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

[WorkItBothWays]

I like Tyrrell Hatton to win this week.

 

Rory is paired with Morenk and Horschel, interesting.

[diavolo]

10 hours ago, WorkItBothWays said:

I like Tyrrell Hatton to win this week.

 

Rory is paired with Morenk and Horschel, interesting.

Yes, a bit akward for Rory to play with Meronk, I think. One could assume Rory had given his input about the captains picks? Rory gave high praise to Ludwig Aberg in his press conference today.

[Dutch1008]

1 hour ago, diavolo said:

Yes, a bit akward for Rory to play with Meronk, I think. One could assume Rory had given his input about the captains picks? Rory gave high praise to Ludwig Aberg in his press conference today.

Meronk's beef is with the qualification formula. While he was competing at The Genesis, Honda Classic, API, and Dell Match play, Robert MacIntyre was racking up DPWT points. I don't think its unreasonable to assume that had Meronk spent those 4 weeks playing DPWT events, he would have easily racked up the 183 pts needed to pass MacIntyre on the Euro pts list. 

 

This is what screwed Meronk...

 

From the European Ryder Cup Qualification criteria...

 

“As far as the European Points List is concerned, modifying the points allocation will give an improved chance for DP World Tour members playing predominantly on the DP World Tour to make the Ryder Cup team through one of the now three spots available from that list."

 

https://www.rydercup.com/news-media/qualification-process-confirmed-for-the-2023-european-ryder-cup-team

 

Meronk screwed himself by playing in America and Luke chose to go with talent and upside in Hojgaard and Aberg. Not an unreasonable choice. 

 

[Hankshank]

Meronk will certainly try to make a statement this week...

This week, on K Club. Not one of the Iconic Links but a course with a finish at least I like. Rorys approach on 18 when he won is one of the shots one remember from the 10´s.  And the reaction from his fellow countrymen. Rory, and the other great Irish Open storymaker, Lowry in the field. 

 

At the bottom of the leaderboard Andy Sullivan... Just a few years ago his approaches were razor sharp, he had wonderful iron play. Looking at the graphics for each hole it seems like just the Iron play is what has caused the bogeys. And he´s a surprisingly long way down on the DP money list.  Anyone knows his story, Injuries, swing changes...?

[iBanesto]

[Neutral_Impact]

If you were Adrian Meronk this week, would you feel unmotivated or would you go out with fire in your belly and try win this tournament by 5?

 

Edited September 7, 2023 by Neutral_Impact

[Pastit]

38 minutes ago, Neutral_Impact said:

If you were Adrian Meronk this week, would you feel unmotivated or would you go out with fire in your belly and try win this tournament by 5?

 

 

38 minutes ago, Neutral_Impact said:

If you were Adrian Meronk this week, would you feel unmotivated or would you go out with fire in your belly and try win this tournament by 5?

 

No, I’d be annoyed with myself that I had not qualified by right as the picks are dependent upon more factors than one guys play - eg team-balance. 

[The Aspidistra in the Hall]

54 minutes ago, Neutral_Impact said:

If you were Adrian Meronk this week, would you feel unmotivated or would you go out with fire in your belly and try win this tournament by 5?

 

He's not the only one with an axe to grind. Shane Lowry has been publicly humiliated in this media frenzy. I reckon he'll be firing with all guns blazing to prove he is the real deal and not a busted flush like he's been made out to be.

[iBanesto]

Horizon Irish Open this week at The K Club, Straffan, Co. Kildare, Ireland.

 

In the field:

 

Rory McIlroy

Shane Lowry

Danny Willett

Billy Horschel

Min Woo Lee

Tyrrell Hatton

Padraig Harrington

Luke Donald

 

 

[Hawkeye77]

On 9/6/2023 at 4:52 AM, WorkItBothWays said:

I like Tyrrell Hatton to win this week.

 

Rory is paired with Morenk and Horschel, interesting.

Is there an event this week? 

[jdl]

2 hours ago, Hawkeye77 said:

Is there an event this week? 

[Rapidcat]

3 hours ago, iBanesto said:

Horizon Irish Open this week at The K Club, Straffan, Co. Kildare, Ireland.

 

In the field:

 

Rory McIlroy

Shane Lowry

Danny Willett

Billy Horschel

Min Woo Lee

Tyrrell Hatton

Padraig Harrington

Luke Donald

 

 

 

It's a decent watch, I'm enjoying it.

[billyspan]

11 hours ago, Rapidcat said:

 

It's a decent watch, I'm enjoying it.

Me too!  Plenty of good golf left to watch: British PGA Championship, a host of European national opens and then Australian PGA & Open.

