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Damian Mooney, Michael Mcgeady and Peter O’Keeffe.
who were joined by automatic finalists Stephen Browne, and Colm Moriarty.

Tour School Final - The San Roque Club
San Roque Club
Sotogrande, Cadiz, Spain

15 Nov 2007 - 20 Nov 2007
74 players are joined by 82 exempt from the stages up to the finals.

The Irish in the Final are Stephen Browne, and Colm Moriarty
joined by qualifiers
Damian Mooney, Michael McGeady and Peter O’Keeffe.

Peter O’KEEFFE (AM) Doudlas GC IRL
Michael McGEADY McCambridge Duffy IRL
Stephen BROWNE  Carroll Estates IRL
Colm MORIARTY Glasson G & CC IRL
Damian MOONEY Nevada Bob Belfast NIR

After round 2, the Irish best score was by Colm Moriarty at -1, tied 29th, with the leader on -7.

Next best was Damian Mooney at +3, tied for 94th,
Stephen Browne was on +5, tied 120th, with Peter OKeefe on +8, and McGeady on +9.

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Round 3.
Colm Moriarty bettered his score slightly moving to -2, and tied for 19th inside the Q mark.
Stephen Browne with a -2 move to +3,  tied 77th, a 76 by Mooney slipped back to +7, 76 by O’Keeffe and 75 by McGeady had them at +12.

Would Moriaty make the final top 30?
Round 4:
At the end of 4 rounds, the cut was put at +2 for the final 2 rounds,
Players who then missed the cut for the final 2 days:
Damian Mooney +7
122 MOONEY, Damian    +7 75 72 76 72 
150 O’KEEFFE, Peter (am)    +15 74 78 76 75     
154 McGEADY, Michael    +17 75 78 75 77

ROUND 4:
Colm Moriarty slipped to a 75 in Round 4, which has seriously rocked his challenge for a top 30 spot.

T60  BROWNE, Stephen *  18 Par 75 74 70 70
T60 MORIARTY, Colm *  18 +1 70 73 71 75

ROUND 5
Tied for 60th MORIARTY, Colm *  18 +1 70 73 71 75 72
Tied for 52nd BROWNE, Stephen *  18 Par 75 74 70 70 71

1 round left on Tuesday.
To make a top 30, Colm and Stephen are currently 3 to 5 shots off.
-4 would get a 24th position at present, -3 would be tied 32nd, which may be just outside.

Leader WIEGELE, Martin is at -15, with a 64 today  71 69 69 72 64

Best of the Irish Tour School Stage 2:

Tour School Stage 2 - Golf Costa Ballena
Golf Costa Ballena
Cadiz, Spain
07 Nov 2007 - 10 Nov 2007

PLACE Name  Nationality Score
13 MOONEY Damian NIR -7 65 73 71 72 281
73 HOEY  Michael NIR +10 75 73 74 76 298

Tour School Stage 2 - Arcos Gardens
Arcos Gardens
Jerez, Spain
07 Nov 2007 - 10 Nov 2007

32 DEVLIN Chris NIR +1 71 72 73 73 289 
32 MAYBIN Gareth NIR +1 73 69 74 73 289 
32 ROBINSON Glen IRL +1 72 74 71 72 289
60 MCDERMOTT Michael IRL +10 75 73 73 77 298

Tour School Stage 2 - Sherry Golf Jerez
Sherry Golf
Jerez, Spain
07 Nov 2007 - 10 Nov 2007

6 O’KEEFFE (AM) Peter IRL -5 71 68 72 72 283
15 McGEADY Michael IRL -3 73 69 74 69 285
62 MURRAY Alan IRL +11 78 73 74 74 299

Tour School Stage 2 - PGA de Catalunya
PGA Golf de Catalunya
Girona, Spain
07 Nov 2007 - 10 Nov 2007

21 FOX  Noel IRL Par  72 71 73 72 288
35 THORNTON Simon IRL +3 69 74 72 76 291
53 CULLEN Gary David IRL +9 72 75 74 76 297
60 KILPATRICK Richard NIR +12 74 77 79 70

The European Seniors Tour Qualifying School – Finals sees three former European Tour champions and two former World Cup winners looking to book their tickets for the 2008 Seniors Tour.
3 Irish in the Final Contest.

Follow live scores here

http://scores.europeantour.com

Sections A and B of the European Qualifying tour were played in Engand, france, Italy and Germany in September.

The 2nd Stage of the Qualifying took place in November 7-10th in Spain.

