Rose leads as hope evaporates for Lawrie, Phelan and Harrington
Justin Rose. Picture: Getty Images
Peter Lawrie and Kevin Phelan must go to Q-School if they want to win full playing privileges for 2016 after the missed the cut in the UBS Hong Kong Open.
As for Pádraig Harrington (70-72), who needed a Top-2 finish to keep his season going, the world No 124 also failed to make the weekend and so failed to qualify for the European Tour’s Final Series for the second year running.
The 2015 season will still go down as a winning one for Harrington following his victory in the Honda Classic in March. But for Lawrie and Phelan, only a succcessful trip to PGA Catalunya can make up for their disappointments.
The good news for Irish fans is that Graeme McDowell is teid 10th, just four shots behind Justin Rose, after a 69.
As for Lawrie, 41, he had one foot on the plane home after an opening 78 and a four over 74 saw him miss his 15th cut from 29 starts this year and his 37th from the last 57 events (64.9%).
Phelan will be even more disappointed to miss the cut in an event where he needed a Top-6 finish at worst to win back his card.
He was tied sixth after an opening 66 but shot 76 on Firday to miss out by two strokes.
At the top of the leaderboard, Rose opened up a one shot lead on nine under after rounds of 65 and 66 and admitted he had one eye on Ryder Cup team-mate Ian Poulter, who is hot on his heels just two strokes back.
“Poulter is a past champion is and he’s on the leaderboard,” he said. “He’s always good when he’s got something to prove, and he’s probably a dangerous guy now that he’s outside the top 50 in the world, and I know that he’ll be desperate to get back in it. He always plays well when he has motivation, so he’s obviously going to be tough to beat too.”
McDowell moved to five under after a 69 which featured five birdies and four bogeys, while American Ryder Cup star Patrick Reed fired a 69 to sit at three under. There was no such luck for hios fellow countryman Dustin Johnson, however, as the World Number Eight missed the cut at one over after a 72.
UBS Hong Kong Open, Hong Kong GC (Par 70)
131 J Rose (Eng) 65 66,
132 L Bjerregaard (Den) 66 66,
133 L Wei-Chih (Tpe) 64 69, I Poulter (Eng) 67 66,
134 Y Yang (Kor) 68 66, A Lahiri (Ind) 67 67, M Ford (Eng) 69 65, N Holman (Aus) 68 66, M Fitzpatrick (Eng) 67 67,
135 J Singh (Ind) 65 70, G Bhullar (Ind) 69 66, Graeme McDowell (Nir) 66 69, O Fisher (Eng) 66 69, L Wen-Tang (Tpe) 67 68, A Pavan (Ita) 64 71, R McEvoy (Eng) 67 68,
136 P Meesawat (Tha) 67 69, S Chawrasia (Ind) 66 70, J Scrivener (Aus) 68 68, J Knutzon (USA) 68 68, S Brazel (Aus) 69 67, R Gangjee (Ind) 66 70, R Wannasrichan (Tha) 69 67,
