*Qatar Masters inrunning*

Entrance fee is 50 Riyals (about £8). Before this year it has always been free to get in. I'm really surprised that they starting charging this year as the crowds were never that great when it was free to get in.

Off to the course in 30mins. Going to watch Gonzo today.

play suspended due to very strong winds !?!

anyone have any information whether or not there will be any play today or any thoughhts about whether we'll have a shortened tournament? Its not looking too good for today from my limited viewing earlier anyway

I don't know if they will be able to play more today or not, but I don't think the tournament will be shortened no matter as forecasted wind wont be strong enough to stop play neither saturday nor sunday.

  So there should be plenty of time to play all 4 rounds.

Thanks Eddie,

I am sure it will be your money, but Scott Jamieson @ 1000s +1 must be worth a few quid.

Having KJ and Hanson from the start means it looks ok for me. My biggest winners are now, Jamieson and Gonnet but I have alot around the -1 mark including Larrazabal and Willet that are big winners also.

can anybody explain how damien magrane is -5 thru nine holes today? a superhuman effort

You are correct, most of what's up there is mine.  He is right on the borderline though @ being a 1000 shot, so I'll probably cancel whatever is left before he start playing, or maybe even earlier.
  The latter will depend on how the field will be performing when they are back out.

eddie dont answer if its too intrusive..but when your laying your 1000 shots how much liability would you typically put up on each?

Normally 100 plus quid up there so my guess is around 150k (including is pre-tee off lays?)

Who are your big greens Eddie? My guess is KJ (40s + at tee off was a gift) and I know you are a big fan of his.

Any update on whether anymore play expected today?

No more play today sigh

54 a cert

any chance of todays scores being cancelled or is that a thing of the past now ?

54 it is

west is that official? as donny said are todays scores erased?

Lol." Hey Branden them 4 birdies you have had have been scrapped son ".

what about poor damien magraine -5 thru 9

im going to keep close tabs on the likes of DM, brandon grace and jason day on the windy links courses in future, they have all played the conditions impeccably

Official  Round 2 will be finished tomorrow 3rd round Sunday

"Sponsors insist this finishes Sunday so it will be a 54 hole tournament"

so do todays scores stand or not

If only Donny, i had Gmac in the 3 ball

yes todays scores stand

5-45 am re-start our time tomorrow.Why would today's scores not count ?

frames some time ago early scores were scrapped when a tourney was curtailed

any one think big john can kick on from his position?

Its wide open with anyone shooting around 68 on Sunday can leapfrog to the lead. Does Daly put in 3 consistent rounds these days. I think not

no hardly ever west, but hes capable of going stupidly low on round two and maybe clinging on for dear life come sunday

tony jacklin shot 29 front nine at the open at st andrews before play was stopped for bad weather

as nobody finished their round the scores were scrapped



it never seems to happen these days but i never noticed a ruling
to say when that system was scrapped .....

He did shoot 29 ,ended up with a 67 and scores stood.

I think scores were once scrapped on the european tour when they had to change to preferred lies but could be wrong.

you are right frames, false memories

First round scores were scrapped in a European tour event at Hoylake in 1981, give or take a year, Mosey beat Jacklin in a playoff I think, over 54 holes.

sweetchild and eric, at the most during last year I could have as much as £ 400 - 450 up on the 1000 shots, but since I hit PC3 of 40 % in October stakes has been peanuts compared to that and most weeks I've done nothing.
  I've had some losses during the last couple of weeks, so is now "allowed" to win that(and a little more) back without having to pay PC3. 
I've therefore been a little more involved in the golf markets the lst two weeks. I've only done the Eurotour seriously though and have had roughly £ 110 up on the 1000 shots these two weeks.

And you are correct again eric

Choi is my biggest green as he was the only player I tried to back this week.  I got some @ 40, but not that much.
Those who are fully laid atm are roughly 55 k red and Paul Lawrie, Kaymer, Lynn, Finch and Garcia are in this group.

Those I haven't laid a penny on are roughly 50 k green atm and Choi( a little more on him), Westwood, Quiros, Molinari, Willett and Green are in this group.

has anyone got a link to the revised 2nd round please.

at the open at birkdale in the late 80s the third round was abandoned for the day and scores were scrapped. The weather was horrendous and hubert green (i think) ripped it up only to see his score deleted.

im sure its happened a few times in minor events too in recent years

Thanks eddie always interesting.

For me, I am green Hanson, KJ, Lawrie, Gonzo, Willet, Larrazabal, Gonnet.

Red Day and alot more. so looking OK especially if Gonnet can challenge

Appalling decision to suspend play for the entire day. By 2pm Qatar time the wind was as low as it has been all week. They could have easily got 3 or 3 1/2 hours play in between 2 and 5:30pm. Just before play was suspended we heard Gmacs caddy ranting about how there would be uproar amongst today's early starters if the players didn't go back out today. I don't disagree with the decision to suspend play when they did but they should have definitely gone back out later on.

