Fairmont St Andrews, TORRANCE COURSE PHOTO BY MATT HOOPER
22 JUNE, 2022 - SHANK MEDIA, BY MATT HOOPER: 16 DAYS AGO CHARL SCHWARTZEL WAS WINNING THE FIRST EVER LIV Golf EVENT AT THE CENTURION CLUB NEAR LONDON, THE SOUTH AFRICAN EARNED $4.75MILLION FOR THAT WIN AND HIS PART IN THE STINGERS SUCCESS IN THE CONTROVERSIAL EVENT. NEXT TUESDAY THE 2011 MASTERS CHAMPION WILL BE TEEING IT UP WITH 70 OTHER HOPEFULS IN FINAL QUALIFYING FOR THE 150TH OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP AT THE FAIRMONT ST ANDREWS.
THE SOUTH AFRICAN IS THE STANDOUT NAME IN THE FIELD, BUT IS JOINED BY OTHER SURPRISING AND BIG NAMES INCLUDING 2018 RYDER CUP STAR ALEX NOREN, EUROPEAN TOUR WINNER EDDIE PEPPERELL AND 2020 SCOTTISH OPEN CHAMPION AARON RAI.
Fairmont St Andrews, TORRANCE COURSE PHOTO BY MATT HOOPER
2021 AMATEUR CHAMPION LAIRD SHEPHERD, 2021 HERO OPEN CHAMPION (AT THE FAIRMONT) GRANT FORREST, 2014 AMATEUR CHAMPION BRADLEY NEIL, AND MICHAEL LORENZO-VERA ARE ALSO NOTABLE NAMES WHO WILL BE COMPETING TO MAKE DREAMS COME TRUE AND EARN A PLACE IN THE FIELD FOR THE 150TH OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP.
LOCAL HOPEFULS JOHN PATERSON AND ALAN BERRINGTON WILL ALSO BE IN THE FIELD AFTER PROGRESSING FROM REGIONAL QUALIFYING AT PANMURE EARLIER THIS WEEK, YOU CAN READ MORE ABOUT THEM HERE.
Fairmont St Andrews, TORRANCE COURSE PHOTO BY MATT HOOPER
SHANK WILL HAVE FULL COVERAGE OF WHAT PROMISES TO BE A DRAMATIC DAY IN THE GOLFING CALENDAR, WITH THE FOCUS BEING ON JOHN AND ALAN FROM A LOCAL PERSPECTIVE, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE BIGGEST NAMES IN THE FIELD. WE'LL HAVE UPDATES THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON FACEBOOK AND TWITTER, WITH A ROUNDUP OF THE ACTION ON SHANKMEDIA.CO.UK/THE150THOPEN AND PHOTOGRAPHY FROM MATT HOOPER PHOTOGRAPHY ON FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, TWITTER AND THE WEBSITE.
KEY TEE TIMES
1ST ROUND
0700 JOHN PATERSON, AARON RAI, JOACHIM B HANSEN (10TH)
0710 Eddie Pepperell, PETER WHITEFORD, GARRICK PORTEOUS (10TH)
0720 ALEX NOREN, GRANT FORREST, PETER O'KEEFFE (10TH)
0730 BRADLEY NEIL, BEN MURRAY, DERMOT MCELROY (10TH)
0750 ALAN BERRINGTON, AUSTIN LEMIEUX, JAY MACKENZIE (10TH)
0805 MIKE LORENZO-VERA, NICKLAS LEMKE, JACK BROOKS (10TH)
0815 BRENDAN MCCARROLL, MATEO FERNANDEZ DE OLIVIEIRA, ESPEN KOFSTAD (10TH)
0835 MARC WARREN, PAUL WARING, LAIRD SHEPHERD (1ST)
0855 CHARL SCHWARTZEL, SANDY SCOTT, CRAIG ROSS (1ST)
Fairmont St Andrews, TORRANCE COURSE PHOTO BY MATT HOOPER
2ND ROUND
1245 JOHN PATERSON, AARON RAI, JOACHIM B HANSEN (1ST)
1255 EDDIE PEPPERELL, PETER WHITEFORD, GARRICK PORTEOUS (1ST)
1305 ALEX NOREN, GRANT FORREST, PETER O'KEEFFE (1ST)
1315 BRADLEY NEIL, BEN MURRAY, DERMOT MCELROY (1ST)
1335 ALAN BERRINGTON, AUSTIN LEMIEUX, JAY MACKENZIE (1ST)
1350 MIKE LORENZO-VERA, NICKLAS LEMKE, JACK BROOKS (1ST)
1400 BRENDAN MCCARROLL, MATEO FERNANDEZ DE OLIVIEIRA, ESPEN KOFSTAD (1ST)
1420 MARC WARREN, PAUL WARING, LAIRD SHEPHERD (10TH)
1440 CHARL SCHWARTZEL, SANDY SCOTT, CRAIG ROSS (1OTH)
THE TORRANCE COURSE AT FAIRMONT ST ANDREWS WILL BE THE HOST FOR THIS FINAL QUALIFIER, AND NEXT MONTH WILL ALSO STAGE THE DP WORLD TOUR'S HERO OPEN FOR THE SECOND TIME, GRANT FORREST WON THE TITLE HERE LAST AUGUST.
Fairmont St Andrews, TORRANCE COURSE PHOTO BY MATT HOOPER