Irish players who made the 2nd stage Qualifying School were:
Stephen Browne, Mark Campbell, Noel Fox, Gary David Cullen, David Higgins, Micheal mcDermott, Michael mcGeady, Alan Murray, Peter O’Keeffe, Gary Robinson, Simon Thornton, Philip Walton.
Players from Northern Ireland include:
Chris Devlin, Michael Hoey, Richard Kilpatrick, Gareth Maybin, Damian Mooney.

FINAL QUALIFYING STAGE

November 15-20, 2007

San Roque Club, Old Course, Cadiz
San Roque Club, New Course, Cadiz
http://www.sanroqueclub.com/
Directions to San Roque

Qualifying to play in the EUropean PGA tour is the goal of Irishmen - this week in Pinta Course, Pestana, Portugal, 19-22 Nov.

Which Irish players made it through tot he Final Qualifiers?

In Hong Kong Open, Graeme McDowell scored 4 sub-69 rounds, carding 67, 66, 68, 68.
When 4 rounds of consistent form are not good-enough, then it must be difficult to stomach, admitting “I am a little bit frustrated but it is a great way to finish the year ”
He hads given himself something to play for next year - as he is closing in on a European Ryder Cup spot.

Graeme has had 10 top-20 finishes this year.

Graeme in fact ended behind 5 others, and 4 shots off the leader.

Miguel Angel Jiminez with 65, 67, 66, 67 took the title .

01 Jimenez -16

06 McDowell -11

= 20th McGrane -7

= 26th Murphy -6

= 50th McGinley +1

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In Japan, Padraig Harrington had a tie for the lead with 2 days of play left. His third round was his downfall, declaring “‘I ran out of a little bit of steam, got a little bit frustrated yesterday, (Saturday).”  he hit a 73 in his 3rd round which left him 6 strokes off the pace.

Harrington was never a factor in the final round at Phoenix Country Club, after starting the day six shots off the pace, but he shot a respectable 69 in tough, windy conditions to tie for fifth, six strokes behind winner Ian Poulter.

25-28 Oct Spain Irish Golf: Mallorca Classic Pula GC

18-21 Oct Portugal Irish Golf: Portugal Masters Oceãnico Victoria Clube de Golfe

1-4 Nov Spain Irish Golf: Volvo Masters Club de Golf  Valderrama

Details of the European Tour on the website at :

http://www.europeanirish.com/Sport/irishsport.html

18-Oct to 21 Oct
Italy 

Pitch & Putt: European Teams Championship,
Chia, http://www.ppui.ie

11-14 Oct Spain Irish Golf: Open de Madrid Real Sociedad Hípica Española Club de Campo Madrid, Spain
19-21 Oct Portugal Irish Golf: Portugal Masters Oceãnico Victoria Clube de Golfe
18-Oct Portugal Golf: PGA European tour Portugal Masters, Victoria Clube de Golfe
25-28 Oct Balearic Islands Golf: PGA European tour Mallorca Classic, Pula GC
17-21 Oct Italy Pitch & Putt: European Teams Championship, Chia

http://www.europeanirish.com/Sport

http://www.europeanirish.com/Sport/Sportsyear.htm

11-14 Oct Spain Golf: PGA European tour Open de Madrid
27-30 Sep Ireland Golf: PGA European tour Seve Trophy, The Heritage at Killenard
17-Oct Italy Pitch & Putt: European Teams Championship, Chia

