OWGR Week 36

Not much importance to the OWGR right now... except the World Cup field will be determined by the OWGR rankings as of September 23, 2013

Qualification will be "similar" to qualification for the Olympics in 2016 with a few changes. Qualification is as follows:

*** The field will include 60 players (no cut), with eligibility taken from the Official World Golf Ranking.  Up to four players can qualify, per country, if they are in the top 15 of the OWGR.  Beyond No. 15, up to a maximum of two players per country can qualify.

*** If two or more players from a country qualify, then the country is eligible for team competition, with the top-two players comprising the qualified team.

*** The major difference between the World Cup qualification model and that of the Olympic golf competition is that England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland will each be considered a separate country (for the purpose of the Olympics, those four countries compete as Great Britain). Further, the Olympic Games golf competition will not feature a team component.

*** OWGR points will be awarded for the individual portion of the competition. If ALL players eligible were to participate, the OWGR field strength would be a 62 (462+54).  But just a few non participants among the top players could reduce that significantly... For instance if Tiger and Phil were not to play, the event drops to a 56.

Again... all these are ESTIMATES bases on today's OWGR... certainly subject to massive changes.

KEY: The following List would be the current qualifiers by country then current OWGR ranking.
Q = Those that would be Qualified (bold)
A = Alternates if one of the above did not play (Regular type)
x = Possible Alternates but currently not qualfied via OWGR (Italics) - Currently the lowest OWGR ranked player in the field is #307 Mikko Korhonen of Finland. Some players ranked #308 and below could possibly make the field depending on who WD'd above them... IF the OWGR were to extend down to include them. It is doubtful (but not impossible) that anyone below #350 would make the field.  


Country - Status - Player (Current OWGR)
Arg - Q - Angel Cabrera ( 50 )
Arg - Q - Andres Romero ( 166 )
Arg - A - Ricardo Gonzalez ( 250 )

Aus - Q - Adam Scott ( 2 )
Aus - Q - Jason Day ( 17 )
Aus - A - Marc Leishman ( 60 )
Aus - A - Brett Rumford ( 76 )

Aut - Q - Bernd Wiesberger ( 59 )
Aut - x - Hans Peter Bacher ( 815 )

Ban - Q - Mohd Rahman ( 277 )

Bel - Q - Nicolas Colsaerts ( 51 )

Bra - Q - Adilson da Silva ( 233 )
Bra - x - Alexandre Rocha ( 393 )

Can - Q - Graham DeLaet ( 34 )
Can - Q - David Hearn ( 130 )
Can - x - Brad Fritsch ( 332 )
Can - x - Adam Hadwin ( 531 )

Chl - Q - Felipe Aguilar ( 147 )
Chl - x - Mark Tullo ( 351 )

Chn - Q - WC Liang ( 170 )
Chn - Q - Wu A-shun ( 245 )
Chn - x - Hu Mu ( 493 )

Col - Q - Camilo Villegas ( 248 )
Col - x - Camilo Benedetti ( 446 )

Deu - Q - Martin Kaymer ( 40 )
Deu - Q - Marcel Siem ( 72 )
Deu - A - Maximilian Kieffer ( 306 )
Deu - x - Bernard Ritthammer ( 519 )

Dnk - Q - Thomas Bjorn ( 44 )
Dnk - Q - Thorbjorn Olesen ( 46 )
Dnk - A - Anders Hansen ( 116 )
Dnk - A - Soren Kjeldsen ( 177 )

Eng - Q - Justin Rose ( 5 )
Eng - Q - Luke Donald ( 13 )
Eng - Q - Lee Westwood ( 14 )
Eng - A - Ian Poulter ( 16 )
Eng - A - David Lynn ( 54 )
Eng - A - Chris Wood ( 63 )

Esp - Q - Sergio Garcia ( 18 )
Esp - Q - Miguel Jimenez ( 49 )
Esp - A - Gonzalo Fdez-Castano ( 52 )
Esp - A - Rafael Cabrera Bello ( 104 )

Fin - Q - Mikko Ilonen ( 67 )
Fin - Q - Mikko Korhonen ( 307 )
Fin - x - Roope Kakko ( 348 )

Fji - Q - Vijay Singh ( 172 )

Fra - Q - Victor Dubuisson ( 101 )
Fra - Q - Gregory Bourdy ( 119 )
Fra - A - Raphael Jacquelin ( 121 )
Fra - A - Romain Wattel ( 192 )

Ind - Q - Gaganjeet Bhullar ( 150 )
Ind - Q - Anirban Lahiri ( 180 )
Ind - A - Jeev Milkha Singh ( 196 )
Ind - A - Shiv Kapur ( 218 )

