Weekly Irishman in Contention / Tour Golf 2009

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Can't be right, can it??

EDIT: Yeah, it is right! Sky Sports guy just said he's "up to about 15th"!!

Awesome

bigeasy

hope so....quiros moved 46 places after last weeks win

Tockman

in the top 15 anyway. good bit of ranking points for this tournament

gorfield

Hes 14th now. Although that will change tonight to 15th as kenny perry leads the fbr open and hes currently 15th

stockdam

Brilliant Rory......all of Holywood are proud of you.

Adiaga 2

Fantastic achievement especially with the weight of expectation he must have felt particularly in the last few months. Top 15 in the world now - WOW! Must be a really good bet for the "Race to Dubai" especially when the final event is to be played on a 7700yd course. Can't wait to see what he does in the Majors and WGCs this year too!

Squiggle

Aidric wrote: »

Sensible lay up at 18.

Actually thought it was a very poor lay up tbh - leaving himself a half shot over water in that situation was mad imo - should have left himself a full shot. What was his caddy thinking? :eek: Great win in the end though !

bigtimecharlie

bigtimecharlie wrote: »

€5 on McIlory at 10-3 with PP. He had alot of birdie puts this morning but nothing fell for him. If it does go his way, he'll be untouchable.

He did it in the end but made me sweat for my return.

Inside the top 20 in the world ranking's, a major win this year would not be a surprise.

gorfield

Squiggle wrote: »

Actually thought it was a very poor lay up tbh - leaving himself a half shot over water in that situation was mad imo - should have left himself a full shot. What was his caddy thinking? :eek: Great win in the end though !

hHaving spoke to jp this morning, the plan for the lay-up was to leave 95 to the flag so he could pitch it 100 and zip it back to the flag. Adrenaline kicked in and his iron flew 20yd too far, leaving him 75yds. not an error really, just excitement of youth. Good bet to be top 5 by year end id say!

f22

Rank
Player Pt.s
Avg. Tot.
Pts. # of
Evts. Pts.
Lost
2007/08 Pts.
Gained
2009


1 Tiger Woods, USA 10.46 418.59 40 -60.13 0.00
2 Sergio Garcia, Esp 7.96 413.84 52 -29.65 22.15
3 Padraig Harrington, Irl 6.56 334.43 51 -29.93 9.92
4 Phil Mickelson, USA 6.51 305.86 47 -38.52 0.00
5 Vijay Singh, Fji 6.40 332.77 52 -34.90 2.16
6 Henrik Stenson, Swe 5.25 267.88 51 -22.98 47.80
7 Robert Karlsson, Swe 5.11 265.55 52 -18.80 14.75
8 Geoff Ogilvy, Aus 5.09 244.11 48 -18.98 49.95
9 Kenny Perry, USA 4.81 245.31 51 -14.55 61.59
10 Anthony Kim, USA 4.70 230.52 49 -18.33 22.00
11 Camilo Villegas, Col 4.62 231.03 50 -18.56 4.84
12 Lee Westwood, Eng 4.44 239.97 54 -19.90 4.32
13 Ernie Els, Zaf 4.30 240.95 56 -27.64 11.30
14 Jim Furyk, USA 4.00 187.98 47 -22.74 0.00
15 Justin Rose, Eng 3.91 175.74 45 -20.12 31.20
16 Rory McIlroy, Nir 3.86 161.98 42 -4.46 63.41
17 Adam Scott, Aus 3.85 181.03 47 -18.53 28.41
18 Steve Stricker, USA 3.69 166.02 45 -21.53 13.42
19 Stewart Cink, USA 3.54 173.57 49 -19.26 4.13
20 K.J. Choi, Kor 3.51 182.74 52 -23.63 7.87

Eireannach

Looking forward to seeing 2 Irishmen in the top 10. I have a feeling it will be sooner then later.

stevire

Just watching Harrington in the Buick Invitational... Not too bad on the front nine, but the back nine it looks like he left his putter back in Ireland. Horrible 4 putt - double bogey on the 17th to what looked like 2 a routine gimmes!!

Blunder

Not a massive Irish Contingent playing the Maybank Malaysian open this week. Peter Lawrie is T9 on -2 after 9. Murphy, Maybin and McGrane out in the afternoon. Damien is out in the main group along with Anthony Kim and Jaidee so there should be plenty of TV coverage of that group providing they shoot decent!:D.

Course seems to be playing pretty easy. Alexander Noren (who is going to win in the next few months BTW!) is -8 after 12. Opened with 4 birdies!

PhilipMarlowe

Gareth Maybin T10 on -6
Lawrie currently T33 thru 11
McGrane +1 and Murphy +9 miss the cut (probably at -1)

PhilipMarlowe

Johnnie Walker Classic in Perth, Australia starts up in a little over an hour (Irish Time).