 http://www.europeanirish.com/Sport/Sportsyear.htm

14-Sep Belgium Motor Racing: Formula 1  - spa - Francorchamps http://www.examiner.ie LINK
14-Sep France Rugby: Rugby World Cup 2007. England V South Africa St Denis  http://www.irishrugby.ie LINK
14-Sep Germany Golf: PGA European tour Mercedes-Benz Championship
Gut Lärchenhof http://www.europeantour.com LINK
14-Sep Italy Athletics:  WMA World Masters Championships Riccione  http://www.gbrathletics.com/ia2007.htm LINK
14-Sep Malta Swimming: MALTA (MLT)   European Youth Water Polo Championships Men  http://www.swimireland.ie LINK
14-Sep Portugal Motor Racing: MotoGP Astoril http://www.examiner.ie LINK
14-Sep Spain Cycling: La  Vuelta de Espana http://www.examiner.ie LINK
14-Sep Spain Equestrian - Show-jumping:  Samsung Super League Barcelona (ESP)  http://www.horsesport.ie/internationall.html LINK
15-Sep Belgium Motor Racing: Formula 1  - spa - Francorchamps http://www.examiner.ie LINK
15-Sep Europe Soccer: English Premier League live on Setanta across Europe : 5.15pm Chelsea v Blackburn Rovers  http://www.europeanirish.com/Sport/watchSetanta.htm LINK
15-Sep Europe Soccer: English Premier League live on Sky across Europe : Portsmouth v Liverpool (12.45pm) http://www.europeanirish.com/pubs LINK
15-Sep Europe Soccer: Scottish Premier League live on Setanta across Europe: HEARTS v RANGERS 12:30 http://www.europeanirish.com/pubs LINK
15-Sep France Rugby: Rugby World Cup 2007. Ireland  v  Georgia   Venue:Chaban Delmas http://www.irishrugby.ie LINK
15-Sep France Rugby: Rugby World Cup 2007. Ireland V Georgia Bordeaux  http://www.irishrugby.ie LINK
15-Sep France Rugby: Rugby World Cup 2007. New Zealand V Repechage 1 Lyon  http://www.irishrugby.ie LINK
15-Sep Germany Golf: PGA European tour Mercedes-Benz Championship
Gut Lärchenhof http://www.europeantour.com LINK
15-Sep Ireland Basketball: Senior Women Euro Q Ireland V Iceland - home Dublin http://www.basketballireland.ie LINK
15-Sep Italy Athletics:  WMA World Masters Championships Riccione  http://www.gbrathletics.com/ia2007.htm LINK
15-Sep Malta Swimming: MALTA (MLT)   European Youth Water Polo Championships Men  http://www.swimireland.ie LINK
15-Sep Portugal Motor Racing: MotoGP Astoril http://www.examiner.ie LINK
15-Sep Russia Boxing: Senior Men’s, WORLD BOXING CHAMPIONSHIPS RUS Moscow  http://www.iaba.ie LINK
15-Sep Spain Cycling: La  Vuelta de Espana http://www.examiner.ie LINK
15-Sep Spain Equestrian - Show-jumping:  Samsung Super League Barcelona (ESP)  http://www.horsesport.ie/internationall.html LINK
16-Sep Belgium Motor Racing: Formula 1  - spa - Francorchamps http://www.examiner.ie LINK
16-Sep Europe GAA: All-Ireland - Live Coverage in Europe:  Bank of Ireland All Ireland Football Championship Final
(Replay 30/09/07)
ESB All Ireland Minor Football Championship Final http://www.europeanirish.com/Sport/watchSetanta.htm LINK
16-Sep Europe Soccer: English Premier League live on Sky across Europe : Man City v Aston Villa (4pm) http://www.europeanirish.com/pubs LINK
16-Sep France Rugby: Rugby World Cup 2007. France V Namibia Toulouse  http://www.irishrugby.ie LINK
16-Sep France Rugby: Rugby World Cup 2007. Samoa V Repechage 2 Montpellier  http://www.irishrugby.ie LINK
16-Sep Germany Athletics:  ISTAF (IAAF Golden League) Berlin http://www.athleticsireland.ie LINK
16-Sep Germany Golf: PGA European tour Mercedes-Benz Championship
Gut Lärchenhof http://www.europeantour.com LINK
16-Sep Portugal Motor Racing: MotoGP Astoril http://www.examiner.ie LINK
16-Sep Russia Boxing: Senior Men’s, WORLD BOXING CHAMPIONSHIPS RUS Moscow

Golf:
European Tours this week:
Challenge Tour:
ECCO Tour Championship
Odense GK
Odense, Denmark
Irish Players are:
Colm Moriarty, Mark Murphy, Justin Kehoe
After a 67 on day 1 Colm Moriarty is the only Irish player likely to make the cut here.

Projected Cut is -1.

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European PGA TOUR
Johnnie Walker -
Gleneagles Scotland (Par 73 course)
Marc Warren led afte Day 1 with a round of 65 (-8)
Irish players are: Peter Lawrie who hit a 72 on day 1 was at -1
Darren Clarke hit par with a 73
Gary Murphy was level at 73
David Higgins was at +1 (74)

Follow their Progress on the live scoreboard at http://scores.europeantour.com/
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The Senior Tour is in Woburn England
Irish PLayers are:
Eamonn Darcy
Denis OSullivan
Jimmy Hegarty
Paul Leonard
Liam Higgins

After the first day of the The KLM Open, Kennemer Golf and Country Club
23 Aug 2007 - 26 Aug 2007
Gary Mrphy was lying in joint 20th place, at -3, one stroke ahead of David Higgins on -2.
Ireland’s Damien McGrane was +1 over,

French player Gonnet joint with Teshima from Japan led the field at -6.