Irl - Q - Shane Lowry ( 83 )
Irl - Q - Padraig Harrington ( 92 )
Irl - A - Peter Lawrie ( 225 )
Irl - x - Gareth Maybin ( 328 )

Ita - Q - Matteo Manassero ( 30 )
Ita - Q - Francesco Molinari ( 45 )
Ita - A - Edoardo Molinari ( 210 )
Ita - A - Marco Crespi ( 236 )

Jpn - Q - Hideki Matsuyama ( 28 )
Jpn - Q - Hiroyuki Fujita ( 102 )
Jpn - A - Ryo Ishikawa ( 145 )
Jpn - A - Yoshinori Fujimoto ( 171 )

Kor - Q - K.J. Choi ( 109 )
Kor - Q - Sang-Moon Bae ( 111 )
Kor - A - Kim Hyung-sung ( 123 )
Kor - A - Sung Joon Park ( 128 )

Nir - Q - Rory McIlroy ( 4 )
Nir - Q - Graeme McDowell ( 11 )
Nir - A - Michael Hoey ( 201 )
Nir - x - Darren Clarke ( 372 )

Nld - Q - Joost Luiten ( 81 )
Nld - Q - Daan Huizing ( 285 )
Nld - x - Robert-Jan Derksen ( 357 )
Nld - x - Wil Besseling ( 483 )

NZl - Q - Mike Hendry ( 188 )
NZl - x - Danny Lee ( 308 )

Phl - Q - Juvic Pagunsan ( 256 )
Phl - x - Angelo Que ( 334 )

Prt - Q - Ricardo Santos ( 182 )
Prt - Q - Philippe Lima ( 255 )

Sco - Q - Martin Laird ( 58 )
Sco - Q - Stephen Gallacher ( 62 )
Sco - A - Paul Lawrie ( 66 )
Sco - A - Marc Warren ( 105 )

Swe - Q - Henrik Stenson ( 6 )
Swe - Q - Peter Hanson ( 35 )
Swe - A - Jonas Blixt ( 36 )
Swe - A - Carl Pettersson ( 64 )

Tha - Q - Thongchai Jaidee ( 57 )
Tha - Q - Kiradech Aphibarnrat ( 85 )
Tha - A - Thaworn Wiratchant ( 142 )
Tha - A - Prayad Marksaeng ( 191 )

USA - Q - Tiger Woods ( 1 )
USA - Q - Phil Mickelson ( 3 )
USA - Q - Matt Kuchar ( 7 )
USA - Q - Brandt Snedeker ( 8 )
USA - A - Jason Dufner ( 9 )
USA - A - Steve Stricker ( 10 )
USA - A - Keegan Bradley ( 12 )
USA - A - Jim Furyk ( 15 )

Wal - Q - Jamie Donaldson ( 42 )
Wal - x - Stuart Manley ( 371 )

Zaf - Q - Charl Schwartzel ( 19 )
Zaf - Q - Ernie Els ( 20 )
Zaf - A - Louis Oosthuizen ( 21 )
Zaf - A - Branden Grace ( 33 )
Zaf - A - Richard Sterne ( 37 )

Zwe - Q - Brendon de Jonge ( 70 )
Zwe - x - Mark Williams ( 548 )

Strong possibility that Hanson will be replaced by Blixt seeing as Hanson is out injured at the moment and who wouldn't want to see the Swedish gallery

1GrumpyGolfer wrote:Strong possibility that Hanson will be replaced by Blixt seeing as Hanson is out injured at the moment and who wouldn't want to see the Swedish gallery

Very well could be.  A specific one or two in a Blixt gallery sighting is always a good thing.  

But keep in mind... while the qualification date is September 23, the event doesn't play until November 21.   I haven't heard any more on Hanson's back issues, he at least got through the PGA and a couple rounds at the Wyndham... anyone got any more on Hanson's health?

He's not defending the KLM Open this week due to it

Assuming about 28 points for the KLM Open this week?
And about 70 for the Beemer??

A lousy week for Europeans in poor form, quite apart from some abject "efforts" in Chicago - Harrington, Casey, Olesen and Colsaerts all performing way below what they believe their station to be. Lowry too, assuming he doesn't birdie in.

kwinigolfer wrote:Assuming about 28 points for the KLM Open this week?
And about 70 for the Beemer??

A lousy week for Europeans in poor form, quite apart from some abject "efforts" in Chicago - Harrington, Casey, Olesen and Colsaerts all performing way below what they believe their station to be. Lowry too, assuming he doesn't birdie in.

Kwini... 24 for KLM... 72 for BMW..... I posted a bit more in the Euro thread and a new OWGR week 37 post a few minutes ago.