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Post by princedracula Mon 18 Jun 2012, 3:55 am

Thank God it's over, these are ridiculous hours to stay and watch golf, and I better wrap it up quickly before others start thanking God... So, it's congratulations to Webb Simpson, winner of the 2012 US Open! He will move up all the way to #5 in the world, right behind Tiger Woods, who had a very bright start of the week, but a pretty obscure finish... Obviously there are some other significant moves in the rankings after this week: McDowell who came just short in the end will climb to #11, Michael Thompson with an impressive jump up to #52, while Padraig Harrington finally enjoys a more significant move up to #75, following another great 'major' performance after his top 10 finish at the Masters...

It may come as a surprise, but there has been golf played in other places this week as well... The Saint-Omer Open took place in France, and I liked how the Englishman Gary Lockerbie who finished tied for 2nd place, is putting things into perspective: "This tournament is like a Major for the Challenge Tour so I’m delighted with my performance...". A great win there for the South African Darren Fichardt, his first one in Europe after about 9 years, and that should move him up somewhere inside #180.

Well done also to Thaworn WIRATCHANT from Thailand winner on the Asian Tour and moving up somewhere inside the top 140.

The OWGR table after week #24 should look as follows:

1 Luke Donald
2 Rory McIlroy
3 Lee Westwood
4 Tiger Woods
5 Webb Simpson
6 Bubba Watson
7 Matt Kuchar
8 Jason Dufner
9 Justin Rose
10 Hunter Mahan
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11 Graeme McDowell
12 Steve Stricker
13 Martin Kaymer
14 Dustin Johnson
15 Phil Mickelson
16 Charl Schwartzel
17 Adam Scott
18 Zach Johnson
19 Rickie Fowler
20 Louis Oosthuizen
21 Jason Day
22 Sergio Garcia
23 Bill Haas
24 Keegan Bradley
25 Peter Hanson
26 Brandt Snedeker
27 Ian Poulter
28 Nick Watney
29 Paul Lawrie
30 Jim Furyk
31 K.J. Choi
32 Bo Van Pelt
33 David Toms
34 Francesco Molinari
35 John Senden
36 Nicolas Colsaerts
37 Martin Laird
38 Thomas Bjorn
39 Ernie Els
40 Carl Pettersson
41 Mark Wilson
42 Bae Sang-moon
43 Alvaro Quiros
44 Fredrik Jacobson
45 Jonathan Byrd
46 Aaron Baddeley
47 Simon Dyson
48 Kevin Na
49 Robert Karlsson
50 Gonzalo Fdez-Castano
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51 Geoff Ogilvy
52 Michael Thompson
53 Branden Grace
54 Ben Crane
55 Rafael Cabrera Bello
56 Anders Hansen
57 Kyle Stanley
58 K.T. Kim
59 Robert Rock
60 Paul Casey
61 Retief Goosen
62 Matteo Manassero
63 Ryo Ishikawa
64 Spencer Levin
65 Hiroyuki Fujita
66 Johnson Wagner
67 Greg Chalmers
68 Miguel A Jimenez
69 Rory Sabbatini
70 Y.E. Yang
71 George Coetzee
72 Charles Howell-III
73 Ryan Moore
74 John Huh
75 Padraig Harrington
76 Ryan Palmer
77 Gary Woodland
78 Darren Clarke
79 Ben Curtis
80 Robert Garrigus
81 D.A. Points
82 Robert Allenby
83 Joost Luiten
84 Pablo Larrazabal
85 Alexander Noren
86 Vijay Singh
87 Toru Taniguchi
88 Jeff Overton
89 Michael Hoey
90 Sean O'Hair
91 Brian Davis
92 Marcus Fraser
93 John Rollins
94 Chez Reavie
95 Richie Ramsay
96 Brendan Jones
97 Bernd Wiesberger
98 Andres Romero
99 Jaco Van Zyl
100 Stephen Gallacher
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101 David Lynn
102 J.B. Holmes
103 George McNeill
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Post by kwinigolfer Mon 18 Jun 2012, 4:24 am

Better than normal field at Hartford this week, especially given Simpson ascendancy - hope he shows up.

Bubba and Hun'ner too, together with Koooochar, Zacher, and the Kings of, not Leon exactly, but the house of Fancourt, Charl and Louis.

Thanks pd; is the "Most Interesting Man In The World" bidding farewell to the higher echelons? If so, farewell Miguel, farewell RedWine

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Post by princedracula Mon 18 Jun 2012, 11:25 am

Cheers, kwini.