It really is a wide open tournament now. I'd tell you my pre-tournament picks but it would just sound like after timing at this point. Good luck to all

You live over there Harry or on your Hols?

I go to the event every year. On my way to the course now to watch Paul Lawrie's group this morning. Weather seems calmer today although still windy. Will be interesting to see what it's like on the course.

good luck to "denno's lad",he's -2 for the rnd thru 12 probably needs one more birdie for his first pay packet on the pro tour.

3 under for the round now, but still probably need one more to make the cut.
  Fingers crossed..

good effort anyway young denno

pleasing signs

Hanson going very, very well. That should do it.

Sergio looks good,think the winner might come from the early/late draw.

called this totally wrong unless lawrie or kaymer can come up trumps..i have day also but he could be 4/5 shots astray by close

no i dont have day..wtf am i on about

Nice to see scott Jamieson making a few birdies, I think anybody -3 or better will be in good shape for a win tomorrow

kj having a mare

eric it may just fall short, i can see the leader being -7/-8 by close

this course you can shoot -7 or -8 tomorrow those on -3 will have a chance believe me, yes I do expect the leader to be -8 and that will be Hanson or so I hope.

If had to pick a likely type right now, it would be Kaymer after a back nine blitz.

Ricardo gonzalez is overpriced for a lad who has 2 top 20s in the last 2 years,has had just one bogey all week.That will be my only bet this week,hold for the treble bogey.

Bogey, bogey Hanson, 5 tied!

penalty for lawrie possibly

incredible two weeks running, rory now lawrie ffs

Never heard of that before, a penalty because the marker might have moved?

kingston, siem, colsarts , hanson, lynn, day, wall


frames and eddie in 7th  heaven

very difficult to call a winner at this stage

Any one from 20!Should be great final round,unlike last weeks damp squib.(in europe that is)

i wouldnt like to be pricing this up

I went out and watched the Lawrie/Hanson/Molinari group play the front 9.

Lawrie = solid
Molinari = up and down, putted poorly
Hanson = scored well but only hit 3 out of 9 greens on the front nine. He holed two shots from just off the putting surface.

Wind no where near as bad as yesterday. I've left the course now and watching the rest on tv.

you have to believe someone will get it to at least -8

they are like a pack of dogs and happy to run with the pace

hit the front and they look around for company

Hanson been shocking since getting to -7.

so if -8 leads how far back can you come from to win this? in theory -2 would have a chance but its the sheer number of players between -2 and the lead thats the problem

Winner will come from no more than 3 back,hopefully ricardo.

lawrie has been rock steady..just that stupid penalty

Is it 2 ball or 3 ball for sunday?

Hi Guys, at the start of this tournament I backed 10 players for a total stake of £163. As we go into the final round (Sunday) my situation is Paul Lawrie + £740, Colsaerts +£487 and Gonzales + £507. If one of the above doesnt win my liability is -£12.92....not too bad eh?

yeah thats good, why not do a little bit more tinkering and get rid of the last bit of red

lawrie is my only real hope and i backed nine at the outset

so from a selfish point of view i hope the wind picks up a little..not too bad just linksy type wind

Sweetchildofmine, Have faith in Lawrie, I have. He is playing out of his skin these last three weeks. On Reporting Scotland 4 weeks ago he was speaking about his game and he said he was going to have a real go at getting into the Ryder Cup. Yes, he does make some daft mistakes but I feel that his determination may well get him through tomorrow...time will tell. GL anyway, whatever you decide

the incentive is there, if he wins he gets into the wgc matchplay and the masters

just feel if the wind gets up again it will blow a lot of his challengers off course without neccessarily hindering him a lot

When does the final round tee off? Lawrie\?

8.25am our time in 3 balls.

Thanks.. Backed lowrie pre tourn.. cant decide if to trade..

I would green up si-k,can see a lot of changes during the round.Very hard to pick a winner from leaders.

somebody on -3/-4/-5 is likely to shoot a 65 on sunday ..question is who and will it be enough?

Is it not on telly i cant find it?

found it impatient prxxck

Those Taylormade driver love adverts have THE most annoying music (if you can call it that) ever...

Radar just said, "there's a guy here watching skysports on his computer!" I bet that isn't the ONLY thing he is doing on it...

Yeah I was thinking that...

God Day is slow

Lawrie you pr*ck. Easy putt missed. Wave bye bye to the trophy

Two guys who must be avoided at all costs, Coetzee and Coeltarts.

why is lawrie fav

Ah well.

that'll be the guy on his computer 

really impressive stuff from lawrie, on this form could have another open in him, nice to see daly up their in 3rd

i intend to stay on the right side of jason day this season, hes improving at an amazing rate

Sir Paul is in some form at the moment, has got to be in Open calculations at the moment, just hope he hasn't peaked too soon.

well-done paul lawrie

rhino last time he won this event he won the open the same year