Four Scots will touch down in far-off South Korea tomorrow afternoon (Monday 21st October local Seoul time) with more than this week’s Genesis Championship, and third last event of the season, on their collective minds.
Gleneagles-attached Calum Hill seeks to cement his place in the final two events of the season taking place next month in the UAE while Richie Ramsay and Scott Jamieson will be desperate to extend their season at least into the first of the two and that being the November 7th commencing Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship.
Hill posted a closing 68 to finish among the top-30 at the Estrella Damm Andalucia Masters but dropped one place to 52nd on the Race to Dubai. Presently, he is inside the top-60 that will qualify him for Abu Dhabi and also for the November 14th start in the season-ending DP World Tour Championship in Dubai.
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Ramsay grabbed eight birdies in an Andalucia Masters last day 68 for a top-20 finish and also jump four places to 79th on the Race to Dubai, and now just nine places shy of moving onto Abu Dhabi.
Ramsay said: “It was a good last day and also the lowest round of the week, so delighted.
“My game is good so looking forward to heading to South Korea tonight and then hopefully teeing-up in Abu Dhabi.
“It’s now quite simple for me and I’ve just got to continue playing well.
“I had worked hard on my putting in France and that’s been the key for me this week in Spain, so if I can hit the short irons a bit closer then there’s no reason why my scoring won’t improve.
“So, I need a good result this coming week and to do that I need to post some good scores.
“And all goes well, and I’m hoping it does, I can bring the family out to Abu Dhabi, so that’s the plan”.
Jamieson left the Costa del Sol guttered after a weekend pair of 73s slumping from a share of third heading to the weekend but ending tied 36th.
The Florida-based Scot moved up three places to 85th on the Race to Dubai while Law posted a closing 68 to finish tied with Hill in Spain.
For Aberdonian David Law, and the fourth Scot aboard the Korean charter flight, he will tee-up outside of Seoul looking to simply retain his DP World Tour card for 2025. At present Law is lying 130th on the Race to Dubai and must be inside the leading 115 at the end of this week.
Frenchman Julien Guerrier was bound to Seoul with a seat in first class after capturing a maiden Tour title defeating local Spanish hero Jorge Campillo with a par at a record-matching ninth extra play-off hole.
Both players ended regulation play locked at 21-under and with the 39-year-old Guerrier earning his first Tour title at his 230th start after Campillo bogeyed the 18th hole for a second time in the day – in playing the 72nd hole of the tournament and then at the ninth extra hole.
The 39-year Guerrier was emotional in being handed a first Tour trophy since making his debut in 2005 while he is coached by fellow Frenchman Raphael Jacquelin who won a fourth Tour win with a similar nine hole victory at the Spanish Open.
Jacquelin’s former long-time caddy Chris Lilley is now Guerrier’s caddy.
The wins are two of just three play-offs in the history of the Tour that went for nine holes.
