European Tour/DP World Tour Thread - ​​​​ ​​​🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 2025 Scottish Open ​​🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (*** NO POLITICS ***)

[iBanesto]

Joakim Lagergren leading after a suspended R2 due to high winds and moving golf balls.

 

I like his swing but always been quite an inconsistent player. Kept his card for several years due to strong finishes late in the season before losing his card after 2023.

 

 

[WorkItBothWays]

Ferguson makes an ace

 

 

[WorkItBothWays]

Three Scots currently in the top 5 - unusual sight. Syme looks in control at the moment but conditions are tough.

[iBanesto]

Fastest player in golf.

 

[iBanesto]

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

 

 

[jubilee_links]

Delighted to see Connor get his first win on the European tour - 
Spent a lot of time at Drumoig Golf Centre that was transformed by his family - nice to see someone wining on tour that sold you range tokens as a teenager!

[iBanesto]

[JungleJimbo]

Curious to see this posted today by DPWT

... Has there recently (2025) been a DPWT "ISPS Handa Championship in Japan" ... or coming soon? 

 

Quick google indicates either April 2024 at Taiheiyo (Gotemba course) or April 2023?

 

 

[iBanesto]

Eduardo Romero won the European Masters at Crans Montana, Switzerland by 10 strokes in 2000.

 

🇦🇷🇨🇭

 

 

 

Edited June 14 by iBanesto

[bcjim]

Another baffling midsummer, prime week with no dp event? Who is in charge of the schedulng over there? They go to Kenya and many other far flung places but can't put in an event in their own backyard on June 21st? Is the weather too nice?

[iBanesto]

23 minutes ago, bcjim said:

Another baffling midsummer, prime week with no dp event? Who is in charge of the schedulng over there? They go to Kenya and many other far flung places but can't put in an event in their own backyard on June 21st? Is the weather too nice?

 

Times are tough.

• Several tournaments held in 2024 were not included in the schedule announcement: the Dubai Invitational (played biannually), the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters, the SDC Championship, the Jonsson Workwear Open, the ISPS Handa Championship, the European Open, the Volvo Car Scandinavian Mixed and the Estrella Damm N.A. Andalucía Masters. The Commercial Bank Qatar Masters was later added to the schedule.
• In December 2024, it was reported by Czech Television that the 2025 D+D Real Czech Masters would not take place after being originally scheduled for 7–10 August. This was due to the tournament promoters being unable to find a suitable venue.

[bcjim]

Ha ha, the Qatar Masters was nearly axed? Did @Ferguson intervene to save it?

[Ferguson]

1 hour ago, bcjim said:

Ha ha, the Qatar Masters was nearly axed? Did @Ferguson intervene to save it?

Changes explained via express explained:

 

The Qatar Masters went through a rescheduling process. 

 

[iBanesto]

17 hours ago, Ferguson said:

Changes explained via express explained:

 

The Qatar Masters went through a rescheduling process. 

 

 

@Ferguson during the Qatar Masters negotiations...

 

Edited June 22 by iBanesto

[WorkItBothWays]

21 hours ago, iBanesto said:

 

Times are tough.

• Several tournaments held in 2024 were not included in the schedule announcement: the Dubai Invitational (played biannually), the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters, the SDC Championship, the Jonsson Workwear Open, the ISPS Handa Championship, the European Open, the Volvo Car Scandinavian Mixed and the Estrella Damm N.A. Andalucía Masters. The Commercial Bank Qatar Masters was later added to the schedule.
• In December 2024, it was reported by Czech Television that the 2025 D+D Real Czech Masters would not take place after being originally scheduled for 7–10 August. This was due to the tournament promoters being unable to find a suitable venue.

No event in Sweden is crazy it used to a great event particularly in the 90s and 00s. Whoever talked them into doing a mixed event should be fired I'm convinced it contributed to its demise.

[iBanesto]

4 minutes ago, WorkItBothWays said:

No event in Sweden is crazy it used to a great event particularly in the 90s and 00s. Whoever talked them into doing a mixed event should be fired I'm convinced it contributed to its demise.

 

Agreed.

 

The event used to be quite a big event in Europe back in the 1990's.

 

 

[subrew]

Regional Qualifying for The Open is today.  At one of the venues there is going to be a 15 person playoff for 9th place, the final position to advance.

 

Peter Finch is currently leading at the venue he chose to compete at, with only a handful of scores yet to be posted.  So it looks like he will advance to final qualifying.  

[iBanesto]

14 hours ago, subrew said:

Regional Qualifying for The Open is today.  At one of the venues there is going to be a 15 person playoff for 9th place, the final position to advance.

 

Peter Finch is currently leading at the venue he chose to compete at, with only a handful of scores yet to be posted.  So it looks like he will advance to final qualifying.  

 

Has he reached final qualifying before?

 

https://www.theopen.com/qualification/regional-qualifying/caldy

[jimecherry]

2 hours ago, iBanesto said:

 

Has he reached final qualifying before?

 

https://www.theopen.com/qualification/regional-qualifying/caldy

does this look like the face of someone whose been there and done that

 

[WorkItBothWays]

Added bonus for the players teeing it up in Italy this week of two spots available for The Open.

Edited June 26 by WorkItBothWays

[WorkItBothWays]

On 6/23/2025 at 7:38 PM, subrew said:

Regional Qualifying for The Open is today.  At one of the venues there is going to be a 15 person playoff for 9th place, the final position to advance.

 

Peter Finch is currently leading at the venue he chose to compete at, with only a handful of scores yet to be posted.  So it looks like he will advance to final qualifying.  

The gap in quality between regional and final qualifying is huge. The reality show will almost certainly come to a grinding halt.

[iBanesto]

We are back this week at the Italian Open!

 

🇮🇹

• Italian Open
• Argentario GC, Monte Argentario, Italy

 

 

 

 

In the field:

• Chacarra
• Siem
• Migliozzi
• Otaegui
• Nakajima
• Larrazabal
• Campillo
• Hill
• Norris
• Paratore
• Catlin
• J. Smith
• Soderberg
• Langasque
• Wiesberger
• Colsaerts
• Cabrera-Bello
• Fernandez-Castano
• J. Olesen
• Molinari

[WorkItBothWays]

E Molinari and Laporta going well. If they are in the hunt over the weekend it will be good for the event. It would be some story if E Molinari was able to win, a very talented player.

[iBanesto]

[iBanesto]

1 hour ago, WorkItBothWays said:

E Molinari and Laporta going well. If they are in the hunt over the weekend it will be good for the event. It would be some story if E Molinari was able to win, a very talented player.

 

Edoardo Molinari has always been one of my favourites.

 

Obviously a talented player by winning the US Amateur and was already a world top 20 player by 2009/2010. Too bad he had a wrist injury which forced him to change his swing.

 

Smart guy with an engineering degree plus a golf data guru. Great sense of humour.

 

 

 

[iBanesto]

[WorkItBothWays]

Martin Couvra is looking very good. One back right now but feels like the favourite to me.

[iBanesto]

I like Chacarra's neck twitch after he hits a shot a la Arnold Palmer.

 

If his putter behaves, the Spaniard can play.

 

Couvra's swing is so McIlroy-esque plus the hair.

 

[iBanesto]

Chacarra throwing away shots on 6 and 7 with a double and bogey after a solid 3 birdie start.

 

[Hawkeye77]

Enjoying the cicadas!  Puts me in mind of various scenes from The Godfather series.