Dunhill Links Championship

PRAF

Good start for the Irish in the Dunhill Links Championship:

- GMAC is 5 under
- Harrington is 4 under
- Lowry is 4 under (after 17)

Could be a chance for these guys to get a win before the season is over.

McIlroy only 4 off the pace as well.

sector

shhh, no too late they'll all blow up now for sure lol

Atlantic1

Delighted to see Paddy H back in form. Maybe he needs to spend more time playing in Europe............

PRAF

Apologies, didn't mean to jinx the Irish golfers

Paddy H's work with Pete Cowen seems to be paying off a bit. Hopefully we get 4 solid days from him. He has a good record in this tournament.

Interesting to see that GMAC is moving from Pete Cowen back to his old coach. I guess every golfer just needs to freshen the team up every now and again.

JerryHandbag

Atlantic1 wrote: »

Delighted to see Paddy H back in form. Maybe he needs to spend more time playing in Europe............

Agreed I think he needs to get back to basics, although he was well off the pace in Austria last week

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Atlantic1 wrote: »

Delighted to see Paddy H back in form. Maybe he needs to spend more time playing in Europe............

Have been thinking that for a while I must say, he really should just spend a good few weeks in Europe, back to basics, and try get into a run of form.

There has been significant signs of improvement since he moved to Cowen. No bogeys yesterday - good to see.

SSK

Mc Ilroy burning up the front 9 in Carnoustie, -4 for the day after 5.

Tom Lewis backing up his Open performance with another good showing. He has Colin Byrne on the bag which would be a big bonus for a young player.

AGC

Probably put the mockers on him but Harrington is still yet to drop a shout.

Some seruious scoring today

Speak Now

Chris Evans must be some bandit, himself and Dougherty are -23 after 39 holes. Dougherty is only -6 himself.

mr.jingle

Jerry Seinfeld wrote: »

Chris Evans must be some bandit, himself and Dougherty are -23 after 39 holes. Dougherty is only -6 himself.

I remember him playing on a TV Ryder Cup style show a few years ago in Celtic Manor and he was well able to play!

CdeP

Great start to the third round from Michael Hoey.

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They seem to be taking these courses apart. Harrington is -3 for his first 9 holes (no dropped shots) and he's actually dropped four places!

k.p.h

Any streams lads ..? Not any in my usual haunts

Trampas

84 271 ↑+2 1 HOEY, Michael* -17 11 -5 66 66 - - 132
1 36 15 ↑+5 2 MCDOWELL, Graeme -15 11 -5 67 67 - - 134
1 2 3 ↑+34 T3 MCILROY, Rory -13 15 -6 70 67 - - 137

stockdam

Nice to see Michael Hoey doing so well.

JerryHandbag

Harrington birdies the road hole, -12 now. Great round today no bogies

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JerryHandbag wrote: »

Harrington birdies the road hole, -12 now. Great round today no bogies

Birdied the last Three - 64 at St Andrews. like the Harrington of old. Hopefully a sign of things to come.

SSK

The scores are mental, its going to be a shoot out tomorrow.

Luke Donald is getting ridiculous at this stage, 63 today again. It must be close to one of the most consistent seasons of any player ever.

soundsham

Looking forward to the last round big bucks and Ryder cup points on offer
Any one for Irish 1,2,3.....

On a side note saw mc Ginley on fri his game is in rag order but what bugs me is why can't he ever get a sponsor to make a hat that fits him,he looks as if he's wearing his dads cap

He looks like a right muppet with one ear tucked under the side of his hat....

Opics

SSK wrote: »

The scores are mental, its going to be a shoot out tomorrow.

Luke Donald is getting ridiculous at this stage, 63 today again. It must be close to one of the most consistent seasons of any player ever.

I'm sorry, but that is one of the more ridiculous statements I have heard in some time :pac:

DULLAHAN2

Just watching this and J.P. mcmanus is playing with harrighton does anyone know what handicap J.P is?

JerryHandbag

Looking very like a N.Ireland winner. Harrington not having the birdie fest he had yesterday so far.

1916

DULLAHAN2 wrote: »

Just watching this and J.P. mcmanus is playing with harrighton does anyone know what handicap J.P is?

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stockdam

It's a Northern Ireland shootout. If one of the 3 wins then it will be 5 wins on the European Tour this year for golfers from Northern Ireland.

stockdam

Hope Michael Hoey can win it.

stockdam

Well done Michael Hoey; he played the good shots on the last holes when he needed to.

Michael used to play in Shandon Park in Belfast where his father and uncle were also excellent amateur golfers.....all three won the North of Ireland Championship held at Portrush. Michael won it in 2000 defeating Colm Murphy (Clandeboye) in the final. Colm beat a young Graeme McDowell in the semis that year.

I digress.........congratulations Michael.

Spudmonkey

Well done Michael Hoey. Three superb holes to finish. Fully deserves his win!

stockdam

What a year for Irish golf and what a year for Northern Ireland golfers.

golfwallah

Superb win by Michael Hoey!
Great performances by McIlroy, McDowell & Harrington.:)

carlspackler

stockdam wrote: »

What a year for Irish golf and what a year for Northern Ireland golfers.

Its amazing such a small corner of the world is producing such talented golfers.

JerryHandbag

Well done Hoey, definitely something in the water north of the border

Adiaga 2

Delighted for Michael Hoey - great win(wire to wire) in a very strong field. Didn't see it but he seemed to be chased down all day by McIlroy and finished very strong to win by 2. He's jumped over 170 places in world rankings now and into the top 15 of the R2D too. Very well done!