From Crans Montana Omega European Masters week.

As Rory McIlroy, the 2019 FedEx Champion has just landed at the local Omega European Masters Sion airport venue, CaddiePlayer founder Stephane Barras remember 10 years ago today Pro-Am Credit Suisse meeting Chinese Omega Ambassador Zhang Lian Wei. 

Meeting Zang Lian Wei, the first chinese to win on the European Tour, was a life changer for Stephane Barras who 10 years ago, next october, landed in Shanghai airport to start his new life first as a coach on the China Tour Ladies and Mens, then as a researcher to better understand putting leading to breakthrough findings (Putting Codex Zones) as a result launching CaddiePlayer in 2013. 

During his 10 years on Tours, Stephane Barras has helped/adviced a collection of tour players.  One of them was Carly Booth, who just won the Tipsport Czech Ladies. ,

Quote from Stephane Barras:

"In 10 years the general level of golf has evolve to such an extend that every week any one in the field can win."

This week Stephane Barras will be assisting Richard Sterne currently 27th Race to Dubai ranking.

Breaking News from KARACHI:

A new era in Pakistan’s professional golf dawned on Sunday when Lahore youngster Ahmad Baig elbowed out his more accomplished opponents to win the Sindh Open Golf Championship by a comfortable margin of five strokes. Full story: https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/514007-brilliant-ahmad-crowned-as-new-sindh-open-champion

more  from Karachi

• https://www.dawn.com/news/1500335/ahmed-strolls-to-sindh-open-glory-for-first-professional-title

• https://thefinancialdaily.com/ahmed-baig-is-new-sindh-champion/

• https://www.khilari.com.pk/news/4724/as-expected-ahmad-baig-stands-as-new-champion-of-21st-sindh-open-golf

• https://www.pressreader.com/pakistan/the-financial-daily/20190819/page/3

ISPS HANDA WORLD INVITATIONAL - Men and women compete for equal prize money in first of its kind event in Europe

Purse $500,000 (split equally between men and women) Course Galgorm (approximate yardages), Men 7,100 yards (par 70), Women 6,402 yards (par 73) Massereene (approximate yardages), Men 6,600 yards (par 70), Women 6,330 yards (par 72). Winner Men -11 (Senior Jack), Winner Women -10  (Stephanie Meadow) > https://www.worldinvitational.golf/news/meadow-and-senior-secure-isps-handa-world-invitational-glory

It was the first time I went to a tournament on a "Friend" guest badge, thanks to the courtesy of Mark McDonnell the Director of Modest! Golf the organizer who gave me access to everywhere. On top I had the opportunity to follow two CaddiePlayer: 

Women: Anais Meyssonnier, the 2014 French Amateur Champion -  Man: Chris Robb, the 2014 Scottish Amateur Champion.

Beeing able to data monitor women and man on the same course/greens was one of a kind opportunity that I could not miss... the learning experience was worth coming knowing that on top I was rooming with Caddie "Ronnie" John Roberts a master in game planning (Ronnie was the Caddie of last year winner Calum Hill). 

However, what I learned the most of my week in Irlande was the meaning of ISPS Handa.

Did you know that ISPS stands for "International Sports Promotion Society" and the founder was Dr Haruhisa Handa from Japan? Did you know that since 2016, ISPS Handa funds and promotes sporting events in archery, bowling, boxing, football, polo, rowing, rugby, swimming and golf with an emphasis on blind and disabled and disabled Brendan Law was in the field? 

Now you know... > www.ispsinternational.com 

Best regards, #IamCaddiePlayer Founder, Stephane 

Quote from Modest! Golf Founder and Irish Singer Niall Horan:  "Music and Sport can bring things together"

https://www.worldinvitational.golf/ 

From Scotland Home of Golf

If there is one stat that no one has yet considered "Late/EarlyDraw" was finally revealed during the second round of the Aberdeen Scottish Ladies Open. CaddiePayer founder Stephane Barras was there, luckly inside the Renaissance Club house over looking the 18th putting green when the storm gusty wind/horizontal rain hit east lothian coast around 11h30 and  lasted at least an hour and half before the play was stopped.  

Missy Pederson who caddied for Angela Stanford tweeted:

"the early/late wave played the course in 62 under par on Friday, while the late/early played it in 307 over par. . . and yes that is a 369 shot difference in a single day!” 

On Friday night cut day, The LPGA reported that twice as many players in the late/early draw missed the cut (57/28).  Mi Jung Hur was the leader through two rounds at 14 under overall. She played in the favorable wave. She was 10 shots better than Hyo Joo Kim, who produced the best 36-hole score from that early/late draw. While England's Laura Davies shot 68 in Friday’s “horrific” morning conditions and described her three-under-par 68  – as the second best round of her career.

Dame Laura Davis comments:

“The first shot of the day I hit driver and it left me a 4-iron into that 10th and we were hitting wedges the rest of the week and I hit it to about a foot, and a really low one under the wind. It helps if you have the little knock-down shots and I hit probably ten or 12 knock-down shots. I hit two 1-irons into the 4th, 1-iron off the tee and 1-iron into the green. I’ve never done that before.

Stephane Barras comments:

I must say that as the general level of the Players is increasing the "Weather/Draw: effect can have a "unfair" impact on players performance. It is not the first time that I am witnessing the unfair "Late/Early" lucky scenario... the Ladies Scottish Open reached an extreme that would be valuable to debate on changing the way cuts are decided. For exemple looking more into another Format as in The Ski World Cup where weather and course conditions are more to keep the best in course and still give a chance to the newcomers to proove under toughter conditions they way up... 

Full Stories about the "LuckyDraw" "Late/Early" Stat 

• https://ladieseuropeantour.com/mi-jung-hur-takes-advantage-of-lucky-draw/
• https://www.golfchannel.com/news/lpga-pros-caught-nasty-weather-question-fairness-ladies-scottish-open