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European Tour: Trophee Hassan II
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It's somewhat ironic that in the week when the creme of the PGA Tour and world golf (minus the 'creme de la creme') is gathering at Bay Hill, in (aka) 'The King' Arnold Palmer's backyard, over here on the European Tour, what's left of the ET cream (a pretty decent bunch, if you ask me + John Daly ) are quietly and very happily gathering inside the pallace grounds of the (real) King Hassan II of Marocco. The tournament is only in it's 3rd year and is returning to the very exclusive Golf du Palais Royal venue in Agadir. And at least judging from the numerous praising comments I read from the players these last few days, this seems to be one of the best courses and places to be on tour. Alex Noren was over extatic on twitter the other day: "Morocco course is very very very very very very very fun!".
The two former winners are David Horsey and Rhys Davies, both struggling at the moment with their game, and one would think there's no better opportunty for them to rekindle their lost form. But a lot of the attention will focus on the performances of Robert Rock and Matteo Manassero this week, as they have their last chance to get their tickets to this year's Masters. For RRock, the very minimum required is a 2-way tie for 2nd place (although he'll need a huge dose of luck to go with that), while for Matteo the story is pretty straightforward - only a win will do! Franny Molinari is the highest ranked player in the field and after showing some positive signs of coming back into form a couple of weeks ago at Doral, he may (or may not) decide to stay in his fellow Italian's way...
It's somewhat ironic that in the week when the creme of the PGA Tour and world golf (minus the 'creme de la creme') is gathering at Bay Hill, in (aka) 'The King' Arnold Palmer's backyard, over here on the European Tour, what's left of the ET cream (a pretty decent bunch, if you ask me + John Daly ) are quietly and very happily gathering inside the pallace grounds of the (real) King Hassan II of Marocco. The tournament is only in it's 3rd year and is returning to the very exclusive Golf du Palais Royal venue in Agadir. And at least judging from the numerous praising comments I read from the players these last few days, this seems to be one of the best courses and places to be on tour. Alex Noren was over extatic on twitter the other day: "Morocco course is very very very very very very very fun!".
The two former winners are David Horsey and Rhys Davies, both struggling at the moment with their game, and one would think there's no better opportunty for them to rekindle their lost form. But a lot of the attention will focus on the performances of Robert Rock and Matteo Manassero this week, as they have their last chance to get their tickets to this year's Masters. For RRock, the very minimum required is a 2-way tie for 2nd place (although he'll need a huge dose of luck to go with that), while for Matteo the story is pretty straightforward - only a win will do! Franny Molinari is the highest ranked player in the field and after showing some positive signs of coming back into form a couple of weeks ago at Doral, he may (or may not) decide to stay in his fellow Italian's way...
princedracula- Posts : 3258
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Re: European Tour: Trophee Hassan II
Another odd Hoey fact - barring a complete meltdown, this will only be his seventh top 10 on the main tour. But a win here would be his fourth tour victory... clearly he can get the job done!
NedB-H- Posts : 2147
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Re: European Tour: Trophee Hassan II
If Hoey interferes with Matteo's travel plans, perhaps McDowell can make it an NI double?
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Re: European Tour: Trophee Hassan II
kwinigolfer wrote:MDF usually stands, in PGA Tour-speak, for Made Cut Did Not Finish, reserved for those few instances when more than 78 golfers make a Tour cut and they then institute a second cut after Round 3.
In this case I think it was just straightforward retirements by guys who hadn't a hope in hell of making the 36-hole cut.
Thanks Kwini. Those guys didn't play 2 rounds, so I would have said they were WD, or WO (wimped out).
Plunky- Posts : 497
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Re: European Tour: Trophee Hassan II
Michael Hoey is going to win the Trophee Hassan Deux. I guess this will put him in the serious contention for a Ryder Cup spot. 250K Euro will put Hoey into the top 10 of the Euro List and 24 OWGR ranking points will put him into top 12 of World Point list, pending results in Orlando.
I doubt if many people gave him a realistic chance of making the Euro RC team at the beginning of the year. If he can qualify for the last three majors and Bridgestone, it might get one of the ole guard's boxers in a bunch.
I doubt if many people gave him a realistic chance of making the Euro RC team at the beginning of the year. If he can qualify for the last three majors and Bridgestone, it might get one of the ole guard's boxers in a bunch.
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Re: European Tour: Trophee Hassan II
Didn't quite work out for Matteo in the end, but if I were him I wouldn't waste too much time thinking about it... He's playing again very well and he should be happy to keep going in the middle lane for a while rather than the fast lane. He has plenty of time to build up his game and to progress. Would be great to get a win in a smaller event like in Sicily next week and continue to work his way up from there...
Great win for Hoey though, plenty of talent in this guy... There was certainly talk around here of him being a potential candidate for the RC after his win at Alfred Dunhill Links, and he was particularly positive about his prospects for that. It's still very early days though... he'll have to continue to play well and if he could snatch a bigger win somewhere along the line then will certainly be a factor...
Great win for Hoey though, plenty of talent in this guy... There was certainly talk around here of him being a potential candidate for the RC after his win at Alfred Dunhill Links, and he was particularly positive about his prospects for that. It's still very early days though... he'll have to continue to play well and if he could snatch a bigger win somewhere along the line then will certainly be a factor...
princedracula- Posts : 3258
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Re: European Tour: Trophee Hassan II
Is that Ruropean Tour victory No 4 for Hoey(granted the first 2 events he won were alternate events to WGC's i think)................................
Impressive finisher.......that 4 more events than Mr Overton!!
Impressive finisher.......that 4 more events than Mr Overton!!
John Cregan- Posts : 1834
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Re: European Tour: Trophee Hassan II
Meanwhile, Mr.Overton is struggling to break 80.
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kwinigolfer wrote:Meanwhile, Mr.Overton is struggling to break 80.
Which he failed.. Nice 9 to finish.
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