European Masters in Switzerland

[LeRinkRat]

August 29th thru September 1st at Crans-sur-Sierre GC, Crans Montana, Switzerland. one of the most beautiful courses on the Euro Tour. not big money BUT a prestige win. a number of PGA players in the field including the favorite Rory McIlroy off his Fed Ex win, Rory Sabbatini and Troy Merritt. the favorites Rory @ 4-1. last years winner Matthew Fitzpatrick @ 8-1 and Tommy Fleetwood @ 10-1

my to win "cats & dogs"
Eddie Pepperell 60-1 (10/610) T-4th Irish Open [-13] T-2nd British Masters [-15]
Matthais Schwab 80-1 (6/26/605.26) T-5th Czech Masters [-14] T-3rd BMW Internationsl [-13]
Alex Levy 80-1 (6/26/605.26)T-5th Scandinavian [-13]
Jorge Campillo 80-1 (6/26/506.25) T-7th Irish Open [-6] solo 3rd China Open [-19] WIN Trophee Hassan [-9] solo 3rd Indian Open [-7] T-2nd Qatar [-11] T-2nd Oman [-6]
Robert McIntyre 80-1 (6/26/506.25) 6th British Open [-5] solo 2nd Denmark [-13] T-2nd British Masters
Sam Horsfield 80-1 (6.25/506.25) T-3rd Czech Masters [-15] T-10th Scandinavian [-12]
Adri Arnaus 100-1 (5/505) solo 2nd Czech Masters [-18] T-2nd Andalucía Masters [-4] T-2nd Kenya [-15]
Pablo Larrazabal 125-1 (4/504) T-4th Denmark T-8th British Masters
Ben Hebert 125-1 (4/104) solo 2nd Scottish [22] - playoff solo 2nd China [20] - playoff

 

[LeRinkRat]

1st round leaders Mike Lorenzo-Vera and Matthais Schwab [-7]. Lorenzo Gagli, Mikko Korhonen and Sebastian Soderberg tied 3rd [-6]. best of the favorites Tommy Fleetwood tied 6th [-5] with six others including last weeks winner Eric Van Rooyen. Rory McIlroy down at tied 23rd [-3]

 

[LeRinkRat]

long hitting Gaven Green the 2nd round leader [-6] for [-11] one shot over Rory McIlroy who came on with a [-7] for tourney [-10], Tommy Fleetwood [-5], Wade Ormsby [-6], Andres Romero with a tourney low [-9] and Matthias Schwab [-3] all tie for 2nd. Rory tore up the back side with three birdies and an eagle #14 thru #17. my boy Schwab missed a half dozen makeable birdie putts during his 2nd round OR he would have the lead

 

[LeRinkRat]

tourney ends with a five man playoff @ [-14] with Rory McIlroy, Lorenzo Gagli, Sebastian Soderberg, Kalle Samooja and Anders Romero. the winner the Swede Soderberg the only player to birdie the first playoff hole. congrates to him on his first Euro Tour victory. HUGE win for him as he was below the cut for next season and now he has a two year exemption :shake:

my Spaniard Adri Arnaus wicked close yet AGAIN finishes with a fourth round [-6] for [-13] tied 6th with Mike Lorenzo-Vera. Arnaus also got solo 2nd at the Czech Masters one shot behind Thomas Pieters and also tied for 2nd at the Andalucia Masters and Kenya
Open. definitely a player to watch the rest of this years tour

Porsche European Open next week @ Green Eagle Golf Club in Hamburg, Germany. last years winner Richard McEvoy on the same course