Euro Tour Cards On The Line
With only two tournaments left after the current Madrid Masters, there are a lot players hoping to boost their tour earnings and so get an automatic tour card for the 2009 season. Only the top 117 players receive the card automatically, the rest have to qualify late this year and early next year.
There are around 20 players who only need a top ten finish in one or more of these last three tournaments and they will make the top 117.
Heading the players Order Of Merit is Robert Karlsson. Although only having played half as many tournaments, Padraif Harrington is close behind in second place; Lee Westwood and Jiminez fourth.
Gaining a players tour card for the European Tour is hotly contested every year, particularly between the Europeans and the South Africans; Australians; and New Zealanders. The European tour is worth a lot of money to succesful golfer. The top four players after collected more 10 million euros between them - a tidy sum in anyone’s books. Players like Adam Scott struggled to make it into the tour five years ago, this year he hold the record for the lowest score - minus eleven in a single round - that round still has everyone discussing the subject.
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