The DP World Tour Thread

Speak Now

Delighted for Gallacher, thought he'd blown it on the front but great show of determination on the home stretch to win it.

kingshankly

blockic wrote: »

Got the point after your first post, no need to keep repeating.

Did ya good lad

GreeBo

Take your schoolyard handbags somewhere else thanks.

abff

Sorry to see Peter Lawrie still struggling. Hopefully he can turn things around.

vienne86

abff wrote: »

Sorry to see Peter Lawrie still struggling. Hopefully he can turn things around.

Yes, really sorry for the guy, after such a battle to retain his card. Let's hope he can get it going. Nice to see Damian McGrane start with another good round.

dar_cool

Anyone else finding the Joburg open very boring after a super week in dubai??

Speak Now

dar_cool wrote: »

Anyone else finding the Joburg open very boring after a super week in dubai??

Certainly not a strong field but interesting none the less with a field of 210 :eek: and 3 spots in the Open up for grabs

mickmackey1

All 4 Irish missed the cut.

big_drive

dar_cool wrote: »

Anyone else finding the Joburg open very boring after a super week in dubai??

Thought the same myself

bigtimecharlie

McGrane had a decent finish (-6) to the Africa Open, to finish at -16 currently T7.

Spare a thought for overnight leader Emiliano Grillo, took a 9 on the par 4 1st and currently +7 after 12.

Wombatman

Aiken has the Missus on the bag

bigtimecharlie

bigtimecharlie wrote: »

Spare a thought for overnight leader Emiliano Grillo, took a 9 on the par 4 1st and currently +7 after 12.

Grillo had a great finish with 5 straight birdies.

bigtimecharlie

Wombatman wrote: »

Aiken has the Missus on the bag

What does she see in him?

abff

Great round by Michael Hoey today with 7 birdies in a row and good to see Kevin Phelan and Shane Lowry both well placed. Shame they both finished with a bogey.

I'm sorry to see that Peter Lawrie's terrible start to the season is not getting any better. I really hoped he'd push on after retaining his card last season, but he seems to be running on empty. Hopefully, something will happen to kick start his season.

dar_cool

bigtimecharlie wrote: »

What does she see in him?

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
I cant wait for the european tour to kick off properly and get out of south africa!!!!

vienne86

abff wrote: »

Great round by Michael Hoey today with 7 birdies in a row and good to see Kevin Phelan and Shane Lowry both well placed. Shame they both finished with a bogey.

I'm sorry to see that Peter Lawrie's terrible start to the season is not getting any better. I really hoped he'd push on after retaining his card last season, but he seems to be running on empty. Hopefully, something will happen to kick start his season.

He's had a horrid start to the season - he seemed to be exhausted at the end of last season, having gone through hell to retain his card. I don't know much about him, but he comes across as a really nice guy, so let's hope he can turn things around......and soon.

But good to see a few other Irish names going well today.

big_drive

Great stuff from Kevin phelan so far. Be great if he can pick up a nice cheque this week

charlieIRL

big_drive wrote: »

Great stuff from Kevin phelan so far. Be great if he can pick up a nice cheque this week

He's going very well at -4 today. Hope he can keep it up

FixdePitchmark

T6 - Kevin Phelan - great result.

To be honest it says more about the European Tour - hardly a mention of it here.

charlieIRL

FixdePitchmark wrote: »

T6 - Kevin Phelan - great result.

To be honest it says more about the European Tour - hardly a mention of it here.

Great weekend for him. Looked the part out there. Hope this is the first of many

big_drive

€44,750 for Phelan. Nice to bank that cheque early in year. Hopefully he can get a few more like that and secure card for next year

Speak Now

Great result for Phelan, should improve his card when the re-rank comes in May.

