OWGR-August 2015

First topic message reminder :

I think it is time for an update and new thread.  The OWGR Top 100 should all be invited to play the PGA Championship tomorrow.

Nice playing from Troy Merritt for winning the Quicken Loans to get an 11th invite to B-Stone.  Also Marc Warren got a 11th hour invite for his 4th place finish in Scotland.

Kiradech Aphibarnrat did not get an invite for winning the Paul Lawrie Match Play but is 14th in the Int'l Prez Cup standings.

This is what the top 100 should look like tomorrow morning

 
 

1	Rory McIlroy	12.485
2	Jordan Spieth	11.415
3	Bubba Watson	7.541
4	Jason Day	6.916
5	Rickie Fowler	6.674
6	Jim Furyk	6.578
7	Dustin Johnson	6.551
8	Justin Rose	6.422
9	Henrik Stenson	6.069
10	Sergio Garcia	5.614
11	Adam Scott	5.192
12	Zach Johnson	4.975
13	Louis Oosthuizen	4.960
14	Jimmy Walker	4.765
15	Hideki Matsuyama	4.298
16	Matt Kuchar	4.218
17	J.B. Holmes	4.170
18	Patrick Reed	4.009
19	Martin Kaymer	3.822
20	Phil Mickelson	3.745
21	Billy Horschel	3.725
22	Chris Kirk	3.685
23	Brooks Koepka	3.663
24	Danny Willett	3.563
25	Bernd Wiesberger	3.301
26	Paul Casey	3.194
27	Bill Haas	3.182
28	Branden Grace	3.162
29	Brandt Snedeker	3.105
30	Marc Leishman	3.104
31	Kevin Na	3.022
32	Ryan Palmer	2.970
33	Ian Poulter	2.945
34	Kevin Kisner	2.842
35	Gary Woodland	2.840
36	Lee Westwood	2.808
37	Jamie Donaldson	2.780
38	Thongchai Jaidee	2.771
39	Ryan Moore	2.662
40	Charl Schwartzel	2.569
41	Victor Dubuisson	2.567
42	Francesco Molinari	2.565
43	Charley Hoffman	2.563
44	Brendon Todd	2.550
45	Hunter Mahan	2.545
46	Keegan Bradley	2.514
47	Webb Simpson	2.495
48	Shane Lowry	2.477
49	Marc Warren	2.448
50	Robert Streb	2.431
51	Russell Henley	2.398
52	Anirban Lahiri	2.398
53	Tommy Fleetwood	2.395
54	John Senden	2.388
55	Joost Luiten	2.371
56	Miguel A Jimenez	2.360
57	Andy Sullivan	2.356
58	Byeong Hun An	2.338
59	David Lingmerth	2.294
60	Graeme McDowell	2.285
61	Ben Martin	2.281
62	Luke Donald	2.235
63	Steven Bowditch	2.206
64	Matt Every	2.132
65	Alexander Levy	2.130
66	Danny Lee	2.127
67	Kiradech Aphibarnrat	2.092
68	George Coetzee	2.033
69	Cameron Tringale	2.006
70	Stephen Gallacher	1.970
71	Scott Piercy	1.964
72	Matt Jones	1.918
73	Alexander Noren	1.902
74	Richie Ramsay	1.883
75	Brian Harman	1.876
76	Russell Knox	1.862
77	Chris Wood	1.818
78	Pablo Larrazabal	1.813
79	Soren Kjeldsen	1.782
80	Tim Clark	1.776
81	Harris English	1.776
82	Daniel Berger	1.768
83	Justin Thomas	1.766
84	Rafael Cabrera Bello	1.762
85	James Morrison	1.759
86	David Howell	1.747
87	Jason Dufner	1.738
88	Eddie Pepperell	1.725
89	Shawn Stefani	1.699
90	George McNeill	1.698
91	Graham Delaet	1.694
92	Kevin Streelman	1.673
93	Jason Bohn	1.670
94	Ross Fisher	1.669
95	Tyrrell Hatton	1.668
96	Emiliano Grillo	1.639
97	Morgan Hoffmann	1.627
98	James Hahn	1.623
99	Troy Merritt	1.618
100	Hiroshi Iwata	1.616
101	Brendan Steele	1.612
102	Padraig Harrington	1.612
103	Cameron Smith	1.602

BTW, Smylie is his given name.

