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Shane Lowry is currently ranked19th in the Race to Dubai with earnings of €527,770 and needs a good week in Koln to secure a place in The Open Championship at Hoylake in three weeks.
The top five European Tour members and ties in the Race to Dubai standings next Sunday who are not already exempt will qualify for the British Open.
Since most of the golfers currently ahead of Lowry on the European Money List are already through, Lowry has to hold his place in the top 20 to be mathematically certain of making his third appearance in the Open.
Lowry gave his season a timely momentum boost by finishing second in the recent BMW PGA championship. Since then he has finished tied-25th in the Nordea Masters, and missed the weekend play in the US Open in Pinehurst and the following week at Fota Island at the Irish Open.
There was good news on the commercial side also for Lowry after Bank of Ireland announced a sponsorship deal with the Irish which will run until the end of 2016.
Under the agreement, he will represent Bank of Ireland both as a brand ambassador in Ireland and as he competes across the world in the years ahead. He will sport its branding on the left chest of his golf apparel in addition to hosting a number of corporate events for the bank each year.
Rory McIlroy, Graeme McDowell, Padraig Harrington and Darren Clarke are all taking the week off, but there's a nine-man Irish contingent in action at Cologne.
Michael Hoey is joined by Lowry, Gareth Maybin, Ryder Cup captain Paul McGinley, Peter Lawrie, Damien McGrane, Simon Thornton, Kevin Phelan and David Higgins in the field.
Michael Hoey is joined by Lowry, Gareth Maybin, Ryder Cup captain Paul McGinley, Peter Lawrie, Damien McGrane, Simon Thornton, Kevin Phelan and David Higgins in the field.
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