Tones69

Super golf from young kevin phelan, i know 45k is a nice lump but for 6th place ud imagine a little more. Id say 6th in america got about 200k? None the less its a big confidence boost for him early in the season

EDIT: 208,500 USD for tied 6th! America is monies

dar_cool

Good to see Peter Lawrie under par after a horrible run of form. -2 after 9 in Morocco

AGC

dar_cool wrote: »

Good to see Peter Lawrie under par after a horrible run of form. -2 after 9 in Morocco

Horrible back 9

AGC

Phelan making a run today. Hopefully get another weekends golf under his belt

vienne86

Nice to see the European tour moving closer to home this week. I feel the tour really starts now. I see Peter Lawrie is on the entry list for Spain this week - here's hoping things go better for him this week - he has had a worrying start to the season.

AGC

Is anyone watching the golf from Spain? What is the story with the 1st hole? There is crazy numbers being made on it. It seems to be destroying cards

slave1

The 2nd is as bad, no birds yet and loads of bogeys, doubles...??

AGC

Everything up to a 9 on the first

abff

Sorry to see yet another horror story for Peter Lawrie. Ten over par 82 in a round that included two triple bogies.:eek:

abff

AGC wrote: »

Everything up to a 9 on the first

Nor often you see a hole averaging more than 1 shot over par. Average score today for those who have completed their rounds is 5.03. :eek:

Speak Now

4 of the 6 Irish triple bogeyed the first

FixdePitchmark

Strangest birdie I have ever seen.

http://espn.go.com/golf/story/_/id/10801665/pablo-larrazabal-dives-water-shake-hornets-euro-tour-malaysia-open

Dolph Starbeam

FixdePitchmark wrote: »

Strangest birdie I have ever seen.

http://espn.go.com/golf/story/_/id/10801665/pablo-larrazabal-dives-water-shake-hornets-euro-tour-malaysia-open

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5uV-usCmEk

Rikand

Good man pablo!

vienne86

Sky have just shown an interview with Pablo - he said it was about the most scary moment of his career. He got a couple of injections from officials, felt better and continued his round. Fair play to him.

bigtimecharlie

Love the hole in one prize in China this week. Its a Volvo but not what you think.

http://www.oneasia.asia/news/tournament-news/1086-heavy-duty-incentive-for-hole-in-one.html

vienne86

I see Peter Lawrie is in the field for this week's event.....would love to see him shoot a couple of good rounds. Last week he had an awful first round, but much better second round.

I see Nick Doherty is playing too.......I presume he got an invite.

vienne86

Peter Lawrie shot a splendid -4 round this morning in Singapore - great to see. Let's hope he can hold his nerve in tomorrow's round.

abff

Nice to see Peter Lawrie get a four under par 68 today. Hopefully he can kick on from here and firstly make the cut and then get a decent finish.

AGC

Some Thai lad -8 thru 11

vienne86

AGC wrote: »

Some Thai lad -8 thru 11

Scores are low all right - over 100 players under par, but Lawrie is tied 23rd right now. Yes, make the cut first and then kick on - it would be great to see.

mickmackey1

Just scraped in on the cut-line

razorblunt

Chris Doak retired after 9 due to exhaustion, must be some serious heat.

vienne86

mickmackey1 wrote: »

Just scraped in on the cut-line

The good round yesterday paid off. Delighted for him making it in to the weekend. Let's hope he makes the most of this chance.

Nice to see Simon Thornton make the cut as well.

And I see Nick Dougherty made it through on -5. Making the most of his invite.

vienne86

Good man, Peter Lawrie! Shot -5 today and now tied 20th! Great performance.

LinksLad

vienne86 wrote: »

The good round yesterday paid off. Delighted for him making it in to the weekend. Let's hope he makes the most of this chance.

Nice to see Simon Thornton make the cut as well.

And I see Nick Dougherty made it through on -5. Making the most of his invite.

Is Dougherty not there as a past champion of the event?

* Nope, checked it out, wasn't that tournament he won.

abff

vienne86 wrote: »

Good man, Peter Lawrie! Shot -5 today and now tied 20th! Great performance.

Delighted to see that. Great back nine (he started at the 10th) after going out in level par. Fingers crossed for tomorrow! A top 10 would do him the world of good.

bigtimecharlie

C'mon Peter, get the wheels back on the wagon. A good finish will turn the season around.