Paul Dunne - 2017 British Masters Champion!!!

Panrich

Claregaafan18 wrote: »

Disastrous start for Paul Dunne in the second round of the Trophee Hassan II in Morocco. He played his first 3 holes today in bogey, bogey and double bogey to fall to +5 (4 over today) to sit currently in a tie for 126th at the moment.

Off to a very slow start........

tobsey

Ace on 17! Back to level for the day.

Claregaafan18

HOLE IN ONE ALERT. Paul Dunne makes an ace at the par 3 17th (his eighth hole of the day) to move back to one over for the tournament. Congrats to the Greystones man!!!!!!!

diegocosta99

New car for Darren!

SeeMoreBut

Still took him 60 seconds to take the ball out of the hole 😉

wardides

3 over through 3 on his back 9 now as well! Interesting day!

Mushy

Well in the mix this weekend again. Hopefully it'll help the owgr ranking, although doubt it too much

diegocosta99

Someone who understands how the rankings work has told me that Dunners is about to come into a run where points previously won will count, or something. So I'd say a top 3 finish could see him qualify for the US Open by the cut-off date (top 60 qualify).

He has been chipping poorly recently - most unlike him. He seems very square when addressing the ball for short chips. Just when his driving has improved too. Funny ole game.

Seve OB

diegocosta99 wrote: »

Someone who understands how the rankings work has told me that Dunners is about to come into a run where points previously won will count, or something. So I'd say a top 3 finish could see him qualify for the US Open by the cut-off date (top 60 qualify).

He has been chipping poorly recently - most unlike him. He seems very square when addressing the ball for short chips. Just when his driving has improved too. Funny ole game.

Maybe points previous won are about to drop. Poor points. This bringing up his average

Minderbinder

Nice final round 68 for Paul to secure a top 10 finish. Just didn’t get the early birdies needed to contend. A flawless weekend on the scorecard was much needed coming after a fairly erratic performance in Morocco and at the start of this week.

Mysterypunter

Minderbinder wrote: »

Nice final round 68 for Paul to secure a top 10 finish. Just didn’t get the early birdies needed to contend. A flawless weekend on the scorecard was much needed coming after a fairly erratic performance in Morocco and at the start of this week.

That Moroccan course is notorious. Wouldn't worry about last week. Butch Harmon was King Hassans coach. He would do anything for money

slave1

Good result but he was the 4th highest ranked player in the tournament so would expect a high finish, €63k - nice

SeeMoreBut

Seve OB wrote: »

Maybe points previous won are about to drop. Poor points. This bringing up his average

He has a few mc dropping off next so should help him

Up 4 places to 65th in the latest rankings

woodyg

Dunne an Moynihan played solid golf today and are into the quarter finals of the super 6 event.

It's a mixed bag event so far but has some really good ideas. Dunne under a quicktime shot clock was interesting to see

woodyg

woodyg wrote: »

Dunne an Moynihan played solid golf today and are into the quarter finals of the super 6 event.

It's a mixed bag event so far but has some really good ideas. Dunne under a quicktime shot clock was interesting to see

Played more than solid today and won the event!
It's a peculiar event but has potential to be a regular feature.
Big boost for Gavin Moynihan and a nice pay day for Dunne as well.
Two lads played well together.

Seve OB

woodyg wrote: »

Played more than solid today and won the event!
It's a peculiar event but has potential to be a regular feature.
Big boost for Gavin Moynihan and a nice pay day for Dunne as well.
Two lads played well together.

How much do they get?

woodyg

Seve OB wrote: »

How much do they get?

100k each
Has to be Moynihans biggest pay day?
Obviously not Dunnes but still not bad for 2 days play.

Spider Rico

woodyg wrote: »

100k each
Has to be Moynihans biggest pay day?
Obviously not Dunnes but still not bad for 2 days play.

I assume this doesn't count towards R2D or world ranking points?

AGC

Spider Rico wrote: »

I assume this doesn't count towards R2D or world ranking points?

Have seen loads of people ask the question on twitter with no answer!

Be surprised if it counts to world rankings.

Zurich event in America counted towards fedex so no reason this doesn’t count towards race to Dubai which would be huge for Moynihan

Minderbinder

AGC wrote: »

Spider Rico wrote: »

I assume this doesn't count towards R2D or world ranking points?

Have seen loads of people ask the question on twitter with no answer!

Be surprised if it counts to world rankings.

Zurich event in America counted towards fedex so no reason this doesn’t count towards race to Dubai which would be huge for Moynihan

They beat England Ladies in the quarters. Don’t think it’ll count towards anything but it’s a nice pay day.

Can’t see this tournament having a future in its current incarnation.

AGC

woodyg wrote: »

100k each
Has to be Moynihans biggest pay day?
Obviously not Dunnes but still not bad for 2 days play.

