No Scots among 87 who progress to

Asian Tour Final Q School next week

PRESS RELEASE ISSUED BY ASIAN TOUR
Rayong, January 9: Korea's Cho Min-joon and Australia's Heath Reed were among the 87 players who have made the cut at the First Stage of the Asian Tour's Qualifying School presented by the Sports Authority of Thailand today.
A total of 33 golfers from St Andrews 2000, 27 players from Green Valley Country Club and 27 from Lam Luk Ka Country Club will join an already exempted 116 players for the all-important Final Stage next week.
Korea's Cho stamped his mark when he fired a four-under-par 68 while Reed posted a 77 for a tied finish at the top of the leaderboard at the Rayong Green Valley Country Club.
Welshman Mark Mouland, who competed in 10 events on the Asian Tour last season, finished in a tie for 14th spot after a 70 together with Korea's Kang Ji-man who slipped to a 74.
Australia's Christopher Campbell topped the field at St Andrews 2000 after an even-par performance for a 283 total while compatriot Matthew Griffin posted a similar score to finish in second place.
At Lam Luk Ka Country Club, England's James Hepworth and Australian Peter Martin recorded a 73 and 71 respectively to end their week on top of the pack after matching total of 276s.
The top-40 finishers and ties at the Final Stage next week, which for the first time will be played over five rounds, will earn playing rights for the 2009 season.
Mark Lamb (Haddington), who has been four years on the American college circuit since winning the Scottish boys stroke-play championship at Peterhead, failed by 11 shots to make the cut at Green Valley. He shot a final round of 77 for 300 and joint 68th position.
Fellow Scots Mitchell Slorach and Ross Dixon were counted out at Lam Luk Ka where 286 or better was required to qualify. Slorach finished with a 74 for 291 and joint 47th position while Dixon finished 67th with a closing 73 for 296.
FINAL TOTALS
LAM LUK KA
Par 288 (4 x 72)
276 Peter Martin (Aus) 67 69 69 71, James Hepworth (Eng) 63 72 68 73.
277 Wilhelm Schauman (Swe) 72 68 70 67.
Selected scores:
284 Steve Parry (Eng) 70 76 70 68 (jt 14th).
285 Matthew King (Eng) 69 70 73 73 (jt 17th).
286 Craig Smith (Wal) 71 70 72 73
+Players with totals of 286 or better qualified.
MISSED THE CUT
287 Jonathan Evans (Eng) 70 71 72 74 (jt 28th).
291 Mitchell Slorach (Sco) 73 72 72 74 (jt 47th).
296 Ross Dixon (Sco) 78 71 74 73 (67th).

ST ANDREWS 2000
Par 292 (4 x 73)
283 Christopher Campbell (Aus) 70 74 67 72.
285 Matthew Griffin (Aus) 72 68 73 72.
286 Brad McIntosh (Aus) 74 72 70 70, Eddie Barr (Ire) 68 73 72 73, Lars Johansson (Swe) 70 72 71 73.
Selected scores:
287 Ally Melor (Eng) 70 74 71 71 (jt 6th).
294 Andrew Marshall (Eng) 76 71 74 73
+Players with totals of 296 or better qualified.
MISSED THE CUT
300 James Sheffield (Eng) 71 72 73 84.

GREEN VALLEY
Par 288 (4 x 72)
281 Cho Min-joon (Sko) 67 74 72 68, Heath Reed (Aus) 66 72 66 77.
283 Yasumasa Suzuki (Jap) 69 71 71 72, Mitsunobu Fukunaga (Jap) 68 71 70 74.
284 Scott Arnold (Aus) 68 70 72 74.
Selected scores:
285 John Parry (Eng) 69 72 72 72 (jt 6th)
287 Mark Mouland (Wales) 70 76 71 70.
+Players with totals of 289 or better qualified.
MISSED THE CUT
290 Grant Jackson (England) 70 75 73 72 (jt 28th).
291 Phil Worthington (Eng) 70 71 73 77 (jt 31st).
300 Mark Lamb (Sco) 75 74 74 77 (jt 68th).

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