Into the 2nd round today -

England’s David Carter hit back to back 65’s, to lead the field at -10.
joint on -8 are Alker and local lad Luiten of New Zealand and Netherlands.
Although play is still ongoing, David Higgins has completed a 67 to go with yesterday’s 68 moving to joint 9th place on -5.

Gary Murphy hit a 1+ for today’s round of 71, to drop back to -2 overall.

-1 being the projected cut, Damien McGrane at +4 after 11 holes looks unlikely to continue in htis competition.

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Playing in Germany in POSTBANK Challenge presented by Marcel Siem, Golfclub Mülheim an der Ruhr
23 Aug 2007 - 26 Aug 2007

The Challenge Tour

POSTBANK Challenge presented by Marcel Siem, Golfclub Mülheim an der Ruhr
23 Aug 2007 - 26 Aug 2007
After round 1
Ireland’s Noel Fox was at -3, four shots off the leader.
Michael McGeady was on level Par.
Mark Murphy  and Justin Kehoe shot a respectable 72 each to rest at +1
Daniel Sugrue was at +2.

Today into Round 2:
Noel Fox, Justion kehoe, Mark Murphy and Michael McGeady all teed off at between 14:00 and 14:30
Daniel Sugrue has finished with a 71 today to stay at +2.
The leader now at -12, after England’s Paul Waring shot an amazing -62 today.

15-18 Aug Slovenia Golf: European Senior Team Championship

Where in Slovenia are the Irish golfers playing next week? check examiner.ie for details

Also follow Irish Senior golfers 
 at  the Bad Ragaz PGA Seniors Open
Golf Club Bad Ragaz
Switzerland
10 Aug 2007 - 12 Aug 2007

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Follow the European PGA tour:
follow the Irish at
Scandinavian Masters
Arlandastad GC
Stockholm, Sweden

16 Aug 2007 - 19 Aug 2007 

The KLM Open
Kennemer Golf and Country Club
Netherlands

23 Aug 2007 - 26 Aug 2007
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of course there is the small matter of the US PGA this weekend…
US PGA CHAMPIONSHIP
Southern Hills CC
Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA

09 Aug 2007 - 12 Aug 2007
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Finally the Irish are on the European Challenge Tour:
Rolex Trophy
GC de Genève
Switzerland

16 Aug 2007 - 19 Aug 2007

Lexus Open
Miklagard GC, Kløfta
Norway

16 Aug 2007 - 19 Aug 2007

POSTBANK Challenge presented by Marcel Siem
Golfclub Mülheim an der Ruhr
Germany

23 Aug 2007 - 26 Aug 2007

Find the European Tour PGA at:

http://www.europeanirish.com/Sport/IrishSport.htm

Other Irish Events in Germany -  Rince Tir na nOg, Rambling Rovers, Pure Irish Drops

http://www.europeanirish.com/Music/bands/irishbandswest.html
10-12 Aug Canoe: Flatwater Racing World Championships Duisburg

1719 -Aug Motor Racing: WRC R10,. Rallye Deutschland Trier
22-24 Aug Golf: European Mens Individual Championship

http://www.europeanirish.com/Sport/Sportsyear.htm

Netherlands 
11-Aug Swimming: STAVOREN (NED) LEN Open Water Sw. Cup  Open Dutch Championships Marathon
23-26 Aug mGolf: PGA European tour The KLM Open, Kennemer Golf and Country Club 

Switzerland 
2-5 Aug Swimming: GENEVA (SUI) International Meeting   Comen Cup 2007. 
25th August  Basketball: Match in Ireland V Switzerland  Senior Men -

France 
2-5 Aug Swimming: PARIS (FRA) International Meeting - Open  LEN Summer Event
25-Aug GAA: European GAA   Merdrignac Beach Gaelic à Ploudalmezeau (29)

Germany 
8-12 Aug Canoe: Flatwater Racing World Championships Duisburg
17-19 Aug Germany Motor Racing: WRC R10,. Rallye Deutschland Trier
22-25 Aug Germany Golf: European Mens Individual Championship
26-30 Aug Germany Rowing:  World Rowing Championship, Munich

http://www.europeanirish.com/Sport/Sportsyear.htm

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Live Coverage all across the Continent of
The All-Ireland Hurling and Football Quarter-Finals, Semi-Finals, and Replays.
Add - Ireland’s  Rugby World Cup Warm-up matches against Scotland (11th Aug), and Italy (24th)
and venues to watch Irish top Soccer players with English based teams as the English Premiership gets underway.
http://www.europeanirish.com/Sport/watchSetanta.htm

