John Murphy

Salvadoor

It's probably time for John to have his own dedicated thread at this stage.

Since turning pro in June, John has a great start to his professional career and it'd be great to see him get his full European card

https://twitter.com/john_murphy5?s=20

https://www.europeantour.com/players/john-murphy-100303/?tour=challenge-tour

After 2 great weeks on the European tour John is playing in the Emporada Challenge tour event this week

DuckSlice

Like what i have seen so far from him, which is very little from the footage i watched but thats the way it is. Hope he can get a top5 or sneak a win soon.

Speak Now

His T9 at the Dunhill links was a better finish than any of his 11 events on the challenge tour since turning pro.

Seems like a bit of a birdie machine which is a good sign, doubles appear quite often to which means he hasn't quite started racking up the top 10's yet.

An exciting prospect and very confident player, looking forward to his continued progress. Shame no Q school again this year.

paulos53

He is -6 through 9 today on the Challenge Tour and in a 4 way tie at the top of the leaderboard. All the others on -6 have completed their rounds

EDIT: Turns out that was a mistake on the European Tour website. He was actually -4 after 9 which is the score he finished on

Speak Now

Superb recovery today to shoot 67 after having an 8 on his front 9.

Speak Now

67s all the way for John, finished t3.

Only 2 shots off the winner, oh what might have been with 14 shots on hole 8 over the weekend.

Eagle finish 🙂

Salvadoor

The top 20 on the Road to Mallorca at the end of the season all earn promotion to the European Tour, John is currently 69th having jumped 19 places with his 3rd place finish this weekend. He's only played 11 tournaments though so getting the tour card this year may be too much of a challenge

Speak Now

69 and T17 after competing his delayed round 1 in Challenge Costa Bravo today, starts his second round soon.

Speak Now

Disappointing second round of 76.

Speak Now

Missed the cut this week unfortunately.

Projected to drop from 69th to 70th.

Top 70 would give him decent status for next seasons challenge tour.

Speak Now

Despite the missesd cut he didn't drop any places so secures a good status on next seasons challenge tour for his first full season as a pro. Great achievement considering he only turned pro 5 months ago.

Salvadoor

https://irishgolfer.ie/latest-golf-news/2022/01/13/murphy-lands-pebble-beach-invite-two-pga-tour-starts-await/?mc_cid=71ca63ce84&mc_eid=3b878496b5

John will be in the Pebble Beach pro-am! It does mean he'll be missing the start of the Challenge tour in South Africa but hopefully that won't impact him getting a full European (DP) tour card

https://www.europeantour.com/challenge-tour/news/articles/detail/murphy-eager-to-impress-on-2022-road-to-mallorca/

The Big Easy

Well he could always win that and get a full PGA tour card!

big_drive

Big one this week for John Murphy, will be very interesting to see how he goes

billy3sheets

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118562149#Comment_118562149

Why?

Deeper Blue

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118562603#Comment_118562603

He's playing the AT&T at Pebble

Salvadoor

I've checked online but can't see who he's paired with (a celeb or just a random rich amateur)

paulos53

He has an all Irish fourball for the week which will hopefully help him.

Himself and Gerry McManus are paired with Seamus Power and Dermot Desmond

big_drive

Should definitely make him more relaxed.

Those boys have big influence too, making a connection with them won't do him any harm down the line.

CMcsporty

What are the strongest parts of his game?

fearruanua

+3 after his opening round on the more difficult Spyglass.

Salvadoor

Back to the grind for John in South Africa

Made the 54 hole cut in the Dimension Data Pro-Am but finished in 47th a full 17 shots behind the winner. Next up is the Cape Town open

Salvadoor

4 under after 2 rounds today leaving John one inside the projected cut mark

Salvadoor

Solid 18th place finish by John, it moves him up 21 places to 39th on the Race to Mallorca

ssbob

I think he is a brilliant talent - between himself and Tom McKibbon coming through and James Sugrue on the Alps tour as well - we have a new generation of Irish players who will hopefully start climbing the rankings.

fearruanua

Good start to his round today. -3 after 12

https://www.europeantour.com/challenge-tour/manguang-open-2022/leaderboard?round=1

Salvadoor

18th place for John, disappointing final round 73 after a cracking 3rd round 64.

