Recent content by Goswick

I’m not disputing Collin’s played 9 ET events this year - just that only two of them count towards R2D minimum eligibility (Dubai and Scottish). Same for Billy (BMW PGA and Dunhill Links). They’ve at least played some regular events so I can’t see them not playing The DP World Toyr...

They tend to keep them in the rankings as affiliate members until it becomes clear they can’t meet the minimum appearance criteria. It’s a bit awkward when that’s 4 of the top 10. They waived the minimum criteria last year due to the pandemic - maybe they’ve decided to do the same this year…

And yet he’s never finished in the Top 10 of the European Tour Order of Merit/Race to Dubai. His wins count as European Tour wins (just like they count as PGA Tour wins) they just don’t towards the end of year ranking unless he’d played at least 4 regular European Tour events that year…

I doesn’t affect the rankings - but as I understand it it counts as a tournament for players wanting to meet the minimum qualifying criteria

I’m pretty sure Majors/WGCs don’t count - not sure about the Olympics…Rahm played the Scottish Open, Open De Espana, Andalucia Masters - plus the Ryder Cup. Morikawa only has the Scottish, Dubai Desert Classic and the Ryder Cup.

I’m pretty sure that players need to have played a minimum of 4 European Tour events (including the Ryder Cup) in order to qualify for the DP Tour Championship. Unless I’m missing something that should mean Morikawa (1st), Horschel (2), Ancer (9), Zalatoris (10) and Reed (49) don’t meet the...