OLDCORN HOPING FOR INTERNATIONAL BREAKTHROUGH
DUTCH SENIOR OPEN PREVIEW
from EUROPEAN TOUR COMMUNICATIONS
Andrew
Oldcorn is hoping that a superb run of recent form can steer him
through a bout of fatigue and yield a first European Senior Tour title
of the season at the Dutch Senior Open, which takes
place at Amsterdam’s The International for the first time this week.
The
Scot has experienced an incredible purple patch since the beginning of
September, when a tied ninth place finish in the Travis Perkins plc
Senior Masters kicked off a run of five consecutive
top tens, including tied runner-up finishes at the WINSTONgolf Senior
Open and the French Riviera Masters.
Last
week’s tied fifth finish at the English Senior Open left him fourth in
the Order of Merit and €55,228 behind tournament winner Steen Tinning,
but the 53 year old is more focussed on just
securing a top six finish in the rankings which would earn him a place
in all of the Senior Majors in 2014.
“I
have been playing very well and the one thing that’s missing is just
being top of the pile at the end of the week,” said the three-time
European Tour winner, who also has one Senior Tour
title to his name. “I would like to think that with the confidence I've
mustered over the last few weeks, that might be something I have to aim
for but I'm struggling a bit this week so I just need to dig deep.
“To
be honest I'm running on empty at the moment. I'm physically and
mentally shattered. It’s the run we’ve had plus I wasn’t feeling very
well last weekend with a minor ear infection.
“This
week is so important for the Order of Merit now so there is a lot to
play for. I think with Steen winning last week I would almost have to
have a top five here and win in Mauritius (at
December’s MCB Tour Championship) and also hope that those guys ahead
of me don’t have a couple of high finishes and that’s very unlikely.
“I
just want to try and finish as high as I can in the rankings and get
that top six spot. I’ll try get through the first couple of days here
and see where it leaves me come Sunday.”
Paul
Wesselingh is targeting a return to the top spot in the Order of Merit
after he was deposed from the summit by Dane Tinning last week and the
Englishman is joined in the field by Australia’s
Peter Fowler, who lies one place further back in the rankings in third
as the race for the John Jacobs Trophy intensifies.
Oldcorn’s
compatriot and captain of the Great Britain and Ireland team which was
narrowly defeated by Continental Europe in the Seve Trophy by Golf+ last
week, Sam Torrance, is also present
as The 2002 Ryder Cup-winning captain looks to go one better than his
tied runner-up finish at August’s SSE Scottish Senior Open and seal a
first win of the season.
EUROPEAN TOUR COMMUNICATIONS
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