The DP World Tour Thread

Mantis Toboggan

Decent field for Galgorm this weekend, anyone going to it?

Few big names in it, I suppose they have nowhere else to play.

Trampas

Wouldn’t call it a decent field bar a couple of names. 11 points for winner. Challenge tour ranked player of 30 getting his name on timesheet. Shane playing next 2 weeks. Why skip this one as only up the road from home

gaa goes

If prize money remains roughly the same like this year re 2024 DP World Tour schedule (and that would appear to be case) then I can see a lot of players on the tour try their luck with PGA Tour and LIV golf q-school later in the season.

Looks like despite all the fanfare that Keith Pelley and his DP World tour lapdogs were acclaiming on the media and social media channels yesterday, that the DP World Tour is sinking further and further towards a lame duck "elite tour".

More like a feeder tour for LIV and PGA Tour nowadays. Well done Keith Pelley for his role in helping to ensure declining standards for this once proud tour.

Mantis Toboggan

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120983296#Comment_120983296

Decent for a challenge tour event including some great female golfers.

Trampas

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120983341#Comment_120983341

But it’s the main tour event and not a challenge one

Mantis Toboggan

Not one Irish player under par, desperate stuff.

coylemj

Terrible day for the Irish. With some players still to finish their second round, Tom McKibbin (+2) is in 42nd place and will probably be the only one of the eleven Irish (32C) players to make the cut.

gaa goes

I see former Taoiseach Enda Kenny at the trophy presentation for the ISPS Handa World Invitational at Galgorm Castle which was won in great style by Englands Daniel Brown.

Trampas

A birdie feast in Czech open.

gaa goes

Adam Scott and Danny Willett added to the field for the Horizon Irish Open at the K Club commencing two weeks today.

Dr. Bre

Close finish at Wentworth !

Dr. Bre

Play suspended now

Heighway61

What a crowd of useless idiots Sky are cutting off the recording at the scheduled time rather than continuing to the end of play. How hard can it be? They do do it sometimes. Incompetent fools.

Mantis Toboggan

Crazy that they can't get the French Open on in prime time summer.

Trampas

Some Liv players have got their names on the timesheet for dunhill links. Pro invites

AyeGer

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121177205#Comment_121177205

On the BRS 😂

abff

Only three of the victorious Ryder Cup team playing this weekend. I guess playing at least three (and possibly four) rounds of golf in four balls with amateurs was a bit much for most of them to take on after a very charged weekend in Italy.

Mantis Toboggan

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121194627#Comment_121194627

Not surprised really, I'd expect they're wretched, surprised to see Aberg playing the Sanderson farms.

Mushy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121194756#Comment_121194756

I'd say he's hoping to pick up some points now like how Power workEd it, ry nab a win and get some exemptions

paulos53

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121177205#Comment_121177205

The governor of PIF, Yasir Al-Rumayyan is playing in the amateur section with Peter Uihlein. Out in the same group as the head of the R&A Martin Slumbers.

benny79

Surprised any of them are playing to be honest 😂

Infoseeker1975

Hopefully a good week for Mark Power and John Murphy who had his best finish in this event previously; huge prize money and average field so could be a season changing week if you can get a top 10

Trampas

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121194627#Comment_121194627

Never mind 5+ hour rounds in what could be wild Scottish weather.

Dr. Bre

No Play today at the Dunhill

joebloggs32

Mark Power had a solid week. Picked up another decent check and is up inside the top 200 on the race to dubai. Hopefully it gives him the confidence to.push on in Q-School

Trampas

Another win for meronk

Dr. Bre

I wonder will Meronk give it a go on the PGA tour. Plenty of DP Tour wins now

Mantis Toboggan

#justiceformeronk

paulos53

New video from the European tour. Andy Sullivan playing the Belfry with just a 5 iron. Seems to be playing off the member tees rather than the pro tees but I am still amazed at how many tap-in pars that he had

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgMkaGFe47k

jams100

https://irishgolfer.ie/latest-golf-news/2023/11/12/five-time-dpwt-no-1-rory-mcilroy-inspired-to-now-match-montys-record-setting-eight-money-list-titles/

Indicative of how poor the European tour is that McIlroy who has only played 9 events (of course played very well in those, including two rolex series) but has already won the R2D before the final event.

Meanwhile Meronk, who has won 3 events this season, including the Italian open and Andalucia masters and played in 23 events and made 18 cuts doesn't have a chance going into the final event!

I get McIlroy and Rahm bring glamour to the events they play on the European tour but it really is insulting that they can play 9 and 7 events respectively and be number 1 and 2. (Were they to play a similar number on the PGA / FedEx tour, they'd be nowhere near the top).

The idea that McIlroy could be compared to Monty as per that article is ludicrous imo, so much easier for the likes of Rahm and McIlroy to win the R2D, so much so, that's its become meaningless imo

I have nothing against McIlroy, I just hate that the top golfers like him and Rahm are given such a ridiculous leg up over the course of the season on the DPWT