Moynihan got a big pay day at Irish Open last year. Possible 100k +

Mushy

Surely couldn't lead to points. Was elements if foursommes in it so getting points wouldn't make sense. Nice paycheck, fun tournament...now back to the serious stuff for them.

slave1

He really has been raking in nice sums this past few months, good stuff

Rikand

Playing quickly suited him

coylemj

No OWGR points which means Dunne has dropped to 68 (from 65) thanks to players (Grillo, Schwartzel & Howell) who did well in the Wells Fargo overtaking him.

Is not eligible for the Players so will probably drop a few more slots by next Monday. Next cutoff to get a US Open exemption is to be in the top 60 by Monday May 21st, very unlikely to manage this from the European Tour without a win.

Realistically, his best chance of getting an exemption for the US Open is to do well in the BMW PGA or the Italian Open and make the top 60 by the final cutoff point which is Monday June 11th.

diegocosta99

Hopefully the next tournament, on courses he has done well on, will kick-start a good end of the season for Paul. Sky will be piling the pressure on when he defends the British Masters so it would be nice if he can return to form.

Minderbinder

Much better from Paul today. 2 birdies and 16 pars. Really solid and he'll be pleased to get around without any dropped shots.

Rikand

Great first round from the Stunner Dunner today

AGC

Great group tomorrow for him with Harrington and Rose

diegocosta99

Let's hope they get in before dark!

Great from Dunner today. Obviously some good work done over the past couple of weeks.

Irishdaywalker

Great performance yesterday ! hopefully he can keep it going. Lovely group for him today, after playing with Rose in the B.Masters and he obviously know PH well. Having gone through a baron couple of months, he has been knocking on the door just was making a couple of mistakes which took him out of a few tournaments. The leaderboard is well bunched with top class players so fingers crossed for him! !

Irishdaywalker

Great performance yesterday ! hopefully he can keep it going. Lovely group for him today, after playing with Rose in the B.Masters and he obviously know PH well. Having gone through a baron couple of months, he has been knocking on the door just was making a couple of mistakes which took him out of a few tournaments. The leaderboard is well bunched with top class players so fingers crossed for him! !

backspin.

Irishdaywalker wrote: »

Great performance yesterday ! hopefully he can keep it going. Lovely group for him today, after playing with Rose in the B.Masters and he obviously know PH well. Having gone through a baron couple of months, he has been knocking on the door just was making a couple of mistakes which took him out of a few tournaments. The leaderboard is well bunched with top class players so fingers crossed for him! !

You can say that again

Irishdaywalker

backspin. wrote: »

Irishdaywalker wrote: »

Great performance yesterday ! hopefully he can keep it going. Lovely group for him today, after playing with Rose in the B.Masters and he obviously know PH well. Having gone through a baron couple of months, he has been knocking on the door just was making a couple of mistakes which took him out of a few tournaments. The leaderboard is well bunched with top class players so fingers crossed for him! !

You can say that again

Great performance yesterday ! hopefully he can keep it going. Lovely group for him today, after playing with Rose in the B.Masters and he obviously know PH well. Having gone through a baron couple of months, he has been knocking on the door just was making a couple of mistakes which took him out of a few tournaments. The leaderboard is well bunched with top class players so fingers crossed for him! !

 :) 

Irishdaywalker

backspin. wrote: »

Irishdaywalker wrote: »

Great performance yesterday ! hopefully he can keep it going. Lovely group for him today, after playing with Rose in the B.Masters and he obviously know PH well. Having gone through a baron couple of months, he has been knocking on the door just was making a couple of mistakes which took him out of a few tournaments. The leaderboard is well bunched with top class players so fingers crossed for him! !

You can say that again

Great performance yesterday ! hopefully he can keep it going. Lovely group for him today, after playing with Rose in the B.Masters and he obviously know PH well. Having gone through a baron couple of months, he has been knocking on the door just was making a couple of mistakes which took him out of a few tournaments. The leaderboard is well bunched with top class players so fingers crossed for him! !

 :) 

bmay529

I know he didn't have his A game yesterday and it can be very frustrating to hit bad shots but someone should tell him that his repeated use of bad language when he knows the camera is constantly on him in a featured group does him no favour. It also sets a bad example for young aspiring players who see him as a role model. It is a good thing to have a "fire in the belly" but he needs to manage those emotions inwardly as can be seen from most of the very best players. I always thought he seemed good at managing his emotions so was very surprised when watching him yesterday

Mushy

bmay529 wrote: »

I know he didn't have his A game yesterday and it can be very frustrating to hit bad shots but someone should tell him that his repeated use of bad language when he knows the camera is constantly on him in a featured group does him no favour. It also sets a bad example for young aspiring players who see him as a role model. It is a good thing to have a "fire in the belly" but he needs to manage those emotions inwardly as can be seen from most of the very best players. I always thought he seemed good at managing his emotions so was very surprised when watching him yesterday

