Mercedes-Benz Championship Golf Club Gut Lärchenhof Cologne,
Germany 10 Sep 2009 - 13 Sep 2009 |  |
- Entry List
This is the current entry list for the Mercedes-Benz Championship held from 10 Sep 2009 to 13 Sep 2009 at Golf Club Gut Lärchenhof.
Please note that these are the players who have entered for the event - not all of them will automatically get a playing place in the tournament field. Players in categories 98 and 99 are automatically in the starting field.
The Cut-Off point, taken at close of entries, is indicated below by a red line.
This list is for informational purposes only. Field is subject to change. Players should contact the PGA European Tour Entries Department to confirm their Playing/Alternate Status.
Click to view the entries alphabetically
| Name | Affiliate Club | Country | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Category 12 -- Players finishing within positions 121-153 from the 2009 Race To Dubai | |||
| Bernd WIESBERGER | Fontana GC | AUT | 21 |
| Wade ORMSBY | Royal Adelaide GC | AUS | 22 |
| Matthew MILLAR | AUS | 23 | |
| Stuart DAVIS | Kedleston Park GC | ENG | 24 |
| John E MORGAN | Clevedon | ENG | 25 |
| Chinnarat PHADUNGSIL | THA | 26 | |
| Stuart MANLEY | Machynys Peninsula G&CC | WAL | 28 |
| Alexandre ROCHA | BRA | 29 | |
| Alfredo GARCIA-HEREDIA | La Morgal | ESP | 30 |
| John MELLOR | Lindrick GC | ENG | 31 |
| Anthony SNOBECK | Golf du Gouverneur | FRA | 32 |
| Eirik Tage JOHANSEN | Stavanger GK | NOR | 33 |
| Birgir HAFTHORSSON | Golfklubbur Kopavogs & Gardabaear | ISL | 34 |
| Marco RUIZ | Griswald's Group | PAR | 35 |
| Gary CLARK | The Promotions Practice | ENG | 36 |
| Ulrich VAN DEN BERG | Serengeti GE | RSA | 37 |
| Michael CURTAIN | Champions (UK) Plc | AUS | 38 |
| Antti AHOKAS | Viipurin Golf | FIN | 39 |
| Jonathan CALDWELL | Clandeboye GC | NIR | 40 |
| Federico COLOMBO | Golf Brianza CC | ITA | 41 |
| Patrik SJÖLAND | Isaberg GK | SWE | 119 |
| Garry HOUSTON | WAL | 120 | |
| Fredrik ANDERSSON HED | Laholm GK | SWE | 121 |
| José-Filipe LIMA | POR | 122 | |
| Sam WALKER | The Belfry | ENG | 123 |
| Peter FOWLER | Ping | AUS | 128 |
| Carlos RODILES | ESP | 130 | |
| Scott BARR | Singapore Island CC | AUS | 133 |
| Iain PYMAN | Scorpio Golf | ENG | 137 |
| James KAMTE | St Francis Links | RSA | 138 |
| Sion E BEBB | Vale of Glamorgan GC | WAL | 140 |
| Kane WEBBER | AUS | 141 | |
| Martin WIEGELE | GC Erzherzog Johann | AUT | 142 |
| Peter WHITEFORD | Wellsgreen | SCO | 145 |
| Jan-Are LARSEN | Miklagard GC | NOR | 146 |
| Edoardo MOLINARI | Circolo Golf Torino | ITA | 147 |
| Gareth PADDISON | NZL | 149 | |
| Category 0a -- The leading 60 players from the Race to Dubai as of the 16th November 2009 | |||
| Henrik STENSON | SWE | 0 | |
| Gonzalo FDEZ-CASTAÑO | GFC Golf & Business | ESP | 3 |
| Charl SCHWARTZEL | Blair Atholl | RSA | 5 |
| Søren KJELDSEN | Proark | DEN | 8 |
| Rodney PAMPLING | AUS | 12 | |
| Anders HANSEN | DEN | 15 | |
| Alvaro QUIROS | Golf Elite Management SL | ESP | 18 |
| Anthony KANG | USA | 20 | |
| Thongchai JAIDEE | Raimon Land Thailand | THA | 23 |
| Tano GOYA | El Potrerillo de Larreta Resort & CC | ARG | 25 |
| Michael HOEY | NIR | 27 | |
| Scott STRANGE | Hillside GC, England | AUS | 29 |
| Thomas LEVET | FRA | 31 | |
| Daniel VANCSIK | Olivos GC | ARG | 32 |
| Shane LOWRY | Esker Hills GC | IRL | 33 |
| Christian CÉVAËR | Golf Court Academy | FRA | 35 |
| Jeppe HULDAHL | Aaskov GK | DEN | 36 |