For Irish Sports in North Europe:

Finland 
3-5 Aug Motor Racing: WRC R9 neste Rally Finland, Jyvaskyla
Sweden 
 7-Aug Athletics:  DN Galan (IAAF Super Grand Prix) Stockholm  
16-19 Aug Golf: PGA European tour Scandinavian Masters, Arlandastad Golf

Find links for Athletics Ireland, and the European Golf Tour at

http://www.europeanirish.com/Sport/index01Aug.html

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Live Coverage all across the Continent of
The All-Ireland Hurling and Football Quarter-Finals, Semi-Finals, and Replays.
Add - Ireland’s  Rugby World Cup Warm-up matches against Scotland (11th Aug), and Italy (24th)
and venues to watch Irish top Soccer players with English based teams as the English Premiership gets underway.
http://www.europeanirish.com/Sport/watchSetanta.htm

There are many Irish appearances in Central and Eastern Europe this month - with Irish featuring in Basketball, Soccer, Waterpolo, Boxing, Show-Jumping, Golf, and there will be a huge following to the F1 Motor racing Grand Prix.

This month

Belarus host Northern ireland’s Women’s team n the European Championship match on the 1st (today).

On the 2nd the Golf PGA European tour’s Russian Open, starts at Le Meridien Moscow CC. Running through to Sunday.

On Friday the 3rd - Equestrian - Show-jumping: FEI Nations Cup Series CSIO4* takes place in Hungary.
For Irish Car-racing fans, Hungary will also host Motor Racing: Formula 1 Hungaroring this weekend

Moving to Bulgaria on Friday 4th , Irish Basketball youths play in Sofia
Under 18 Men - 3rd to 12th August - Sofia, Bulgaria http://europeanirish.com/blog/category/sport/basketball/

With athletics in Austria on the 5th,
Patras in Greece also hosts the Women’s European Youth Water Polo Championships starting on the 5th.

In Hungary 6th to 10th August International Women box for the Witch Cup - will Ireland’s Katie Taylor be there? Katie Taylor is due to defend the gold medal she won at last years Witch Cup.

http://www.europeanirish.com/Sport/IrishSport.htm

From 7th Aug, Irish men’s Senior Boxers are in Kalingrad Russia for the AMBER GLOVES tournament.

In Slovenia the Irish Senior Golf Team competes in the European Championships starting on the 15th.

The MotoGP Round 12 comes to Brno Czech Rep on 17th August.

Irish Sports Events in East & Central Europe don’t stop there:

http://www.europeanirish.com/Sport

With F1 Grand Prix Motor Racing in Turkey,
FINA Swimming in Vienna Austria, Starigrad Croatia, and Kranj Slovenia.

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Now add Live Coverage all across the Continent of
The All-Ireland Hurling and Football Quarter-Finals, Semi-Finals, and Replays.
Add - Ireland’s  Rugby World Cup Warm-up matches against Scotland (11th Aug), and Italy (24th)
and venues to watch Irish top Soccer players with English based teams as the English Premiership gets underway.
http://www.europeanirish.com/Sport/watchSetanta.htm

Report from Friday’s Independent.ie

IRELAND yesterday brushed aside the disappointment of failing to qualify for the top flight in the European Ladies Team Championship in Milan and positively set about the task of finishing in the best possible position in the Euro rankings - ninth.

Ireland got off to the best start against an under-rated Norwegian team, winning the foursomes match courtesy of Deirdre Smith and Maura Morrin who were never troubled by Amalie Valle and Lene Morch and romped to a 6&4 success in double-quick time.

Playing at the top of the singles order Irish champion Karen Delaney continued her woeful run by crashing 4&3 to an inspired Lene Krog.

But her sister Tara got the show back on the road by defeating Marita Engzelius by 2&1 and was one under par in the process.

Northern Ireland’s Danielle McVeigh was an easy 4&3 winner over Tonje Daffinrud to secure victory for Ireland. Marian Riordan lost the last match but that was only of academic interest as the Irish team won 3-2. They now meet Scotland who had to pull out all the stops yesterday to dispose of Slovenia.

http://www.independent.ie/sport/golf/ireland-see-off-norway-in-bid-for-ninth-spot-1035315.html

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