Up 7 places to 32nd on Order of Merit

CSWS101

Anyone know where he has to finish to get his DP card?

antics212

Top-20 on the Road to Mallorca get full cards for 2023.

The Big Easy

Playing the Byron Nelson on the PGA Tour this week, I presume on a sponsor's exemption. Good chance to boost his career and profile with a good week.

One hot week and he can skip a couple of levels pretty sharpish!

IHateNewShoes

Think this was after he won the Byron Nelson award in college?

The Big Easy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119051753#Comment_119051753

That got him in last year I think, they must like him in that part of the world anyway!

Salvadoor

unfortunately tied 3rd last after a 76 on a ridiculously low scoring course

slave1

Think I heard over 400 birdies in round 1, mad stuff

Salvadoor

Cracking 2 rounds for John at the Irish Challenge, 66 then a 67 (only 1 bogey in each round) to leave him 2 behind the leader

2 more good rounds would shoot him up the 'Road to Mallorca' rankings.

Salvadoor

Another 3rd (joint) place for John this week in Finland after a sol 3rd place in the Irish Challenge.

Now up to 28th in Road to Mallorca

Salvadoor

John finished 42nd and has qualified for the Grand final in Spain at the start of November

Salvadoor

Disappointing +4 in round 1 of the Challenge Tour grand final today. Needs some miraculous golf over the next 3 days to make top 20 and get his DPWT card

Dbu

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119829121#Comment_119829121

Very poor week for him. at a bit of a crossroads currently

phelimb

What are the next steps now for John or anyone else who wasn't in the top 20 - do they automatically keep their Challenge Tour card (if that is a thing) for next year or have to re-qualify for it?

What about the lads who lost their DPWT cards - where do they go? Do they automatically get Challenge Tour cards OR must go to Q-School?

I tried googling it all but got very confused :)

amlinopta

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119851744#Comment_119851744

John is one of 5 Irish players at the final stage of the Tour School starting on Friday - Paul Dunne, Gary Hurley, Cormac Sharvin and Jonathan Caldwell are the others. He is guaranteed a Challenge Tour card for next year based on his ranking from this season

Salvadoor

Solid opening 68 (3 under) from John today in R1 of final stage. 15 pars and 3 birdies

1 round down, 5 to go. What a slog!

paulos53

The top 25 and ties will get a tour card and that -3 puts him tied 14th to 27th after round 1. It looks like he played on the slightly easier of the 2 courses so tomorrow will be a better indicator of how he stands.

Gary Hurley is also going well on -2. The rest of the Irish need a good round to get them back in it.

Caldwell Level Par

Sharvin +1

Dunne +2

paulos53

Good rounds again today from Murphy (-3) and Hurley (-6). That puts Hurley in 5th place on -8 and Murphy is 15th on -6.

Caldwell is still in touch on -3.

Sharvin (+1) and Dunne (+3) need a couple of good days to make the cut after the 4th round.

Salvadoor

Two good final rounds needed from John to get a card. He's currently tied 33rd and only 2 shots behind 25th. The last 2 rounds are on the 'easier' Lakes course so he'll need to go low

Hurley is in great shape at solo 6th, but unfortunately missed cuts for Dunne, Caldwell and Sharvin

fearruanua

The two double bogeys are really costing him.

Salvadoor

+1 back 9 for an overall -2 69 after being -4 through 14 is tough. Needs a low one tomorrow

fearruanua

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119877087#Comment_119877087

Yeah. currently 4 shots off a card. He'll need a 65 at least i'd say to have a chance.

fearruanua

-3 through 10.

3 shots off at the moment. Needs another few red dots!!!!

Salvadoor

4 under now thru 13. another 3 red dots might do it

fearruanua

5 under through 15!!!!!!!