Blog #172 Results Irish Open & Procore Championship

Blog #172 Results Irish Open & Procore Championship

IRISH OPEN Royal County Down GC New Castle N Ireland Par 71.

Only TV coverage RDs 1 & 2 on ESPN+. 

ROUND 1 Difficult conditions in AM cold and showers.  Sun in PM, better scores.

1 Todd Clements Eng-5 66 Age 28 OWGR 291 DPWT wins 1.  He posted lowest RD of the day.

4 Rory McIlroy Irl-3 68 With this field he has a good chance to win.

ROUND 2 

1 Matteo Manassero Itl-6 65 Age 31 OWGR 127 DPWT wins 5, up from #20

2 Laurie Canter Eng, 4 Rory McIlroy-4 70, 19 Shane Lowry-2 69, Alex Fitzpatrick+1 72.

ROUND 3  Wind with light rain effected scoring.

1 Rory McIlroy-6 69 Eagles 1st hole and takes the lead. 

2 Matteo Manassero-5 72 Gave up lead but hanging in there.

3 Robert MacIntyre-3 69 Gets into contention with strong RD.

30 Shane Lowry+2 74 had problems with high winds.

FINAL ROUND 

1 Rasmus Hojgaard Den-9 65 Shoots lowest RD of the day, birdies 4 of last 5 holes to win.

2 Rory McIlroy-8 69 At one time was up 4 but bogied 15 & 17, another poor finish.

3 M Manassero-7 69 Four RDs under par, he could have won. 

5 Robert MacIIntyre-5 70 Good showing proves he is one of the better European players.

112 Shane Lowry -1 68 Shoots his lowest RD of tournament, was never in the hunt. 

          PROCORE Championship Napa CA

Neither NBC or CBS carried TV coverage.  Tee time started at 11:45 AM EST but players of interest not until 4PM.  Golf channel coverage did not start until 6PM.

ROUND 1

1 David Lipsky-7 65 One bogie 8 birdies

2 Patton Kizzire-6 66 Two bogies 8 birdies.

17 Sahith Theegala-3 69 3 bogies 6 birdies.

29 Wyndham Clark-2 70 Two bogies 4 birdies, pars last 8 holes.

39 Max Homa-1 71 Picked for Presidents Cup based on 2 years ago going 4-0-1. 

ROUND 2

1 Patton Kizzire(150/1)-13 66  Bogie free 7 birdies.

2 David Lipsky-12 67 One eagle, 1 DB, 3 bogies, 8 birdies. 

6 Sahith Theegala-6 66 Seven birdies and only 1 bogie.  If he stays away from bogies may win.

10 M Hughes-7 67 Bogie free RD 1 eagle 3 birdies, good showing for his Presidents cup pick.

Cut is -3 Max Homa-1 Wild RD with 6 bogies 6 birdies 6 pars.

Cut W Wyndham Clark+2 Shoots 76 +4 on last 3 holes. 

Cut Kevin Kisner+4 Looks like his PGA career may be over but a plus for NBC.

ROUND 3

1 Patton Kizzire-18 67 Six birdies 1 bogie. 

2 David Lipsky-14 69 Four birdies but bogies on 11&12 to lose lead.

3 M Hughes-13 66 Bogie free Rd 6 birdies, good showing for Presidents Cup pick.

7 Saahith Theegala-12 69 Four birdies only 1 bogie, he could still win this.

FINAL RD Again this tournament yields an unexpected winner as Kizzire’s(150/1) with his 3rd tour victory and 1st win in 6 years.  At age 38 his biggest win was Sony Open in 2018.

1 Patton Kizzire-20 70 Despite 3 bogies wins going away with 1 eagle and 24 birdies. $1.1M

2 David Lipsky-15 71 Four bogies in final RD scores go up each o f 4 RDs. $654K

4 Mackenzie Hughes-13 Good showing, he was questionable pick for Presidents Cup. $253K

7 Sahith Theegala-12 72 He should have repeated as champion only 2 birdies on RD4. $176K