| Christian NILSSON | Karlstad GK | SWE | 38 |
| Nick DOUGHERTY | Shaw Hill G&CC | ENG | 39 |
| Ricardo GONZALEZ | Handicap Cero Golf Academy | ARG | 43 |
| Oskar HENNINGSSON | Granna GK | SWE | 44 |
| Simon DYSON | Alanda Group, Spain | ENG | 47 |
| Peter HEDBLOM | Gavle GK | SWE | 48 |
| Alexander NOREN | Haninge GK | SWE | 49 |
| Category 0b -- Asian Tour Players and Qualifiers | |||
| Lee WESTWOOD | ENG | 9 | |
| Ross FISHER | ENG | 25 | |
| Miguel Angel JIMÉNEZ | ESP | 38 | |
| Jeev Milkha SINGH | Jumeirah Golf Estates | IND | 43 |
| Graeme MCDOWELL | NIR | 45 | |
| Søren HANSEN | DEN | 49 | |
| Trevor IMMELMAN | RSA | 57 | |
| Chris WOOD | Long Ashton GC | ENG | 58 |
| Francesco MOLINARI | Circolo Golf Torino | ITA | 61 |
| Peter HANSON | Sturup Park GC | SWE | 62 |
| Prayad MARKSAENG | Singha | THA | 71 |
| Category 0c -- 6 Sponsors Invitations | |||
| Florian FRITSCH | Albus Sportmanagement | GER | 0 |
| Markus BRIER | Fontana GC | AUT | 0 |
| Thomas BJÖRN | Golf in Dubai | DEN | 0 |
| Alex CEJKA | GER | 0 | |
| Marcel SIEM | GER | 0 | |
| Bernhard LANGER | The Linde Group | GER | 0 |
| Category 0d -- The leading 60 players from the Race to Dubai as of the 31st August 2009 | |||
| Robert ROCK | The Belfry | ENG | 19 |
| Johan EDFORS | Black Mountain Golf Club, Hua Hin, Thailand | SWE | 29 |
| Louis OOSTHUIZEN | Pinnacle Point Golf Resort | RSA | 32 |
| Raphaël JACQUELIN | Terre Blanche GC | FRA | 38 |
| Steve WEBSTER | Al Naboodah Group | ENG | 39 |
| Thomas AIKEN | Fancourt CC | RSA | 42 |
| Graeme STORM | Champions (UK) PLC | ENG | 43 |
| Jamie DONALDSON | Macclesfield GC | WAL | 44 |
| Anthony WALL | ENG | 45 | |
| Stephen DODD | WAL | 46 | |
| Niclas FASTH | SWE | 51 | |
| Damien MCGRANE | Olive Group | IRL | 52 |
| Gareth MAYBIN | Ballyclare GC | NIR | 56 |
| Fabrizio ZANOTTI | Tulsa Sport Management | PAR | 57 |
| David DRYSDALE | The Renaissance Club | SCO | 59 |
| Danny WILLETT | ENG | 60 | |
| Category 1 -- Winners of Majors/European Tour Order of Merit (Race To Dubai) | |||
| Paul LAWRIE | The Carrick at Cameron House | SCO | 5 |
| Colin MONTGOMERIE | The Elizabeth Montgomerie Foundation | SCO | 8 |
| José Maria OLAZÁBAL | ESP | 14 | |
| Michael CAMPBELL | NZL | 18 | |
| Category 2 -- Winners PGA C'ship from 1997/TPC of Europe/Volvo Masters/Dubai World Championship | |||
| David HOWELL | ENG | 3 | |
| Scott DRUMMOND | SCO | 4 | |
| Kenneth FERRIE | ENG | 9 | |
| Paul MCGINLEY | IRL | 12 | |
| Category 3 -- European Tour Order of Merit Tournament Winners 2008-2010 inclusive | |||
| Richard FINCH | Brian Yeardley Continental Ltd. | ENG | 2 |
| John BICKERTON | Tower Links GC | ENG | 3 |
| James KINGSTON | Rustenburg GC | RSA | 4 |
| S S P CHOWRASIA | Royal Calcutta GC | IND | 8 |
| Felipe AGUILAR | Marbella Chile CC | CHI | 9 |
| Mark BROWN | Shandon GC | NZL | 10 |
| Alastair FORSYTH | Mearns Castle Golf Academy | SCO | 13 |
| Grégory BOURDY | Golf Bordelais | FRA | 15 |
| Darren CLARKE | Oceanico Golf | NIR | 17 |
| Hennie OTTO | Maggersfontein Memorial Golf Estate | RSA | 19 |
| Pablo LARRAZÁBAL | RCG El Prat | ESP | 21 |
| Mikael LUNDBERG | SWE | 22 | |
| Grégory HAVRET | FRA | 24 | |
| This cut-off point is inserted at close of entries and may move down subject to withdrawals | |||
| Jean-François LUCQUIN | FRA | 25 | |
| José Manuel LARA | ESP | 31 | |
| Mikko ILONEN | Linna Golf | FIN | 36 |
| Anton HAIG | RSA | 37 | |
| Chapchai NIRAT | Santiburi CC, Chiangrai | THA | 39 |
