DP World Tour : Portugal Masters Tee Times
In a recent interview with KNGDOM podcast Aaron Cockerill said understanding the bottom places in the DP World Tour ranking system confused even him at times.
After getting a late call at home in Winnipeg that he was a late edition to the Mallorca Golf Open he and his wife Chelsea hastily packed their bags and flew over to Spain, then onto the island of Mallorca... except his clubs didn't quite make the trip. He told the podcast hosts he had no status to play the following week (now this week) in Portugal
After what he calls an MVP week by Chelsea who tracked his clubs down and flew the 90 minutes to Madrid airport and brought his sticks back with her the same evening, Aaron who had only had a chance to walk the course got in a little practice Wednesday evening and went out and shot a solid 68 in his opening round.
His T58 dropped him from a ranking of 110 to 112 and as far as we knew he would be watching the Portugal Masters, not playing. Media sources here have been congratulating him on securing his 2023 playing status based on that result where the cut off number is 117.
Yesterday I checked the field for Portugal and there was Aaron, first off at 8am, so he obviously got another late call for this week. Aaron doesn't post a lot on his twitter account.!
Here is today's report on europeantour.com where they highlight the bubble boys for this week. Aaron is one of them. So is he in or not ?
Aaron Cockerill - 112th
A Qualifying School graduate in 2019, the Canadian secured his maiden top ten in a Covid-affected rookie season and since then has managed to make plenty of appearances as he looks to truly establish himself on Tour. He finished second at the Magical Kenya Open presented by Absa and was in the top 25 on the Rankings after finishing third in the ISPS Handa Championship in Spain but has made just four cuts in ten appearances since then and will need a solid week to stop the slide.
Bryan Angus
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