Ro Sham Bo Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 Are all the Scots on the main tour going to retain their cards?I think there are 6 or 7 pretty much guaranteed their spot for next season already. Johnston was well down the order of merit so this result today is a big boost for him. There are also a couple looking likely to come up from the Challenge Tour. I see Paul Lawrie has won the Scottish senior open today as well. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lichtie23 Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 I think there are 6 or 7 pretty much guaranteed their spot for next season already. Johnston was well down the order of merit so this result today is a big boost for him. There are also a couple looking likely to come up from the Challenge Tour. I see Paul Lawrie has won the Scottish senior open today as well. I had a look at the Rankings there but with all the exceptions for certain players I wasn’t quite sure who is safe or not. A player I like Lee Slattery seems like he is on the outside looking in. Again I could be wrong tho 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 I think there are 6 or 7 pretty much guaranteed their spot for next season already. Johnston was well down the order of merit so this result today is a big boost for him. There are also a couple looking likely to come up from the Challenge Tour. I see Paul Lawrie has won the Scottish senior open today as well. I had a look at the Rankings there but with all the exceptions for certain players I wasn’t quite sure who is safe or not. A player I like Lee Slattery seems like he is on the outside looking in. Again I could be wrong tho Rankings still to be updated after today but Johnston was 143rd beforehand, should lift him a good bit but I think he will still be outside the top 110. Edit to add: he got 61 race to Dubai points, that should lift him up to the low 120s in the rankings. Still need a some good finishes but there are still plenty of tourneys left. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lichtie23 Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 Rankings still to be updated after today but Johnston was 143rd beforehand, should lift him a good bit but I think he will still be outside the top 110. Edit to add: he got 61 race to Dubai points, that should lift him up to the low 120s in the rankings. Still need a some good finishes but there are still plenty of tourneys left.Is a it points now and not prize money? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 Is a it points now and not prize money?Yep, effectively it's the same thing though as better finishes equals more points. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Distant Doonhamer Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 3 hours ago, peasy23 said: Rankings still to be updated after today but Johnston was 143rd beforehand, should lift him a good bit but I think he will still be outside the top 110. Edit to add: he got 61 race to Dubai points, that should lift him up to the low 120s in the rankings. Still need a some good finishes but there are still plenty of tourneys left. Looks like Johnston is 143 in the rankings. Race to Dubai 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 Looks like Johnston is 143 in the rankings.Race to Dubai Puzzled by that, that was the same points he had when I looked earlier when it was showing the last tourney as the WGC at St. Jude.Thomas not finding things as easy today. Still leads but it has been a struggle. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 Calum Hill was T7th and Connor Syme T10th at the inaugural ISPS Handa World Invitational at Galgorm Castle. Hill still leads the rankings, with Syme 6th and 24k points clear of 16th, with the top 15 getting their card for the full European Tour. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ro Sham Bo Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 Looks like Johnston is 143 in the rankings.Race to Dubai Yeah he was 159th going into this week so that will be right. Needs a couple more decent finishes to retain his card. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 Justin Thomas wins the BMW and sits top of the FedEx rankings. He starts next week's tour championship on -10. Cantlay was 2nd and is also second on the FedEx, he starts on -8 next week. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 So this is the starting scores for the Tour Championship next week based on the top 30 positions in the FedEx rankings. Points no longer matter, whoever wins next week not only wins the Tour Championship, they also pocket the $15 million FedEx prize.They have tweaked it several times over the years but from the spectators point if view this will be the easiest to follow. It also avoids the situation they had the year that Vijay Singh won the FedEx, where all he had to do was make it round the course 4 times and he was guaranteed to win. He had lifted the trophy and fucked off home with the cheque while most of the players were still on the course. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ro Sham Bo Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 So this is the starting scores for the Tour Championship next week based on the top 30 positions in the FedEx rankings. Points no longer matter, whoever wins next week not only wins the Tour Championship, they also pocket the $15 million FedEx prize.They have tweaked it several times over the years but from the spectators point if view this will be the easiest to follow. It also avoids the situation they had the year that Vijay Singh won the FedEx, where all he had to do was make it round the course 4 times and he was guaranteed to win. He had lifted the trophy and fucked off home with the cheque while most of the players were still on the course.Nothing highlights the point about American courses being too easy better than this. 25 players under par and the tournament hasn't even begun.... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ro Sham Bo Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/golf/49398360 Looks like the European Tour are going to try and clamp down a bit on slow play next season. Reducing fields is a mistake though, it's hard enough for the lower ranked players to get a foothold on the tour as it is. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Hahn Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 Are those starting scores just for the FedEx Cup or for the Tour Championship tournament itself also? Or is it all one in the same? I've always found the FedEx Cup mighty confusing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 Are those starting scores just for the FedEx Cup or for the Tour Championship tournament itself also? Or is it all one in the same? I've always found the FedEx Cup mighty confusing.It's all one and the same this year, winner takes both prizes home. Means you can forget about who had what points this weekend, those are the starting scores as if they have played an imaginary first round. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/golf/49398360 Looks like the European Tour are going to try and clamp down a bit on slow play next season. Reducing fields is a mistake though, it's hard enough for the lower ranked players to get a foothold on the tour as it is.Aye, it's hard enough for guys to get enough starts, don't agree with that at all.Saw a few tweets from US golfers not happy that the PGA are planning on moving the cut from 70 and ties to 65 and ties, meaning less guys win money every week. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 Camperdown Golf course in Dundee to close, I would fear that at least some of Glasgow's municipal courses will go the same way soon. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Distant Doonhamer Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 32 minutes ago, peasy23 said: Camperdown Golf course in Dundee to close, I would fear that at least some of Glasgow's municipal courses will go the same way soon. Haven't played Camperdown the best part of 30 years. Decent course in the past. No idea what it's been like of late. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Distant Doonhamer Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 7 hours ago, Ro Sham Bo said: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/golf/49398360 Looks like the European Tour are going to try and clamp down a bit on slow play next season. Reducing fields is a mistake though, it's hard enough for the lower ranked players to get a foothold on the tour as it is. 3 hours ago, peasy23 said: Aye, it's hard enough for guys to get enough starts, don't agree with that at all. Saw a few tweets from US golfers not happy that the PGA are planning on moving the cut from 70 and ties to 65 and ties, meaning less guys win money every week. Good to see some action proposed on slow play. Like others i don't agree at all on reducing field sizes. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin_Nevis Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 8 hours ago, peasy23 said: Camperdown Golf course in Dundee to close, I would fear that at least some of Glasgow's municipal courses will go the same way soon. A real disappointment this. Camperdown has one of the best municipal layouts in Scotland. It's far better than neighbouring Downfield. DCC are concentrating their funding on Caird Park which is far busier (it's right in the middle of 3-4 schemes) but a far inferior layout. I hope someone takes Camperdown over, it'd be a crying shame if it were to effectively disappear. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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