He was named after his grandfather's cousin who was an ALL american football player at my Alma Mater, Ga Tech.

Who did Lucky play for . . . . ?

PS: Great win against Free Shoes Uni.

GPB,
I had a go on my Vegas thread at identifying absentees from the WGC-HSBC. Are you aware of any others?

kwinigolfer wrote:Who did Lucky play for . . . . ?

PS: Great win against Free Shoes Uni.

GPB,
I had a go on my Vegas thread at identifying absentees from the WGC-HSBC. Are you aware of any others?

 
Saw them, think you are missing Kuchar.

The only way IJP gets in now is if the two of the committed top 50 players have a personal reason.  They committed because they want to play.

Chances are pretty slim that IJP gets an 11th hour invite.

Looks like Koepka is giving up ET membership.  Not surprising.  There is really nothing that the ET can offer that he can't get on the US PGATour.

Rose-y won $333,000 for winning the Hong Kong open.  Yesterday 7 players earned more than in Vegas.

Wow. Quite a disparity in earnings there.

Koepka decision seemed inevitable to me. He's good, but not McIlroy or Rose good.

Just saw that housing development course in Surrey is trying to weed out the locals with a new fee structure. Wonder what Ernie thinks. As Peter Alliss commented, what’s the point of running one of the best restaurants in town if you only serve ten dinners a week?

GPB wrote:BTW, Smylie is his given name.

He was named after his grandfather's cousin who was an ALL american football player at my Alma Mater, Ga Tech.

Is an ALL american football player more impressive than just a plain all american? Is it all in the CAPITALS? Inquiring minds need to now

T.Woods played R.Sterne in Presidents Cup singles two years ago.
Now Sterne is #350 in the owgr rankings and Woods #351.

Davie wrote:

GPB wrote:BTW, Smylie is his given name.

He was named after his grandfather's cousin who was an ALL american football player at my Alma Mater, Ga Tech.

Is an ALL american football player more impressive than just a plain all american? Is it all in the CAPITALS? Inquiring minds need to now

or maybe my finger accidentally hit the Cap Lock key.

BTW, apologize for my typing, my right hand only has a couple of functioning fingers. I am the tpyo knig [sic].

GPB wrote:... Looks like Koepka is giving up ET membership.  Not surprising.  There is really nothing that the ET can offer that he can't get on the US PGATour. ...

But obviously not defending his 2014 title in Turkey is a bit surprising

kouchi wrote:

GPB wrote:... Looks like Koepka is giving up ET membership.  Not surprising.  There is really nothing that the ET can offer that he can't get on the US PGATour. ...

But obviously not defending his 2014 title in Turkey is a bit surprising

However Ben Evans doesn't give a damn ....

Turkey worth 44 pts to the winner, CIMB is worth 46 pts.

Rory is about 60 pts behind Day/Spieth, so he will be #3 no matter how he does this week.

Stenson will be #4 if he wins CIMB.

Poulter tweeting he is in HSBC Championship. I'll see if I can find out how. Obvious answer is that people have withdrawn.

Found it, Poulter was 6th reserve; Coetzee is injured and apparently Snedeker has withdrawn. 4 higher reserves were needed to make the field.

Hah,
Good for him! Now, come on and win "Turkey", prove you deserve your luck.

Any idea what Spieth will need to do next week to regain top spot?

sirbenson wrote:Any idea what Spieth will need to do next week to regain top spot?

Pretty sure a top 10 will be enough. Maybe a top 14

Just did the math, Spieth needs a solo 13th to reclaim the #1 spot, but that would only be temporary he would lose it the following week.  

Needs a top 4 to get a firm grasp on the #1 ranking that won't be vulnerable to attrition anytime soon.

Rory needs a top 3 in Turkey to have a chance at reclaiming the #1 spot next week.

GPB wrote:Just did the maths, Spieth needs a solo 13th to reclaim the #1 spot, but that would only be temporary he would lose it the following week.  

Needs a top 4 to get a firm grasp on the #1 ranking that won't be vulnerable to attrition anytime soon.

Rory needs a top 3 in Turkey to have a chance at reclaiming the #1 spot next week.

Sorted for you.