Players baffled by Euro Open decision

CHANGE this decision or face the consequences.

Players baffled by Euro Open decision

That was the message last night for the European Tour and Dr Michael Smurfit as they came under severe pressure to alter their decision to stage the 2006 Smurfit European Open over The K-Club's Smurfit South Course rather than the Palmer North lay-out which will host the Ryder Cup three months later.

Padraig Harrington set the ball rolling when he described the move as "a big mistake" while European captain Ian Woosnam "wants to know the reasons" and his American counterpart Tom Lehman insisted that "they should be rethinking that decision."

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