 

...and I am going to Napa next week. Woo!

[elwhippy]

Ireland is blessed with many great links courses. So they play the course on an inland venue designed by an American. Pathetic choice. 

[Dave230]

Unseasonably hot weather this week in Ireland, 28 degrees, high humidity and blazing sun. A delayed summer after the wettest July on record. Went to it yesterday and was sweating buckets!

 

2 hours ago, elwhippy said:

Ireland is blessed with many great links courses. So they play the course on an inland venue designed by an American. Pathetic choice. 

The K Club is easy to get to from various parts of Ireland, especially Dublin where most of the population live and has readymade facilities. Some of the best links courses have no infrastructure whatsoever for hosting a tournament. Bad roads, no public transport, limited accommodation. The best of both worlds would be Portmarnock, but it was blacklisted for years for its refusal to admit women members. Now that they've changed that, they could be back in contention.

 

Also next year is Royal County Down, so that should make up for it. I've no issue with the Irish Open being on a parkland golf course though, Ireland is proud of its parkland courses too. 

Edited September 8, 2023 by Dave230

[iBanesto]

[iBanesto]

They should have grouped Meronk and Donald together.

 

[Rapidcat]

3 hours ago, Dave230 said:

Unseasonably hot weather this week in Ireland, 28 degrees, high humidity and blazing sun. A delayed summer after the wettest July on record. Went to it yesterday and was sweating buckets!

 

The K Club is easy to get to from various parts of Ireland, especially Dublin where most of the population live and has readymade facilities. Some of the best links courses have no infrastructure whatsoever for hosting a tournament. Bad roads, no public transport, limited accommodation. The best of both worlds would be Portmarnock, but it was blacklisted for years for its refusal to admit women members. Now that they've changed that, they could be back in contention.

 

Also next year is Royal County Down, so that should make up for it. I've no issue with the Irish Open being on a parkland golf course though, Ireland is proud of its parkland courses too. 

 

Yep, the infrastructure and proximity to population centers issues are in the mind, here's Rory talking about these subjects in respect to holding The (British) Open in (Republic of) Ireland (not Northern Ireland = UK) in the near future:

 

https://www.bbc.com/sport/golf/66744858

 

 

Edited September 8, 2023 by Rapidcat

[iBanesto]

Just love the name Freddy Schott for some reason.

 

😅

 

[Hankshank]

Billy Ho going all on Rooyish. That guy used to be a style icon.

[Rapidcat]

2 hours ago, iBanesto said:

Just love the name Freddy Schott for some reason.

 

😅

 

 

A name on point for golf, in a German way.

 

He does a good interview.

[elwhippy]

RCD will prove a sterner test. Possibly the finest course in the UK. And snootiest. 

[Dave230]

Rory holes out for eagle on 16!
 

https://x.com/dpworldtour/status/1700187307477700830?s=46&t=m_ehbI18cThXiHXWoEEF3Q 

Edited September 8, 2023 by Dave230

[jdl]

10 minutes ago, Dave230 said:

Rory holes out for eagle on 16!
 

https://x.com/dpworldtour/status/1700187307477700830?s=46&t=m_ehbI18cThXiHXWoEEF3Q 

 

And follows it up with a double on 17.

[Dave230]

2 minutes ago, jdl said:

 

And follows it up with a double on 17.

Yeah, so frustrating.

[dcleftie]

That sequence shows up what Rory's problem seems to be so often these days. Total lapses that others just aren't making when they are playing well. It's cost him so many tournaments. I mean following an Eagle with missing a 1 foot putt! Then the usual bounce back birdie on 18. But you just can't miss a one foot putt - unless you have the yipps of course and I don't think Rory does. But he misses so many under 3 foot.

[billyspan]

What did Santiago Tarrio do today.... !?

[iBanesto]

17 minutes ago, billyspan said:

What did Santiago Tarrio do today.... !?

 

Tarrio had a 12 on the 16th.

 

He was already 8 over on the 16th tee.

 

Edited September 9, 2023 by iBanesto

[So_Cal]

On 9/8/2023 at 5:24 AM, Rapidcat said:

 

Yep, the infrastructure and proximity to population centers issues are in the mind, here's Rory talking about these subjects in respect to holding The (British) Open in (Republic of) Ireland (not Northern Ireland = UK) in the near future:

 

https://www.bbc.com/sport/golf/66744858

 

 

Really enjoyed Portmarnock, great course, beautiful too.  I wonder if that spit of land can handle the infrastructure.  The course should be fine, especially after the small rollback.  Rory is right about the airport.  Planes flew nonstop loudly over the course all round!

[billyspan]

Moving day...