European Tour School Stage 1 Section B events

Gavin Dear leads with a 67 at The

Oxfordshire in first round as pro

BY RODDY WILLIAMS, European Tour Senior Press Officer
Former Junior Ryder Cup player and European amateur champion Marius Thorp shot a blistering eight under par 64 to set the early pace at Fleesensee Golf and Country Club, Germany, in the first round of The European Tour First Qualifying Stage – Section B.
Norwegian Thorp, who also won the Silver Medal as the leading amateur in the 2006 Open Championship at Royal Liverpool, was the pick of the bunch at the German venue after opening a three-shot lead over his rivals.
Four courses across Europe – in England, France, Germany and Italy – are hosting the First Qualifying Stage – Section B competition where hundreds of hopefuls are hoping to progress towards membership of The European Tour.
Italian Amateur Joon Kim was first out of the blocks at Circolo Golf Bogogno in Italy, a six under par 66 on home soil earning him a one stroke lead from Frenchman Edouard Penin.
At The Oxfordshire in England, Walker Cup Scot Gavin Dear, who turned pro 48 hours ago, leads the way after an opening 67, with former European Tour player David Higgins in the group a shot behind after an opening 68.
Another former European Tour player, Olivier David is leading in France after an opening 64 at Golf de Moliets. The Frenchman lies one ahead of Spain’s Raul Quiros.
The top players from each venue will make their way to Second Stage in November before the Final Stage, where the top 30 players (plus ties) will win a coveted place on The 2010 European Tour International Schedule.
FIRST-ROUND SCOREBOARD
The Oxfordshire, Thame, England
67 G Dear (Sco)
68 P Jones (Eng), G Clark (Eng), D Higgins (Irl), J Moore (USA)
69 R Blaum (US), J Powell (Eng), O Bekker (RSA)
70 L Westerberg (Swe), M Collins (Irl), B Taylor (Eng), J Freeman (Eng), J Kelly (Irl) , G Lornie (Sco), B Taylor (Eng), N McCarthy (Eng), C Paisley (Eng) (am)
71 G Woolgar (Eng), A Frayne (Eng), J Harris (Eng), S Howarth (Eng), J Mason (Eng), A Carson (Eng) (am).
72 P Doherty (Sco), P James (Eng), T Rice (Irl), M Armitage (Eng), J Heath (Eng), M Hooper (Eng), P O'Keeffe (Irl), J Hepworth (Eng), J Cunliffe (RSA), R Baca (US) , M Haines (Eng) (am),
73 S Tooth (Eng), A Crux (Eng), J Gidney (Eng), P Richardson (Eng) , C Devlin (NIr), D Mooney (NIr) , G Bowden (Irl) , A Johnston (Eng) , M Staunton (Irl) , M Cryer (Eng) , R Thomas (Wal) , B Britton (Eng) (am), S Hodgson (Eng) (am).
74 S Whiffin (Eng), S Cowle (Eng), W Booth (Sco), M Curtis (Zim), G Peters (Eng), K Crossland (Eng), S Parry (Eng), R Wragg (Eng), C Elliot (Eng), L Saltman (Sco), A Holmes (Eng) (am), A Wootton (Eng) (am), J Senior (Eng) (am), D Blair (RSA) , C Curley (Irl) (am).
75 D Whitnell (Eng) , R Kilpatrick (NIr) , Z Saltman (Sco) , S Palmer (Eng), G Fox (Sco), N Harris (Eng) , D Stein (Aus) , C Wakely (Wal) , P Reed (Eng) , J Conteh (Eng) , S Uzzell (Eng) (am).
76 M Ramsdale (Eng), J Levermore (Eng) , S Grewal (Eng), M Rummings (Eng), J Howarth (Eng) , B Van Der Merwe (RSA), C Matheson (Sco), S Lilly (Eng), S Elliot (Eng), J Dransfield (Eng) , K McNicoll (Sco) , J Haglund (Fin) (am) , N Mateuszczyk (Aus) (am).
77 A Hamilton (USA) , N Treacher (Eng) , C Roake (Eng), W Roebuck (Eng) (am).
78 D McWilliams (Nir) , G Bryan (Eng) , J Feather (Eng), N Cassini (USA) , E Morton (Eng) ,
79 B O'Dell (Eng), M Evans (Eng), J Bloomfield (Jam), P McDonald (Irl), A Howard (Sco) (am), L Collins (Eng) (am), S Fallon (am) (Eng) (am).
80 E Thomson (Sco) , G Robinson (Irl) , A Hancox (Eng) , M McGeehan (Eng) , A Beckett (Eng)
81 J Du Buisson (RSA)
82 B Paterson (Eng) (am).
83 R Challoner (Eng), H Singh Rai (Ind)
85 A Vergari (Ita), D Scott (Aus)
103 R Shian (Eng) ,
** J Pye (Eng) , T Burns (Eng) , F Suits Iii (USA) , E Barry-Walsh (Eng) (am).