| Pablo MARTIN | ESP | 41 | |
| Richard GREEN | AUS | 44 | |
| Marc WARREN | SCO | 47 | |
| Brett RUMFORD | Royal Perth | AUS | 48 |
| Mads VIBE-HASTRUP | DEN | 51 | |
| Category 3b -- Winners of dual ranking European/Challenge Tour events and from 2009 onwards, winners of R2D events with a prizefund below 1.5 million Euro | |||
| David DIXON | ENG | 11 | |
| Category 8 -- Players finishing within positions 1-120 from 2009 Race To Dubai | |||
| David LYNN | Trentham GC | ENG | 35 |
| Oliver FISHER | ENG | 51 | |
| Robert-Jan DERKSEN | Het Ryk Golf Banen | NED | 54 |
| Ignacio GARRIDO | ESP | 59 | |
| Gary ORR | Helensburgh GC | SCO | 64 |
| Maarten LAFEBER | NED | 66 | |
| Jyoti RANDHAWA | DLF G&CC | IND | 67 |
| Ross McGOWAN | Banstead Downs GC | ENG | 70 |
| Robert DINWIDDIE | Barnard Castle | ENG | 72 |
| Martin ERLANDSSON | Ljunghusen GK | SWE | 73 |
| Bradley DREDGE | Palm Sports Resort, Al Ain, UAE | WAL | 74 |
| Andrew MCLARDY | Starmount CC | RSA | 78 |
| Magnus A CARLSSON | Frösåkers GK | SWE | 79 |
| Jarmo SANDELIN | Vale do Lobo GC | SWE | 80 |
| Mark FOSTER | ENG | 82 | |
| Simon KHAN | Black Mountain GC | ENG | 84 |
| Pelle EDBERG | Hook GK | SWE | 85 |
| Simon WAKEFIELD | Wychwood Park GC | ENG | 88 |
| Rafa ECHENIQUE | Banque Baring Brothers Sturzda | ARG | 90 |
| Gary MURPHY | Oceanico Developments | IRL | 98 |
| Paul BROADHURST | ENG | 99 | |
| Alvaro VELASCO | Club de Golf Masia Bach | ESP | 100 |
| Marcus FRASER | Kingswood GC | AUS | 102 |
| Miles TUNNICLIFF | ENG | 103 | |
| Michael JONZON | SWE | 104 | |
| Paul WARING | Bromborough GC | ENG | 105 |
| Phillip ARCHER | Birchwood | ENG | 106 |
| Lee SLATTERY | Formby Hall GC | ENG | 107 |
| Michael LORENZO-VERA | Golf du Medoc | FRA | 108 |
| Alejandro CAÑIZARES | Valderrama GC | ESP | 109 |
| Benn BARHAM | Leaderboard Golf Limited | ENG | 110 |
| Sam LITTLE | The Grove | ENG | 112 |
| Peter O'MALLEY | AUS | 115 | |
| Shiv KAPUR | IND | 116 | |
| Jean-Baptiste GONNET | G&CC Cannes Mougins | FRA | 117 |
| François DELAMONTAGNE | Bretagne | FRA | 118 |
| Category 9 -- Top 40 2009 Career Money List | |||
| Barry LANE | ENG | 5 | |
| Phillip PRICE | WAL | 6 | |
| Category 10 -- Winners of three Challenge Tour events during 2009 season | |||
| Taco REMKES | Houtrak GC | NED | 1 |
| Category 10b -- Challenge Tour Graduates - Positions 2 to 10 on final 2009 CT Rankings | |||
| David HORSEY | Styal | ENG | 1 |
| Gary LOCKERBIE | ENG | 2 | |
| Seve BENSON | Wentworth Club | ENG | 6 |
| Alessandro TADINI | ITA | 7 | |
| Richie RAMSAY | Royal Aberdeen GC | SCO | 8 |
| Steven O'HARA | SCO | 9 | |
| Category 10c -- Medical Extension | |||
| Joost LUITEN | NED | 1 | |
| Category 11 -- Players finishing within positions 11-15 on the final 2009 Challenge Tour Rankings | |||
| Rafael CABRERA-BELLO | LOPESAN Hotel Group | ESP | 5 |
| Callum MACAULAY | Tulliallan GC | SCO | 6 |
| Andrew COLTART | SCO | 7 | |
| Richard BLAND | Stoneham GC | ENG | 8 |
| Marc CAYEUX | ZIM | 9 | |
| Carlos DEL MORAL | Escorpion GC | ESP | 10 |
| Branden GRACE | George GC | RSA | 11 |
| Klas ERIKSSON | Växjö GK | SWE | 12 |
| Åke NILSSON | Kristianstad GK | SWE | 14 |
| Marcus HIGLEY | Yeovil GC | ENG | 15 |
| Joakim HAEGGMAN | Kalmar GK | SWE | 16 |
| Chris DOAK | SCO | 17 | |
| Santiago LUNA | ESP | 18 | |
| Wil BESSELING | NED | 19 | |
| Inder VAN WEERELT | NED | 20 | |
| Category 12a -- Medical Extension | |||
| Alan MCLEAN | River Bend Golf Community | SCO | 0 |