Maybe this is why they aren't showing him today

First Up

Mushy wrote: »

bmay529 wrote: »

I know he didn't have his A game yesterday and it can be very frustrating to hit bad shots but someone should tell him that his repeated use of bad language when he knows the camera is constantly on him in a featured group does him no favour. It also sets a bad example for young aspiring players who see him as a role model. It is a good thing to have a "fire in the belly" but he needs to manage those emotions inwardly as can be seen from most of the very best players. I always thought he seemed good at managing his emotions so was very surprised when watching him yesterday

Maybe this is why they aren't showing him today

And he will have had a severe talking to from Sky as well.

AGC

Wonder what they do with Hatton....

charlieIRL

Mushy wrote: »

Maybe this is why they aren't showing him today

This is why you rarely seen Shane Lowry on the PGA coverage this year, the yanks loved him but his language had the presenters apologising all the time so now they just don’t show him.

charlieIRL

Mushy wrote: »

Maybe this is why they aren't showing him today

This is why you rarely seen Shane Lowry on the PGA coverage this year, the yanks loved him but his language had the presenters apologising all the time so now they just don’t show him.

Rikand

AGC wrote: »

Wonder what they do with Hatton....

Praise his fighting Ryder Cup spirit

spacecoyote

bmay529 wrote: »

I know he didn't have his A game yesterday and it can be very frustrating to hit bad shots but someone should tell him that his repeated use of bad language when he knows the camera is constantly on him in a featured group does him no favour. It also sets a bad example for young aspiring players who see him as a role model. It is a good thing to have a "fire in the belly" but he needs to manage those emotions inwardly as can be seen from most of the very best players. I always thought he seemed good at managing his emotions so was very surprised when watching him yesterday

He did post an apology on Twitter after the round

First Up

First Up wrote: »

And he will have had a severe talking to from Sky as well.

Nothing to do with Sky. If anyone is speaking to him it will be the European Tour.

Anyway he knows he done wrong.

First Up

Exactly wrote: »

First Up wrote: »

And he will have had a severe talking to from Sky as well.

Nothing to do with Sky. If anyone is speaking to him it will be the European Tour.

Anyway he knows he done wrong.

It has a great deal to do with Sky. They carry the broadcast into peoples' homes and don't like having to apologise every time it happens.

You can be 100% sure they let him know and emphasised the point by not showing him.

Irishdaywalker

Why don't Sky / European Tour Promotions, just have a little delay when showing shots (as most shots you see are not 100% live anyway) - would only need to be a small delay (seconds), then should any swearing or offensive language take place, sky can muffle it out - they do that with a number of shows that are "live" as it is.
Sky apologize all the time when someone says boo - yet you can hear all the F's and W'kers when you are watching a football match! 
I know PD came out and said he was sorry, and he was subsequently fined by the European tour - but these guys are playing under extreme pressure, serious money and the odd show of disgust can happen, like anyone on the golf course or work for that matter, and it was not like he called his playing partner a B*ll*x, he was annoyed at himself.

First Up

Irishdaywalker wrote: »

Why don't Sky / European Tour Promotions, just have a little delay when showing shots (as most shots you see are not 100% live anyway) - would only need to be a small delay (seconds), then should any swearing or offensive language take place, sky can muffle it out - they do that with a number of shows that are "live" as it is.
Sky apologize all the time when someone says boo - yet you can hear all the F's and W'kers when you are watching a football match! 
I know PD came out and said he was sorry, and he was subsequently fined by the European tour - but these guys are playing under extreme pressure, serious money and the odd show of disgust can happen, like anyone on the golf course or work for that matter, and it was not like he called his playing partner a B*ll*x, he was annoyed at himself.

So as well as juggling coverage of 60 + players across 18 holes, the broadcaster should build in a delay to accomodate the vocal outburst of petulant players? Easier and cheaper to just black them.

Dunne was loudly and repeatedly out of line. It will cost him a lot more than a fine if it means his sponsors logos are not seen.

Irishdaywalker

The broadcasters don't show all the field during coverage, they typically follow the marquee groups / leading groups at the weekend, and then show the odd good shot from someone randomly out on the course.
Tiger Woods, repeatedly swears when he is playing - do they stop showing him on TV ? Don't think so. 
Maybe they should all go to the Matt "Gosh Golly" Kuchar school of petulance.

Irishdaywalker

The broadcasters don't show all the field during coverage, they typically follow the marquee groups / leading groups at the weekend, and then show the odd good shot from someone randomly out on the course.
Tiger Woods, repeatedly swears when he is playing - do they stop showing him on TV ? Don't think so. 
Maybe they should all go to the Matt "Gosh Golly" Kuchar school of petulance.