Dubai World Championship

JerryHandbag

Looking forward to watching this over the weekend, great drama if McIlroy can get near the lead. Think he has to win and hope Donald finished 9th or worse to win the race to Dubai.

Donald -2 and Rory -1 thru 7

Paul Lawrie early leader with a 65, good round too from Lowry 69 -3

Scoring here

Borisss

Zero chance Donald finishes outside the Top 10.

Love seeing Sergio with some confidence back.

staker

His driving is a bit like mine atm, two wayward tee shots in a row

aster99

Pity bout the 7 on the 2nd for McIlroy, still doing well though. Donald really struggling off the tee

Tones69

Feel bad for Luke, rorys on fire last few holes, he be in 2nd by 18 i think

aster99

putter is doing the business for rory today!

mike12

Borisss wrote: »

Zero chance Donald finishes outside the Top 10.

Love seeing Sergio with some confidence back.

Great to see him back and would love to see him win a major, I wonder how good he would have been if he had won a major early in his career.

Looks like Rory is going to put the pressure on Luke if he keeps going like this for the next couple of days.
Mike

aster99

what a finish by Rory. -5 for last 6 holes. 30 on back nine. A 66 is a fair score when you have a bogey and double bogey in there on the card

A.Partridge

Great stuff Rory.... and fair play to Shane Lowry.

A nice round of -3 leaves him tied 8th.

The rest of the Irish didn't fare so well, however, with Lawrie hitting +3 and Hoey, Clarke etc well down the field.

Hope they can all pick it up tomorrow.

Benny Cake

That back 9 from Mcilroy was sublime... I could watch him all day when he's striking the ball like that. If his putting holds up like it did today he'll make a serious run at this!

abouttobebanned

If Rory sorts out one or two things in his game he could become one of thsoe golfing favourites that are actually worth backing.

dvemail

That was a super round out of Rory today, if his putter stays hot over the weekend he will be the man to beat.
Have to say it's great to finally see Sergio back where he belongs winning tournaments and being on contention again.

AldilaMan

Borisss wrote: »

Zero chance Donald finishes outside the Top 10.

Love seeing Sergio with some confidence back.

Tied 26 after day 1. Early days yet but if he continues to play like he did today he'll strugle to compete in this one. On the other hand he often has a quiet start to tournaments before delivering in the next 3 days. We'll see

Tones69

Amazing finish to the round by rory today, doubt luke will be off the Tee like that tmrw and im sure he'l bounce back, otherwise he'l be lucky to make the cut let alone the top 10

slave1

Just watched the repeat there now on Sky, that was some display of putting on the back 9 by Rory, not often Luke's putting is a distance second place!

Borisss

Donald has never missed a cut on the European Tour.

Hopefully he shoots a 68 tomorrow and sets up an exciting weekend.

Benny Cake

Borisss wrote: »

Donald has never missed a cut on the European Tour.

Hopefully he shoots a 68 tomorrow and sets up an exciting weekend.

Ya, I saw that stat on sky sports today, unreal consistency considering he's been a pro since 2001! He has missed a few cuts at major championships but is impressive none the less...

Martin567

Tones69 wrote: »

Amazing finish to the round by rory today, doubt luke will be off the Tee like that tmrw and im sure he'l bounce back, otherwise he'l be lucky to make the cut let alone the top 10

There is no cut!

k.p.h

Benny Cake wrote: »

That back 9 from Mcilroy was sublime... I could watch him all day when he's striking the ball like that. If his putting holds up like it did today he'll make a serious run at this!

abouttobebanned wrote: »

If Rory sorts out one or two things in his game he could become one of thsoe golfing favourites that are actually worth backing.

Only back him when there is plenty of money on offer or else a major, he will definitely show up. Plenty of money around this weekend, guaranteed to win it. Donald was not messing when comparing him to Tiger.

McIlroy Grand Slam next year 150/1
European Grand Slam 22/1

I Tiger was not in the picture I would be on them like a fly on hot ****

JerryHandbag

Anyone know why there are only 58 players when there should be 60? Did 2 drop out? I know Yang retired early so now there are 57.

dvemail

Justin Rose i think dropped out to be with his family, not sure who the second was though.

FixdePitchmark

k.p.h wrote: »

Only back him when there is plenty of money on offer or else a major, he will definitely show up. Plenty of money around this weekend, guaranteed to win it. Donald was not messing when comparing him to Tiger.

McIlroy Grand Slam next year 150/1
European Grand Slam 22/1

I Tiger was not in the picture I would be on them like a fly on hot ****

European Grand Slam ? Does that mean win the British OPen ?

Rory has not shown long term consitency to win Grand Slam.

I actually can't see anyone ever do it.

jb2007

anyone got a link to a live feed ??

thanks

headmaster

Can you not get it thru Sky, it's live.

Whyner

Birdie hatrick to finish for Donald, something else

JerryHandbag

Lowry still going great, -2 for front nine -5 in total

sirpsycho

jb2007 wrote: »

anyone got a link to a live feed ??

thanks

+1

AGC

dvemail wrote: »

Justin Rose i think dropped out to be with his family, not sure who the second was though.

