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European Tour - Scottish Open
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Always great to see the European Tour returning to Scotland... I was having a quick look at the intro I wrote last year for the Scottish Open, and I was trying to compare then the field strengths of this tournament with a few other events that take place around the same time (Irish and French Open and the BMW Intl. in Germany) and the conclusion was pretty clear, i.e. the Scottish Open was by far the strongest and the most consistent and stable in terms of field strength...
Having said that though, that last plot is also now a matter of fact and may suggest that Graeme may have a point after all, as none of the top European golfers inside the top 25 in the world are present this year, and I'm sure that all this will make the Scottish organisers to have a good look at how to get things back on track next year...That leaves the 'internationals' Phil Mickelson and Ernie Els as the top ranked players in the field. Last year the event was won rather surprisingly by Jeev Milkha Singh, who beat Franny Molinari in a playoff, and these two will be very keen to get their game back on track this week, as their form has gone a bit flat this season... Great to see a strong local contingent, with Martin Laird flying in to join an increasing group of Scottish players who have shown much improved and more consistent form on the European tour over the last year or so. Somewhat surprised though to see that Russell Knox is not coming over, especially considering that he was born in Inverness... I think I'm going for a Scottish winner this year, but there are plenty of other top guys out there that have a great chance of shining come Sunday afternoon...
P.S. I've been finding it hard lately to get the time to write the ET and OWGR weekly posts and I can't see that situation improving in the near future. Although I will do my best to continue to post a brief OWGR weekly update, it will be great if someone else could step in from here on to write the weekly European Tour intros... Many thanks!
Always great to see the European Tour returning to Scotland... I was having a quick look at the intro I wrote last year for the Scottish Open, and I was trying to compare then the field strengths of this tournament with a few other events that take place around the same time (Irish and French Open and the BMW Intl. in Germany) and the conclusion was pretty clear, i.e. the Scottish Open was by far the strongest and the most consistent and stable in terms of field strength...
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Having said that though, that last plot is also now a matter of fact and may suggest that Graeme may have a point after all, as none of the top European golfers inside the top 25 in the world are present this year, and I'm sure that all this will make the Scottish organisers to have a good look at how to get things back on track next year...That leaves the 'internationals' Phil Mickelson and Ernie Els as the top ranked players in the field. Last year the event was won rather surprisingly by Jeev Milkha Singh, who beat Franny Molinari in a playoff, and these two will be very keen to get their game back on track this week, as their form has gone a bit flat this season... Great to see a strong local contingent, with Martin Laird flying in to join an increasing group of Scottish players who have shown much improved and more consistent form on the European tour over the last year or so. Somewhat surprised though to see that Russell Knox is not coming over, especially considering that he was born in Inverness... I think I'm going for a Scottish winner this year, but there are plenty of other top guys out there that have a great chance of shining come Sunday afternoon...
P.S. I've been finding it hard lately to get the time to write the ET and OWGR weekly posts and I can't see that situation improving in the near future. Although I will do my best to continue to post a brief OWGR weekly update, it will be great if someone else could step in from here on to write the weekly European Tour intros... Many thanks!
princedracula- Posts : 3258
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Good callmystiroakey wrote:Well done Pmick. great win. Big fav at the start and didnt dissapoint!
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my madness borders on genius
mystiroakey- Posts : 32472
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mystiroakey wrote:my madness borders on genius
Unless you try and talk about evolution and genetics.
McLaren- Posts : 17620
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you seem to have a bee in your bonnet about something Mac?
Are you projecting?
Are you projecting?
mystiroakey- Posts : 32472
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by the way you seen Super . Wheres he gone??
mystiroakey- Posts : 32472
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super is in Kaahlifoorniya as far as I know. And apparantly they don't have internet there.
pedro- Posts : 7353
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Love the GMAC quote ... from the man who found this event too much for his schedule ...
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/15/sports/golf/european-tour-expanding-but-short-on-cash-finds-itself-at-crossroads.html?ref=sports&_r=0
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/15/sports/golf/european-tour-expanding-but-short-on-cash-finds-itself-at-crossroads.html?ref=sports&_r=0
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Don't really understand GMac's point. The Scottish offers a decent purse (for the ET) and it's played on a links course. Is it appearance money you're after?
pedro- Posts : 7353
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not entirely clear fom the link you provided but in another article he said the reason he didnt play castle stuart is because it is very different to muirfield in that it is wide open off the tee.
hend085- Posts : 1001
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pedro wrote:Don't really understand GMac's point. The Scottish offers a decent purse (for the ET) and it's played on a links course. Is it appearance money you're after?
decent- its massive isnt it!!
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So it would appear that the "too one dimensional" and "very different to Muirfield" Castle Stuart turned out to be ideal preparation for the Open!! Where did Gmac finish yesterday?
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