137 J Janewattananond (Tha) 69 68, S Yates (Sco) 69 68, P Reed (USA) 68 69, D Chia (Mas) 71 66, S Supupramai (Tha) 68 69, M Kawamura (Jpn) 68 69, R Gonzalez (Arg) 69 68, R Dinwiddie (Eng) 69 68, M Nixon (Eng) 70 67, P Marksaeng (Tha) 70 67,
138 M Fraser (Aus) 72 66, U Park (Aus) 68 70, A Groom (Aus) 68 70, S Rahman (Ban) 67 71, V Dubuisson (Fra) 68 70, N Fung (Mas) 71 67, C Lee (Sco) 71 67, D Lipsky (USA) 68 70, M Foster (Eng) 69 69, S Jamieson (Sco) 71 67, C Pan (Tpe) 65 73, L Jensen (Den) 70 68, T Jaidee (Tha) 71 67, R Karlberg (Swe) 69 69,
139 D Gaunt (Aus) 68 71, A Dodt (Aus) 71 68, S Lee (Kor) 70 69, A Que (Phi) 72 67, A Da Silva (Bra) 71 68, C Nirat (Tha) 67 72, P Hanson (Swe) 69 70, E Goya (Arg) 73 66, J Kruger (RSA) 71 68, D Drysdale (Sco) 68 71, L Weber (Fra) 73 66, M Lundberg (Swe) 71 68, J Walters (RSA) 71 68,
140 D Van Tonder (RSA) 73 67, W Ormsby (Aus) 71 69, P Pittayarat (Tha) 70 70, P Maddy (Eng) 70 70, J Wang (Kor) 71 69, B Evans (Eng) 69 71, C Paisley (Eng) 70 70, R Kakko (Fin) 67 73, T Pilkadaris (Aus) 69 71, P Tangkamolprasert (Tha) 71 69, C Pigem (Esp) 69 71, G Havret (Fra) 72 68, P Uihlein (USA) 70 70, M Perera (Sri) 71 69, C Shih-Chang (Tpe) 71 69, J Randhawa (Ind) 70 70,
CUT LINE
141 J Colomo (Esp) 72 69, E Espana (Fra) 71 70, R Khan (Ind) 70 71, K Horne (RSA) 75 66, J Barnes (Eng) 71 70, D Johnson (USA) 69 72, M Korhonen (Fin) 74 67,
142 J Lando Casanova (Fra) 73 69, M Ilonen (Fin) 70 72, D Horsey (Eng) 70 72, C Phadungsil (Tha) 70 72, B Easton (RSA) 69 73, V Riu (Fra) 76 66, R Lee (Can) 71 71, Padraig Harrington (Irl) 70 72, Kevin Phelan (Irl) 66 76, P Junhasavasdikul (Tha) 72 70, C Kim (USA) 68 74, S Kapur (Ind) 70 72, D Brooks (Eng) 71 71,
143 T Lewis (Eng) 70 73, A Vongvanij (Tha) 68 75, M Crespi (Ita) 72 71, M Mamat (Sin) 70 73, P Peterson (USA) 74 69, L Wen-Chong (Chn) 70 73, C Doak (Sco) 71 72, J Lara (Esp) 71 72, J Lagergren (Swe) 70 73, S Hend (Aus) 69 74, C Plaphol (Tha) 71 72, M Jiménez (Esp) 70 73,
144 A Kang (USA) 72 72, J Carlsson (Swe) 71 73, J Stewart (Hkg) 74 70, T Tang (Hkg) 74 70, J Higginbottom (Aus) 74 70, J Roos (RSA) 73 71, T Wiratchant (Tha) 72 72, A Atwal (Ind) 73 71,
145 S Barr (Aus) 71 74, J Edfors (Swe) 73 72, G Mulroy (RSA) 74 71, H Chien-Yao (Tpe) 74 71, S Benson (Eng) 72 73, C Lloyd (Eng) 75 70, M Tabuena (Phi) 73 72, K Pratt (Aus) 74 71,
146 A Otaegui (Esp) 75 71, M Lampert (Ger) 76 70,
147 K Richardson (Aus) 68 79, L Hao-Tong (Chn) 72 75,
148 W Choy (Hkg) 74 74, A Lascuna (Phi) 76 72, O Farr (Wal) 70 78, M Wong (am) (Hkg) 72 76,
149 B Ritthammer (Ger) 73 76,
150 S Lewton (Eng) 76 74, B Henson (USA) 72 78,
151 C Del Moral (Esp) 72 79, L Chi-Bing (Sin) 78 73, W Woon-Man (Hkg) 78 73, M Both (Aus) 76 75,
152 Peter Lawrie (Irl) 78 74,
154 T Ng (am) (Hkg) 78 76,
155 H Shun-Yat (Hkg) 81 74,
156 S Norris (RSA) 79 77,
** R Paratore (Ita) 71 DQ.
