*There are three qualifying spots available from each site
Gailes Links (Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland)
Notables:
Lloyd Saltman
Matias Dominguez
James Byrne
Pierre Relecom
Alvaro Velasco
Scott Henry
Grant Forrest (amateur)
Craig Lee
Andrew McArthur
Daniel Im
Paul Dwyer
Sam Walker
Peter Whiteford
Duncan Stewart
Maarten Lafeber
Garrick Porteous
Jamie McLeary
Andrew Oldcorn
Gareth Wright
Terry Pilkadaris
Scott Jamieson
Greig Hutcheon
Shiv Kapur
Callum Macaulay
Rhys Enoch
Rhys Davies
Ewen Ferguson (amateur)
Joakim Lagergren
Jack Doherty
Elliot Saltman
George Murray
Paul McKechnie
Kevin Phelan
Carlos Del Moral
Manuel Trappel
Vijay Singh
Ryan Fox
Hillside (Hillside, Southport, England)
Notables:
Dale Whitnell
Luke Goddard
Matthew Fitzpatrick
Pelle Edberg
Jordan Niebrugge (amateur)
Paul Streeter
Alan Dunbar
Gavin Moynihan (amateur)
Paul Howard
Merrick Bremner
Martin Rominger
David Coupland
Michael McGeady
John Singleton
Philip Archer
Jimmy Mullen (amateur)
Jordan L Smith
Ruaidhri McGee
Jack Senior
Todd Sinnott
Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano
Marcus Armitage
Matthew Cort
John Parry
Simon Wakefield
Jason Scrivener
Scott Arnold
Jamie Howarth
Tom Whitehouse
Ryan Ruffels
Peter Baker
George Woolgar
Scott Drummond
Tom Lewis
Royal Cinque Ports (Deal, Kent, England)
Notables:
Mark Laskey
Gregory Bourdy
Jason Barnes
Paul Broadhurst
Estanislao Goya
Chris Paisley
Wade Ormsby
Steven Tiley
Raymond Russell
Robert Coles
Zane Scotland
Matt Ford
Jamie Elson
Florian Fritsch
Lloyd Kennedy
Marco Penge (amateur)
Oliver Fisher
Max Orrin
Andrea Pavan
James Heath
Oliver Farr
Kristoffer Broberg
Neil Raymond
Benn Barham
William Harrold
Matt Haines
Justin Walters
Chris Gane
Matthew Southgate
Rikard Karlberg
Daniel Chopra
Callum Shinkwin
Martin Sell
Ben Evans
Andrew Marshall
Ross McGowan
Jason Levermore
Steven Brown
Chris Rodgers
Woburn (Little Brickhill, Milton Keynes, England)
Will Roebuck
Marcus Kinhult (amateur)
Chris Lloyd
Jamie Little
Steve Surry
Jack Harrison
Robert Rock
Jamie Moul
Colin Montgomerie
Daan Huizing
Scott Fallon
Daniel Gaunt
Dean Burmester
Adam Gee
Richard Green
Daniel Brooks
Oliver Bekker
Paul Maddy
Brinson Paolini
Paul Dunne (amateur)
Florian Praegant
Thorbjorn Olesen
Nick O'Hern
Nathan Kimsey
Simon Griffiths
Ryan Evans
Kenneth Ferrie
Charlie Ford
Chris Doak
Billy Hemstock
Alexandre Kaleka
Thomas Detry (amateur)
Thomas Pieters
John Hahn
Mikael Lundberg
Retief Goosen
Nick Dougherty
Sam Hutsby
Dylan Frittelli
Robert Dinwiddie
Saturday, June 27, 2015
Wednesday, June 10, 2015
Lyoness Open Powered by Greenfinity provides opportunities for various participants
Lyoness Open Powered by Greenfinity
Diamond Country Club (Atzenbrugg, Austria)
Purse: €1,500,000
Yardage: 7,417
The Australian-born Englishman finished T24 last week in the Nordea Masters. The 38-year-old finished T32 at this event last year and seems to play well when he gets into a European Tour event. Having Category 16 membership as a result of finishing 26th on the Challenge Tour last year, he'll get into 5-6 more main tour events for the remainder of the season. He's already played four events on the main tour so far, with Sweden being the first cut he made. I expect him to play well this week based off his play last week and his ability to play well in European Tour events when given the opportunity.
Andrew Marshall (Race to Dubai: 205th, Challenge Tour: 80th)
The 41-year-old Englishman made every cut on the Challenge Tour last season en route to finishing 38th on the money list. Known as a great ball-striker, Marshall needs to putt a little better in events where the scoring is good. His form leading into this event is not good, having missed his last three cuts. He finished T14 at this event last season. He shot a pair of 75s last week in Sweden to miss the cut. Marshall should gain entry into 3-4 main tour events after this event but needs to play better on the Challenge Tour in order to make it inside the top 15 to get a main Tour card for next season.
Phillip Archer (Challenge Tour: 42nd)
The 43-year-old Englishman missed the cut last week in Sweden after shooting rounds of 75 and 77. Archer has admitted to being more focused when playing on the main tour and will need to take advantage of that this week. He finished T62 at this event last year. He finished T3 on the Challenge Tour in early May but has missed his last three cuts. Like Marshall, he needs to putt better in events like this where the scoring will be pretty good. I have a feeling that this could be the three-time Challenge Tour winner's last season on the developmental circuit if he doesn't gain full Tour rights. He needs to take advantage of the 5-6 more starts on the main tour and play well in the right events on the Challenge Tour.
Andrew McArthur (Race to Dubai: 169th, Challenge Tour: 6th)
The 36-year-old Scotsman is playing some good golf at the moment. He's made every cut this season and has already earned more euros on the main tour this season than he did all of last season (€47,459 versus €40,587). He's played in four main tour events and has a similar category ranking as last season when he played in nine European Tour events. I would be shocked if he didn't finish inside the top 15 on the Challenge Tour this season. Actually, if he keeps playing well, he might make enough money to finish inside the top 110 on the main tour. He's currently the sixth-ranked Scot in the Official World Golf Rankings at 258th. I expect him to play well this week and continue his good form, despite missing the cut at this venue last year.
Kenneth Ferrie
The 38-year-old Englishman has played one European Tour event as a past champion (Open de Espana) and one Challenge Tour event (Challenge de Madrid) and missed the cut in both. The 6'5" man from North East England is a past champion at the Lyoness Open, which he won in 2011. His form has suffered over the past few seasons, but he did make the cut at the European Tour Qualifying School in November so that guarantees him entry into every Challenge Tour event and a small number of main tour events as well. It'll be interesting to see what events Ferrie plays in the rest of the season. He finished T25 at this event last season so I expect him to play decently well this week.
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