lot to do with the current hopping and trotting.-

Diego Tristan · 29-03-2015 5:21pm

How valuable a birdie would be on 18 for Phelan. Would probably be enough to secure him a card for next season.

FixdePitchmark · 29-03-2015 5:23pm

Diego Tristan wrote: »

How valuable a birdie would be on 18 for Phelan. Would probably be enough to secure him a card for next season.

Unless a par will do for playoff.

Diego Tristan · 29-03-2015 5:32pm

Unlucky! Birdie putt rammed the back of the hole and came out again. Great week though. Top 10 will get him in to next event as well.

Diego Tristan · 29-03-2015 5:33pm

FixdePitchmark wrote: »

Unless a par will do for playoff.

Ramsay in trouble now, so you never know!

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