Paul Dunne - 2017 British Masters Champion!!!

roverjoyce wrote: »

I read somewhere he is guaranteed his card as there is only 2 events left to get your card (France & Portugal)

He was told a few weeks ago that his card was secure. However who ever said that to him told Paul a porky and with the pride of Greystones currently 116th in the Race to Dubai, he probably needs a top 20 finish in either France or Portugal to secure his European tour playing privileges for the 2020 season. The top 117 players secure their European Tour cards for next season.

Regardless of how he fares over these next two weeks, this has been a most disappointing season for Dunne who in his last 12 events has missed 10 of the last 12 cuts. He will need to reassess his inner circle or team around him post-season if he needs to fulfill the massive talent that he well capable of.

A lot has been said about his slow play. My opinion is that he is not going to change as he probably will admit that by playing faster would negatively affect his play even more. He is very much an advocate of the "process" method. Call me old-school but this "process" is the greatest load of you know what that is out there. All these so called sport psychologists thinking that they know it all by offering this advice.

For example if you made 7 bogeys in your first 10 or 11 holes in a round, do you stick to this "process"? Unless you have some kind of robotic type of personality then you clearly have to decide that you need a different mentality. Those advocating this are imo partly responsible for the issues regarding slow play.

The most important thing for Paul is to find fairways. Whether its taking an iron off the tee in par 4's or 5's, just something to keep the ball in the short grass is a must. If he can do that then Paul should find it considerably less stressful with his approach shots. I hope he will produce the goods over the next two weeks, or else he will have to return to Q-School final stage in Lumine, Spain in the middle of November over a grueling 108 holes.

First Up wrote: »

Sorry but that is nonsense. Dunne will know perfectly well who gets a card and I assume he can add.

What he is "told" doesn't come into it.

Just for clarification, Dunne was told in either late September or early October that his current Race to Dubai ranking (106th before the Spanish Open two weeks ago) and points total did exceed "the projected minimum ranking required to finish inside the top 119.." of the R2D come the conclusion of the Portugal Masters. I believe that due to some non-affiliated players not reaching the minimum amount of tournaments required to hold onto European Tour membership, that 119 magic number is now the top 117 and is still subject to change. Dunne subsequently missed the cut in both the Spanish Open and Italian Open and is now in a precarious 116th in the rankings, with two full field ET events remaining

My main gra with this is it would have given Paul a false sense of security by being told that your card was more or less secure and then realizing that wasn't the case. Paul is a very intelligent guy but I sincerely hope that your rationale is correct First Up and quite simply he took the news that he got from this unnamed individual regarding his tour card with a huge degree of a pinch of salt.

Anyways what we do agree on is that we both want Paul to secure his playing privileges on the European Tour for next season and lets hope with the undoubted quality and ability that the Greystones clubman possess that he hasn't to go through this "will he, won't he retain his European Tour card" ordeal for some time to come.

I'd say golf is the professional sport where it is most difficult to be consistently excellent in, you regularly see players who are top quality for 2 or 3 years and then just fall off a cliff for example where is Hunter Mahan these days he seems to have disappeared.

Classy stuff from Shane Lowry as you can see in the link below re Paul Dunne's plight at the moment. When you are a friend during hard times, that is as much more important during the good times. Lowry and Dunne are really great friends and fingers crosses that the support of the Open champion, where golf seems that bit more tougher for the pride of Greystones in the last few months, will be something that he can take great comfort with.

I have every confidence that Paul can secure his full European Tour playing rights this week in Lumine, as he returns to Q-School for the first time since 2015. He is a wonderfully gifted player, he will get his game back, I have no doubt about that. If he doesn't secure the one of the 25 Tour cards that are available in Lumine, he will get between 18 to 20 starts or more in 2020, due to his conditional status by finishing between 116 to 132 in this year's Race to Dubai Rankings. Fingers crossed for him and the rest of the Irish competing in the 108 hole, 6 round marathon, which starts on this Friday.

https://www.irishgolfdesk.com/news-files/2019/11/12/lowry-on-dunne-once-paul-gets-out-the-other-side-he-will-be-a-stronger-person-and-better-player