Surely the Mechanic's years must be numbered in the elite echelons, but we should just wait and see if that will be indeed years or months or weeks... He's in the BMW field in Germany this week, but unfortunately no sign of him at the Irish Open...

A quick early count for this week reveals:

- Travellers @ ~46 pts (up from 44 pts last year)
- BMW Intl Open @ ~32 pts (down from 38 last year)

And an early-early count for next week's Irish Open suggests that an encouraging ~40 pts is possible... in any case looks like we should have a sizable rise from the 28 pts last year...

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Post by kwinigolfer Mon 18 Jun 2012, 11:42 am

'Morning pd,
Understand Doug Ferguson is twittering that King Charl will be taking the next month off to rest an ailing rib; expect to see him w/d from Hartford and reappear at Lytham.

Imagine there'll be a fair few drop-outs from the Travelers, but one extra pro as Patrick Cantlay is scheduled to sign with Steinberg this Tuesday.

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Post by sirbenson Mon 18 Jun 2012, 5:02 pm

Nice jump up the Rankings for Padraig good stuff!

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Post by princedracula Mon 18 Jun 2012, 5:26 pm

Some projections for this week:

- Top 3 OWGR will remain untouchable for the time being.
- Simpson can move ahead of Tiger with a top 10 (ish)
- Bubba could also pass Tiger to #4 with win
- Kaymer could move to #10 with win

sb - great effort from Padraig last week, he could move as high as #42 with a win at Travellers (kwini - you can pass him the info if you follow him at the weekend Smile)

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Post by Skydriver Mon 18 Jun 2012, 5:43 pm

I would have thought that the US Open would be the least likely major for Padraig to win (or in other words, the main stumbling block to achieving the Paddy Slam which was talked about a few years ago - or at least, the "career" rather than royal flush/holy grail "calendar" version).

I'm now expecting a good showing at The Open from the celebrated Irish/Northern Irish contingent who grew up on links golf, because all 4 major winners have something to draw upon and/or prove.

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Post by sirbenson Mon 18 Jun 2012, 5:59 pm

Then a win at the Irish Open and Scottish Open and then the OPen and back in the top 5 as well!!lol!

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Post by kwinigolfer Mon 18 Jun 2012, 6:47 pm

pd,
I'll be sure to convey that to him thumbsup

Interestingly, Harrington's fifteen Major top tens include 6 at US Opens, four of them top fives.

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Post by sirbenson Mon 18 Jun 2012, 6:48 pm

Yes and another interesting point apart from the wins he has never finished then fifth until yesterday!!

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Post by robopz Tue 19 Jun 2012, 2:09 am

Monday 4:57PM field update for the Travelers

SPONSORS EXEMPTIONS
Nothah Begay III
Patrick Cantlay
Brad Faxon (Making his 28th start in this event)
Ryo Ishikawa
Kelly Kraft
Bryden Macpherson
Patrick Rodgers
Daniel Miernicki

FOREIGN EXEMPTION
K.T. Kim

FOUR SPOTTERS
Tim Petrovic
Patrick Reed
James Hazen
Michael Carbone

WD's (so far holding better than expected)
Erik Compton
Carl Paulson
Charl Schwartzel
Jimmy Walker

ADDITIONS to date from Alternate list
Roland Thatcher
Steven Bowditch
Matt Jones

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Post by kwinigolfer Tue 19 Jun 2012, 11:03 am

Wil try and follow Patrick Reed, he must be quite the player!

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Post by princedracula Tue 19 Jun 2012, 1:22 pm

The final IFQ for the Open will take place at Sunningdale next Monday. The field is here, led by Matteo (top 10 will qualify)...

http://www.theopen.com/en/Qualification/InternationalFinalQualifying.aspx?entries=Europe

...pretty similar strength to any of those regular 24 pts ET tournaments. Most of them will then cross the water to Portrush for the Irish Open later in the week...

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Post by kwinigolfer Tue 19 Jun 2012, 1:50 pm

Nice to see Billy Mayfair making the trip; Rich Beem an alternate.

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Post by princedracula Thu 21 Jun 2012, 12:17 pm

Just noticed that A. Hansen has disappeared from the BMW field, so that one should drop now inside 30 pts teritorry... Haven't seen any notable new WDs from the Travelers after Charl...

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Post by princedracula Fri 22 Jun 2012, 6:44 pm

Final count...

- Travelers @ 46 pts
- BMW Intl. @ 30 pts

Freddie Jacobson could move as high as #26 with a win

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