Poulter, Villegas, Casey, Kim, Greg Norman, Westwood among the 'names' on show...
Murphy, Lawrie, McGrane & Maybin provide the home interest.

BUACHAILL

thanks Licksy , that live on TV ??

Blunder

Yep. SS1 at 5:30am. Think this is going to be a good week for golf.

PhilipMarlowe

Date Tournament Channel & Time
Thu 19 - Johnnie Walker Classic - Day One - Sky Sports 1 - 4.30am
Fri 20 - Johnnie Walker Classic - Day Two - Sky Sports 1 - 6am
Sat 21 - Johnnie Walker Classic - Day Three - Sky Sports 1 - 7am
Sun 22 - Johnnie Walker Classic - Day Four - Sky Sports 1 - 7am

Niall09

I think it's starting sometime around 4 or half 4 in the morning on Sky Sports 1

Mr. Larson

Sky Sports 1 have some LIVE coverage starting at 4:30am running through to 8:30am, so unless you've got Sky + or you're a total insomniac there's not much chance of catching it LIVE. Highlights on later [Thursday] at 13:00 GMT on Sky Sports 2 and Golf Night is on S/S/Extra at 10.

BUACHAILL

MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM something tells me tomorrow will do ha ha

Thanks

PhilipMarlowe

McGrane T3 after a 66, Lawrie T6 after a 67.
Robert-Jan Derksen leads on -8.

Westwood -6, Monty -5, Kim -4, Poulter -4, Maybin -3 thru 15, Casey -1, Villegas even par, Murphy +1, Greg Norman +3

-1 is T63 currently so cut will likely be at -2 tomorrow.

f22

Jesus Maybin is a bit of a revelation. Seems to get himself on the leaderboard nearly every week. Hopefully he can get into the winners enclosure this season too.

golf_caddy

f22 wrote: »

Jesus Maybin is a bit of a revelation. Seems to get himself on the leaderboard nearly every week. Hopefully he can get into the winners enclosure this season too.

Thought his first name was Gareth .... although he does seem to be walking on water at the moment even with a cack-handed putting style...

WHIP IT!

golf_caddy wrote: »

Thought his first name was Gareth .... although he does seem to be walking on water at the moment even with a cack-handed putting style...

Harrington still putts left hand below right, doesn't he?

Whatever get the little ball in the hole!

Adiaga 2

Yeah Maybin seems to be doing great - another solid round today. Was a bit surprised at his world ranking(inside the top 100) a couple of weeks ago but seems to be justifying it. Must have learned a lot on the Challenge Tour last season. McGrane going well again too(-8 currently). He seems to really enjoy this part of the season.

PhilipMarlowe

McGrane gone 2nd on -9 thru 14 holes

Leslie91

Anyone know what Rory is doing this week?. The eejits over at Riviera did not extend him a sponsors invite. Their loss. Think I heard he could meet Tiger next week if they win their first 2 matches. Unreal.

Maybin is not far off getting into the top 64. Incredible.

PhilipMarlowe

Sponsors Invite request was turned down before he won in Dubai... like Decca Records turning down The Beatles

PhilipMarlowe

Anthony Kim is T3 on -8
Monty & Poulter T11 on -7 with Peter Lawrie (thru 14 holes)
Maybin T25 on -6
Projected cut is -3

Graeme Storm and David Frost both shot 64's today to move from T109 (on +1) to T11 on -7... Storm had back to back eagle 3's on 9 & 10
Kiwi amateur Danny Lee is T11 on -7 thru 10 holes

Blunder

McGrane Joint leader on -10.

Good Irish representation on the leader board and more importantly a good representation on the leader board by my fantasy golf team!:D

Gonna be a good weekend I'd say. Out Saturday night and home to watch the final round at 4 am! Golf and Beer, cant be beat! Hopefully the Irish will still be in contention to make it more interesting!

Mister Sifter

Licksy wrote: »

Anthony Kim is T3 on -8
Monty & Poulter T11 on -7 with Peter Lawrie (thru 14 holes)
Maybin T25 on -6
Projected cut is -3

Graeme Storm and David Frost both shot 64's today to move from T109 (on +1) to T11 on -7... Storm had back to back eagle 3's on 9 & 10
Kiwi amateur Danny Lee is T11 on -7 thru 10 holes

But you do realise it all means bugger all cos the Tiger isn't there?!

Shaping up to be a very exciting weekend with all the big names up there. Nobody has really run away with it over the first two days which is great for tv.