Freddie Jacobson

AGC

JerryHandbag wrote: »

Lowry still going great, -2 for front nine -5 in total

He was 200/1 with PP on Wednesday evening

Borisss

Whyner wrote: »

Birdie hatrick to finish for Donald, something else

You didn't doubt him did you?

The man is a machine.

ludeen

If he had sky he"d hardly be looking for a stream,
anyone know if justin or twomint are streaming.
L.

Borisss

Go check them?

Dr.Silly

I thought Rory and Donald were playing together yesterday, how come they're not today ?

Whyner

leaders after day 1

Whyner

Whyner wrote: »

leaders after day 1

might have made that up

Brendygg

nice chip in for eagle on the last for lowry, -5 now. Going very well.

Speak Now

Dr.Silly wrote: »

I thought Rory and Donald were playing together yesterday, how come they're not today ?

Day one R2D leaders went out last.

Day 2 went with normal round 3/4 starts.

Speak Now

Borisss wrote: »

Donald has never missed a cut on the European Tour.

Hopefully he shoots a 68 tomorrow and sets up an exciting weekend.

Didn't he miss the cut in this years Open or do sky not count that because it's on BBC?

FixdePitchmark

Lads,

Only for Rory and Sergio , this would be doing my head in. The adds on Sky , the half finished Ballymun in the sun houses around the course, the adverts on the course . The fact it is the end of the euro tour in Dubai. The floating advert in the water. The crowd sort of look like expats not golf fans . It is all a bit strange.

But only for Rory , I'd give it up .

Sorry moan over , on strong antibiotics , could be the drugs

Sorry, Lowry is keeping me happy too. :cool:

dvemail

Jerry Seinfeld wrote: »

Didn't he miss the cut in this years Open or do sky not count that because it's on BBC?

Its excluding all Majors.

Speak Now

dvemail wrote: »

Its excluding all Majors.

Very selective of sky, excluding major and world championship events Donald wouldnt be a prolific starter on European Tour. Probabaly plays 5 events a year outside of these in Europe.

ludeen

Sorry tried twomint and can't find a link,
oh well....
L.:(

Dr.Silly

Jerry Seinfeld wrote: »

Day one R2D leaders went out last.

Day 2 went with normal round 3/4 starts.

Thanks Jerry

JerryHandbag

FixdePitchmark wrote: »

Lads,

Only for Rory and Sergio , this would be doing my head in. The adds on Sky , the half finished Ballymun in the sun houses around the course, the adverts on the course . The fact it is the end of the euro tour in Dubai. The floating advert in the water. The crowd sort of look like expats not golf fans . It is all a bit strange.

Sign of the times, might as well get used to it. Dubai is where the pot of gold is. I miss the old Volvo Masters in Valderrama alright.

Just did a quick count there and as much as one third of the events on this years tour were held outside of Europe. Surely it'll be renamed as the Afro-Eurasian Tour soon :pac:

k.p.h

JerryHandbag wrote: »

Afro-Eurasian Tour

dvemail

JerryHandbag wrote: »

Sign of the times, might as well get used to it. Dubai is where the pot of gold is. I miss the old Volvo Masters in Valderrama alright.

Just did a quick count there and as much as one third of the events on this years tour were held outside of Europe. Surely it'll be renamed as the Afro-Eurasian Tour soon :pac:

Was thinking something similar alright when Rory was playing with Luke and the size of the crowd following them was pretty pitiful even though it was a Thursday.
Couldn't help but think if the worlds no.1 and 2 were playing here in Ireland, Spain or the UK that the crowds would be massive and a much better atmosphere would be around the course.
Definitely the golf seems to follow the money nowadays. Case in point is that tourny being held in Thailand next week with the likes of Rory, Sergio, Westwood and Clarke all playing. Wonder how much cash was thrown their way to play in that event.

Borisss

Jerry Seinfeld wrote: »

Very selective of sky, excluding major and world championship events Donald wouldnt be a prolific starter on European Tour. Probabaly plays 5 events a year outside of these in Europe.

Wouldn't keep his card if that was the case.

Martin567

Borisss wrote: »

Wouldn't keep his card if that was the case.

Actually, he would. 4 Majors + 4 WGC events + 5 regular events = 13 which is the minimum required to maintain membership.

Benny Cake

Jerry Seinfeld wrote: »

Very selective of sky, excluding major and world championship events Donald wouldnt be a prolific starter on European Tour. Probabaly plays 5 events a year outside of these in Europe.

Even discounting majors it's still an impressive stat. He has made the cut in approx. 100 consecutive european tour appearances...

Benny Cake

Fair play to Shane Lowry, T5 at the moment. If he can play solid tomorrow and secure a top 10 it would be a great end to the season for him!

bigtimecharlie

FixdePitchmark wrote: »

Lads,

The adds on Sky

I'm glad I've been watching the reocrded program ( I'm on nights). Fast forwarding every 2 min. Can't imagine what it's like live.