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| 1288.1 | | TOLKIN::HOGAN | | Thu Jun 20 1991 08:52 | 5 |
| Thanks Louis. Keep us informed. Someday I'm going to come to dear old
Irland nad play a round of golf or two. I can almost smell it. I'm sure
I can feel it.
Pete
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| 1288.2 | First day results | MACNAS::CARROLL | | Fri Jun 21 1991 03:51 | 45 |
| First day leaders:
At - 4 Montgomerie (Scotland)
Faldo (England)
At - 3 Mackenzie (England)
Mason "
Stewart ( US )
Saavendra (Argentina)
Clayton (England)
Parry (Australia)
Davis (England)
Brand (Scotland)
Other big names:
Olazabal - 1
Calcavecchia + 2
Walton (best of the Irish) + 2
Langer + 3
Darcy has had to withdraw after his round - problem with the
ol' back.
Faldo had two eagles and a birdie on the three par 5's.
Faldo/Stewart were out early in the day. The weather was
good. Later on the winds and the rains came in off the lake
and the scores in general dropped.
The setting looked super on the TV. The Lakes of Killarney
on one side of the course and the Macgillycuddy Reeks (mountains !)
on the other. A deer was picked out by the cameraman stepping
between the rhododendron bushes (probably an employee of the Irish
Tourist Board)
The other big (!) golfing event this week-end is the Digital Galway
Golf Society Captain's (John Melody) Prize to Birr G.C. on Saturday.
There are 63 players on the time-sheet. It should be a good day.
Louis
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| 1288.3 | Faldo back in form? | FLYWAY::BELL | | Fri Jun 21 1991 07:50 | 9 |
| Louis, thank you very much for posting the results of the first round.
I would very much appreciate (and I'm sure others as well), if you
could post the final results on Monday.
Sounds like Faldo is running into form at the right time to defend his
'Open'. It also sounds like a beautiful location. I hope the weather
stays fine for the tournament, although a bit of wind wouldn't be bad.
Do you know the course, have you ever played it ?
Norman
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| 1288.4 | Oh to play in Killarney | MACNAS::CARROLL | | Fri Jun 21 1991 08:25 | 9 |
| Norman,
No, I have not played Killarney. One of my goals is
to head south one fine week and play Killarney, Tralee, Ballybunion
and Waterville....
Maybe another noter can fill us in on the finer details
of the Killarney course.
Louis
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| 1288.5 | Saturday and Sunday | MACNAS::CARROLL | | Mon Jun 24 1991 04:35 | 90 |
| Saturday
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Conditions were foul today! Gale force winds and heavy rain
and the course fought back.
Nick Faldo got the measure of the conditions and shot a two
under par 70. He turned a three stroke deficit into a three
stroke lead by the end of the day.
One of the many caught by the weather was Payne Stewart, who
even though he started well ended the day with a 77 which
included a 42 on the back nine. The other leader Colin Montgomerie
had a 76.
Romero had hole in one.
So by Sat evening it looked like this:
213 Faldo
216 Claydon
Olazabal
Montgomerie
Nobilo
217 Poxon
Stewart
. . .
220 Langer
Sunday
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Sunday was a sun drenched day in Killarney. It was warm with a light
breeze.
Faldo could not be caught. He played very steady golf, making no
mistakes. He shot a 70 for the day to finish three strokes clear
of Colin Montgomerie.
Montgomerie looked like making a charge but bogies for him on
14 and 15 put paid to that.
Frank Nobilo of New Zealand was set to share 2nd but had a 5 at the
18th to join Carl Mason on joint 3rd.
Ireland's David Feherty has a 65 which I think was a course record.
Faldo's win (�61,000) will go a long way to help him qualify
on merit for the Ryder cup. (He would be selected in any case
as one of Gallacher's "chosed few" ) Montgomerie is doing well
in the money list and should get in.
The tournament was regarded as a great success even though the
result was a foregone conclusion after Faldo's great performance
on Saturday. It looks as if the people of Kerry gave the golfers
and all the connections and visitors a great time.
The Result: ( Level = 286)
283 Faldo
286 Montgomerie
287 Mason
Nobilo
288 Drummond
Olazabal
289 Parry
Walton
290 Fehery, Clark, Romero, Claydon
291 O'Connor Jnr
292 O'Malley, Davis
293 Williams, Singh, Saavedra, Stewart, Langer
PS The Digital Society Captain's Prize was won in Birr by Pat
Scully with 43 Stableford points off a handicap of 14!
Louis
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| 1288.6 | Great result | FLYWAY::BELL | | Mon Jun 24 1991 05:08 | 20 |
| Louis,
Thank you very much for this update. No surprise to see that
Faldo's back to form, but I'm very happy to see Colin Montgomerie do so
well, especially after I understand he had a disasterous start to the
third round including a triple bogey at the third (par 3). So it seems
he has the guts to fight back, which is a good sign for the Ryder Cup.
Looks like he and David Feharty will both make the team. Not so sure
about Ronan Rafferty who seems to be completely at sea at the moment.
Not to mention Sandy Lyle (did he make the cut).
Sunday must have been a picture with the lovely weather and the
scenery, and some great golf. I would love to have been there. Payne
Stewart seems to have disappeared from sight after his third round. I
guess the strain of being in contention for 7 consecutive rounds of
championship golf finally got to him (not surprising).
Thanks again for these updates. It only remains to say that Pat
Scully is a 'pirate' masquerading as a 14 handicapper, when he clearly
should be in single figures. -)
Norman
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