PhilipMarlowe

Great final few holes by McGrane to take the joint lead... shooting a 68 when he bogeyed the back to back par 5's of 9 & 10 (most others eat up those 2 holes).
The amateur Danny Lee is T3 on -9, was hexed by his mention on here earlier an promptly double bogeyed the 12th but birdied 4 of the last 5 holes to shoot 68

50 players within 5 shots of the lead... looks nice and tight at the top so should be a good weekend.

Mister Sifter

Another cut missed by Harrington in the States...:(

PhilipMarlowe

The 3 Irish are on -10, 4 shots off the lead in T12 (Lawrie 69, Maybin 68, McGrane 72)
Amateur is T3 on -12
Anthony Kim had a 9 on a par 5... not as good as my 11 once

soundsham

beat that 11 by 2 once losing no ball;)

PhilipMarlowe

We obviously have the WGC Matchplay this week featuring Tiger and 63 other nobodies :rolleyes:
But in case you'd prefer to see a tournament or a match to watching Tiger play a practice round (and 'win'), this week we also have Rory McIlroy, Padraig Harrington and Graeme McDowell to watch out for...
Also on this week is the Indonesia Open on the European Tour where Michael Hoey And Gary Murphy provide the home interest.

PhilipMarlowe

Indonesia Open...
Gary Murphy shot a 70 to be -2 and currently T15
Michael Hoey took 71 for T29

-8 leads but -4 is currently 2nd. Murphy was -4 thru 10 but had two bogeys on the way home. The Pro in 3rd last had a 10 on a par 4... I sometimes like looking at the scores at the bottom of the leaderboard because it makes me feel better about myself

f22

That's funny Licksy, I do the same.

Was looking at the results of the Portuguese Amateur and some chap shot 91 (+9) in the opening round. Can't believe that they left lads on +2.4 on the waiting list and gave someone an exemption (off 2) that had this in the bag. Shot +12 on round 2 to top it off.

PhilipMarlowe

Gary Murphy is T19 on -3 after 3 rounds in Bali which is ok but he was T2 on -4 after 10 holes of round 1 so should be doing better.
Michael Hoey is T51 on +1 after another disappointing 73. He too had been -4 after 13 holes of round 1 and again after 13 holes of round 2. There must be a fair bit of trouble on the course if you are out of line or something.. haven't seen any of it on tv. Lucquin (he who beat Rory in a play-off in Switzerland last year) had an 84 on Friday, 6 bogeys and 3 doubles, no birdies.

rich87

Clarke and Rory playing the honda this week,

Clarke level par after round one, good start for rory, a couple under after 3

Myksyk

Arrgh ... following Rory on the play-by-play on pgatour.com ... all going well until just now ... the 17th par three ... triple bogey!!!

ankles

It's live on Setanta. Today's lesson is, don't play a touch shot out of the hazard...

Blunder

Yeah, Hit his tee shot into the water hazard, played his 2nd shot from inside the hazard and left it a foot behind him and then hit his 3rd into the bunker over the back of the green and obviously took three from there. Wouldnt surprise me if he had a 4 on 18 though. Hitting the ball very well and currently has the longest drive of the week at 361 yards!

Mr. Larson

He took a 5 iron on that Par 3 and the commentators at the time (before hit took the shot) were thinking it was a bad club selection. On the previous Par 3 which was shorter (by about 10 yards, I think) he had taken 5 also and left it about 30 feet short. Shame - because he was tipping along nicely before that. He must have bounced back on 18 though did he, to remain level? If he did, then you can't ask for any more than that!

Amazing how much attention he is getting now over there. The commentary were waxing lyrical about Sergio's driving after he boomed one down one of the the 500+ yard par 4's on the back 9, leaving only a SW into the green. I think he hit it 340/350 yards or something crazy and was longest for the day by a stretch. Then young Rory comes along and knocks it 360 something down the same fairway in the group behind.... fairly impressive! :eek:

thewing

Love the way Setanta just killed the coverage stone dead before he played it back out of the bunker.

He's getting huge amount of attention now. Hopefully he has big shoulders...

thegen

Where has all Rory distance come from. He is No 1 in driving distance after round one. 345 yds average

durkadurka

A very creditable 13th for McIlroy at the Honda. Seems as if nothing is beyond him.

madds

durkadurka wrote: »

A very creditable 13th for McIlroy at the Honda. Seems as if nothing is beyond him.

Agree, his play over the last few weeks has been nothing short of incredible. He led the birdie trail this week with 18. I just hope he doesn't run into a wall of fatigue before the Masters as I'd love to see him put in a big performance (Top 10 finish).

durkadurka

Seems to be well capable of it - although I think people take a few years to get the hang of Augusta.

I think if he plays four rounds at Augusta, its been a good tournament, although he will doubtless surpass expectations.