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Irish Open.............had we forgotten?
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15-05-2008 9:13am#1
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Graeme1982 wrote: »
he's good at doing the heavy work like that, sure didn't he carry the irish boys in the last Ryder Cup!! :D:D :pac:
Touche Graemo, touche my friend...0 -
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Should make for good watching over the weekend. So many players in with a chance to win with the lead at -6 and plenty of Irish interest also. Hope the weather stays decent enough as the course definitely seems able to handle itself as mentioned. Good practise for US Open...not that there's that many of this field going..
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Was down on friday to see Murphy tee off at 7:30, no galleries to deal with at that hour, just 2 of his friends and Schwartzel's girlfriend (mmmm).
Both Schwartzel and Hoey had doubles on their back 9 which took the wind out of their sails and made it difficult to make the cut. Would have loved to see Hoey make the cut, would have been a much better pay-day relatively to the challenge tour.
Murphy played very solid stuff, going out in 33, 2 bogeys came from missing the fairway off the tee.
Managed to get down again for Saturday to follow him again.... again out in 33, 1 bogey and 2 more birdies on the back 9 for a 68, jumped from 30th to 9th.
Had to travel again Sunday.... was a nice gallery to start with but it was crazy how it grew when he started making a move!
Put it close on 1 but a difficult putt, then birdie on 2, 3 & 4, solid on 5 and put a 3 iron to 2 feet on 6 to take a share of the lead
I though he was a little unlucky on 7 and made par and then made a 3 putt bogey on 8 from not too far away and that seemed to slow him down...
He showed a hell of a lot of bottle though to grind out a great finish from a few difficult positions, capping it off with a sweet birdie on 18 for t3, his best finish so far.
Probably 40k more needed to secure his card - making the cut this week could go a long way to doing that with a massive prize fund on offer in wentworth.
Then on to Wales where he was 6th last year (same venue, though course is different this year)... he shot a 3 under 66 on sunday last year but played much better than that tee-to-green, just a cold putter between him and the win
Have to say that adare is a fantastic location for the Irish Open, fantastic course, a great weekend 0 -
Was down on friday to see Murphy tee off at 7:30, no galleries to deal with at that hour, just 2 of his friends and Schwartzel's girlfriend (mmmm).
Both Schwartzel and Hoey had doubles on their back 9 which took the wind out of their sails and made it difficult to make the cut. Would have loved to see Hoey make the cut, would have been a much better pay-day relatively to the challenge tour.
Murphy played very solid stuff, going out in 33, 2 bogeys came from missing the fairway off the tee.
Managed to get down again for Saturday to follow him again.... again out in 33, 1 bogey and 2 more birdies on the back 9 for a 68, jumped from 30th to 9th.
Had to travel again Sunday.... was a nice gallery to start with but it was crazy how it grew when he started making a move!
Put it close on 1 but a difficult putt, then birdie on 2, 3 & 4, solid on 5 and put a 3 iron to 2 feet on 6 to take a share of the lead
I though he was a little unlucky on 7 and made par and then made a 3 putt bogey on 8 from not too far away and that seemed to slow him down...
He showed a hell of a lot of bottle though to grind out a great finish from a few difficult positions, capping it off with a sweet birdie on 18 for t3, his best finish so far.
Probably 40k more needed to secure his card - making the cut this week could go a long way to doing that with a massive prize fund on offer in wentworth.
Then on to Wales where he was 6th last year (same venue, though course is different this year)... he shot a 3 under 66 on sunday last year but played much better than that tee-to-green, just a cold putter between him and the win
Have to say that adare is a fantastic location for the Irish Open, fantastic course, a great weekend
Really enjoyed watching Murphy on Sunday. Bumped into him once or twice when he was playing out of Red Lane Driving Range in Newbridge (not that long ago that, hard to believe - he represents Heritage now, right?) and although I never said more than "Howya" to him, he always seemed like a top bloke.
Mate in work has met him a few times and said he's as nice a guy as you could wish to meet.
Getting back to Sunday, I actually thought it was the par on the par-five that kind of killed his momentum - the way he'd started, sitting in the middle of the fairway, he had probably mentally given himself a 4 already - I know I had!0 -
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