GOLF: The draw for the Northern Ireland Open Shootout Sunday at Galsgorm Castle

Cormac Sharvin will carry home hopes into tomorrow's Shootout Sunday at the Galgorm Resort & Spa Northern Ireland Open presented by Modest! Golf.

The Ardglass golfer will face Portugal’s Ricardo Santos in round one tomorrow morning for the chance to meet Chile’s Nico Geyger in round two.

“I know Ricardo very well - I played a lot of Algarve Golf with him in the winter,” said the 24-year-old.

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“He’s a really nice guy and he is obviously very experienced. He has played a lot of years on the European Tour.

Matthias Schwab who finished today -7 (under) with a score of -11 (under) for the tournamentMatthias Schwab who finished today -7 (under) with a score of -11 (under) for the tournament
Matthias Schwab who finished today -7 (under) with a score of -11 (under) for the tournament

“It will be a tough game but I think, If I can keep playing the way that I am playing - if I play well for six holes - I think I can beat him.”

Sharvin booked his place in today’s finale on the back of a fine five under par 66 that saw him move up 21 places on the leaderboard. He was the only Irish golfer to make the third round cut which fell at five under par.

A five-man play-off for the two final spots was required to determine the top 24as the tournament now becomes a six-hole match play competition.

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‘Shootout Sunday’ is a series of head-to-head knock-out stroke play matches, with the player with the lowest total score over six holes progressing – a special shootout hole, a shortened version of the 18th, will be used should a play-off be required after any of the games.

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Cormac Sharvin

22 players, headed by Matthias Schwab, had sealed their spots, with Wil Besseling, Steven Brown, Julian Kunzenbacher, Max Orrin and Manuel Trappel all tied on five under par after 54 holes.

Orrin’s birdie on the first extra hole took him into Shootout Sunday, with Brown dropping out with a bogey; the other three all parred before Trappel birdied at the second time of asking and took the final place in the top 24.

Tournament ambassador Michael Hoey carded a third round one under par 70 to miss out as did Damien McGrane, Simon Thornton, Kevin Phelan and Neil O’Briain.

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He said; “The first two days wasn’t good enough really. That was a bit disappointing. My first round really should have been five or six under. I just wasn’t sharp enough in every regard.”

Matthias Schwab who finished today -7 (under) with a score of -11 (under) for the tournamentMatthias Schwab who finished today -7 (under) with a score of -11 (under) for the tournament
Matthias Schwab who finished today -7 (under) with a score of -11 (under) for the tournament

Hoey intends to attend tomorrow, with an eye on seeing how the new format works out.

“It’s good - it’s exciting - I really wanted to be in it because you never know what is going to happen,” he said.

The top eight are all seeded into the second round of matches on Shootout Sunday. They are: Schwab, Riu, Nemecz, Kellett, Bradley Neil, Tom Murray, Nico Geyger and Alessandro Tadini.

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The first round of matches will be contested between the following players: Christian Braeunig, Jerôme Lando Casanova, Ashley Chesters, Sean Einhaus, Estanislao Goya, Daan Huizing, David Law, Thomas Linard, Matthew Nixon, Orrin, Martin Rohwer, Ricardo Santos, Cormac Sharvin, Robin Sciot-Siegrist, Trappel and Jeff Winther.

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Cormac Sharvin

DRAW

Rd 1

7.30am Ashley Chesters v David Law – winner to place Matthias Schwab

7.40am Daan Huizing v Manuel Trappel – winner to face Alessandro Tadini

7.50am Max Orrin v Estanislao Goya – winner to face Ross Kellett

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8am Jerome Lando Casanova v Jeff Winther – winner to face Bradley Neil

8.10am Sean Einhaus v Martin Rohwer – winner to face Lucas Nemecz

8.20am Robin Sciot-Siegrist v Thomas Linard – winner to face Tom Murray

8.30am Ricardo Santos v Cormac Sharvin – winner to face Nico Geyger

8.40am Christian Braeunig v Matthew Nixon – winner to face Victor Riu

Rd 2 scheduled to start 9.10am

Quarter-finals 11am

Semi-finals 1.20pm

Final 3.40pm

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