Saturday, August 12, 2017

Play-off drama before Shoot-out Sunday at N Ireland Open
  
 
Max Orrin
Picture of Max Orrin in action today by courtesy of Getty Images(c)

A five-man play-off for two spots was required to determine the top 24 at the Galgorm Resort and Spa Northern Ireland Open presented by Modest! Golf as the tournament now becomes a six-hole match play competition for the final day. at the Ballymena venue
‘Shoot-out Sunday’ is a series of head-to-head knock-out stroke-play matches, with the player with the lowest total score over six holes progressing. A special shoot-out hole, a shortened version of the 18th, will be used should a play-off be required after any of the games.
Twenty-two players, headed by Matthias Schwab, sealed their spots, with Wil Besseling, Steven Brown, Julian Kunzenbacher, Max Orrin and Manuel Trappel all tied on five under par after 54 holes.
Orrin’s birdie on the first extra hole took him into Shoot-out Sunday, with Brown dropping out with a bogey. The three others all parred before Trappel birdied at the second time of asking and took the final place in the top 24.
In so doing, Trappel (27) became the third Austrian to qualify, joining Schwab and Lukas Nemecz, and he was delighted by his achievement.
Orrin’s calm outward appearance in sealing his place belied his inner anxiety, the Englishman a combination of relief and delight to have qualified for the match-play part of the week.
 “That was probably the most nerve-wracking times I’ve ever had on a golf course,” said the 23 year old. “Not so much because of the situation, but lately I just keep missing cuts by one, so to actually to qualify for a change is great for my confidence.
“I birdied 15 to get to five but then doubled 16 and thought that was it, had given up a little bit, but made a couple of birdies on the last two to get in a play-off and I’m over the moon.
“It’s obviously a new format now so I’m not really sure what to expect, but if you play well, the job’s the same thing really, you’ll keep progressing.
“With it being such a short format you won’t get much time to ease your way in, so I’ll hope to keep playing well and see where that takes me.”
Schwab’s 64 was the low round of the week and saw him lead outright after 54 holes on 11 under par, one ahead of Nemecz, Ross Kellett and Victor Riu.
The top eight are all seeded into the second round of matches on Shoot-out Sunday. They are: Schwab, Riu, Nemecz, Ross Kellett, Bradley Neil, Tom Murray, Nico Geyger and Alessandro Tadini.
The first round of matches will be contested between the following players: Christian Braeunig, Jerôme Lando Casanova, Ashley Chesters, Sean Einhaus, Estanislao Goya, Daan Huizing, David Law, Thomas Linard, Matthew Nixon, Orrin, Martin Rohwer, Ricardo Santos, Cormac Sharvin, Robin Sciot-Siegrist, Trappel and Jeff Winther.
The draw is due to be done by Niall Horan of presenting sponsor Modest! Golf this evening – for full details see the Challenge Tour website and social media feeds.
Scores after Round Three:
par 213 (3x71)
202 M Schwab (Austria) 67 71 64
203 R Kellett (Sco) 68 66 69, L Nemecz (Austria) 68 67 68, V Riu (Fra) 67 69 67
204 B Neil (Sco) 68 70 66, T Murray (Eng) 67 67 70 
205 A Tadini (Ita) 71 66 68, N Geyger (Chile) 69 68 68 
206 C Sharvin (NIre 68 72 66, D Law (Sco) 69 69 68 
207 R Santos (Portugal) 66 74 67, E Goya (Arg) 72 66 69, S Einhaus (Ger) 72 68 67, J Winther (Denmark) 73 69 65, M Nixon (Eng) 67 69 71, J Lando Casanova (Fra) 68 70 69, R Sciot-Siegrist (Fra) 70 69 68, C Braeunig (Ger) 70 68 69, T Linard (Fra) 67 69 71, A Chesters (Eng) 71 70 66, M Rohwer (SAf) 68 73 66, D Huizing (Netherlands) 67 72 68
208 S Brown (Eng) 69 69 70, W Besseling (Netherlands) 70 69 69, J Kunzenbacher (Ger) 69 71 68, M Trappel (Austria) 73 68 67, M Orrin (Eng) 69 69 70
209 R Saxton (Netherlands) 71 69 69, A Pavan (Ita) 69 69 71, R Finch (Eng) 72 69 68, B Poke (Denmark) 75 65 69, N McCarthy (Eng) 66 71 72, L Gagli (Ita) 70 70 69
210 P Maddy (Eng) 67 72 71, D Van Driel (Ned) 69 67 74, D McGrane (Irl) 68 72 70, E Cuartero Blanco (Esp) 71 65 74, C Griffiths (Eng) 70 69 71, C Sordet (Fra) 73 69 68, J Dantorp (Swe) 71 71 68, J Carlota (Por) 68 73 69, J Hansen (Den) 73 69 68, J Maw (Eng) 69 73 68, S Henry (Sco) 70 69 71,
211 R Hjelm (Den) 72 69 70, C Ford (Eng) 69 72 70, K Phelan (Irl) 70 72 69, M Laskey (Wales) 68 70 73, E Johansen (Norway) 72 68 71, J Girrbach (Switz) 68 72 71, J Doherty (Sco) 70 71 70, J Rutherford (Eng) 72 68 71, J Parry (Eng) 72 68 71, M Hoey (NIre) 69 72 70, M Fenasse (Fra) 74 66 71
212 C Koepka (USA) 71 69 72, M Ovesen (Denmark) 70 71 71, M Haastrup (Denmark) 71 70 71, N O'Briain (Ire) 70 70 72, J Harrison (Eng) 68 74 70, G Porteous (Eng) 70 72 70
213 B Rusch (Switz) 69 73 71, R McCarthy (Australia) 71 68 74, A Dalgliesh (Eng) 75 67 71 
214 S Thornton (Irl) 68 72 74
215 C Blomstrand (Swe) 70 72 73, M Ford (Eng) 72 70 73, G King (Eng) 66 76 73, C Gane (Eng) 70 72 73
217 R Gonzalez (Arg) 70 70 77, J Van Der Vaart (Netherlands) 70 68 79
220 J Allan (Eng) 70 72 78, N Ravano (Ita) 69 71 80
                                      
 
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