Golf de Moliets, France
64 O David (Fra)
65 R Quiros (Esp)
66 T Reid (Eng), B Etchart (Esp) , M Galdos (Esp) , J Legarrea (Esp) , T Leon (USA) ,
67 G Gresse (Bel) , B Lecuona (Fra) , P Bocian (Swe) , L Portela (Esp) , P Oriol (Esp) , T Fournier (Fra)
68 G Watremez (Bel), E De La Riva (Esp) , C Garcia (Esp) , J Estevez (Arg) , P Menjibar (Esp) , E Barr (Irl), J Lorca (Esp) , J Ocejo (Esp)
69 C Aguilar (Esp), D Alonso (Esp), A Belt (Eng) , C Balmaseda (Esp) , P Hendriksen (Eng) ,
70 J Chang (Esp) , K Le Sager (Fra), V Blazquez (Esp)
71 P O'Hanlon (Irl), S Mason (Eng) , J Daudignon (Fra) , J Rosillo (Esp) , A Johnsson (Swe) , I Del Castillo (Esp), M Mills (Eng) , D Quiros (Esp) , M Saiz (Esp) , J Guillet (Fra) , J Jankowski (Eng), M Bosse (Ger), J Van Hauwe (Fra) , M Jonsson (Swe) , C McNamara (Irl) , N Singer (Fra) (am), D Antonelli (Fra) (am).
72 G Canizares (Esp) , E Dubois (Fra) , C Perez Barberan (Esp) , N Walker (Eng) , M Cantero (Esp) , B Mannix (Eng) , M Raven (Eng) (am).
73 X Guzman (Esp) , J Schiele (Fra) , J Mommo (Fin) , M Sell (Eng) , M Dearden (Wal) , D Noh (Esp) , F Hammarberg (Swe) , S Arnold (Aus) , T Stewart (Aus) , X Valere (Fra).
74 M Duque (Esp) , F Hasson (Bra) , S Seijo (Esp) , A Claesson (Swe) , V Thorstensen (Nor) , C Bell (Eng), D Moreno (Esp), F Keenan (Eng) , N Soto (Eng) , B Welch (Eng) , E Dominguez (Arg), J Raveloarison (Mad), J Mancebo (Esp), A Cuenca (Esp) (am), B Fowles (Eng) (am).
75 A Matallana (Esp) , F Vallet (Fra) , M Figueroa (Arg) , C Scott (Eng), J Palmer (Eng), R Thuillier (Fra), J Belliard (Fra) , S Gutierrez (Esp), G Vicente Elena (Esp) , A Hedlund (Swe) , C Trahan (Sco) (am), B Hemstock (Eng) (am).
76 R Schilperoord (Ned) , N Murtagh (Eng) , S Haywood (Eng) , J Lee (Esp) , S Rodriguez (Esp) , J Bragulat (Esp), J Eerdmans (Ned) , B McCarroll (Irl) , D Perrier (Fra) , P Ellerstrom (Swe) , P Herreria (Esp)
77 S Casado (Mex), F Lagarto (Esp), I Irazusta (Esp), O Serres (Fra) (am).
78 J Buenestado (Esp), S Franklin (Irl), J Dannesboe (Den)
79 M Mauret (Fra), A Paolillo (Ita)
88 S Kumar (US)
** R Sullivan (US)

Circolo Golf Bogogno, Italy
66 J Kim (Ita) (am).
67 E Penin (Fra).
68 F Svanberg (Sui) , T Weiss (Sui)
69 T Lambert (Aus) , M Rominger (Sui) , S Saavedra (Arg) , H Bacher (Aut) , N Bollini (US) , F Pasqualucci (Ita)
70 S Piaget (Mon), M Persson (Swe) , C Ford (Eng) , P Terreni (Ita) , F Ojeda Racioppi (Arg) , A Maestroni (Ita), A Zanini (Ita) , G Rosier (Fra) , J Camargo (Esp) , N Bertasio (Ita) (am),
71 D Suazo (Esp), P Nilbrink (Nor), M Soffietti (Ita), J Parron (Esp), J Garcia Pinto (Esp) , N Sulzer (Sui) , J Foret (Fra)
72 A Bruschi (Ita) , D Ulrich (Sui) , R Swane (Ned) , P Bech (Esp) , C Schwierz (Ger) , W Rieder (Aut) , A Fabietti (Bra) , S Wiedergruen (Ger) , J Maurer (Aut) , C Prader (Aut) , J Fahrbring (Swe) , J Dusson (Fra) , X Puig (Esp) (am), T Sluiter (Ned) (am).
73 T Laitto (Fin) , P Relecom (Bel) , M Delpodio (Ita) , P Lepitschnik (Aut) , S Russi (Chi) , J San Sebastian (Esp) , M Perez Gelma (Esp) , I Sanchez-Palencia (Esp) , N Ravano (am) (Ita) , K Samooja (Fin) (am).
74 A Chopard (Sui) , C Pfau (Aut) , A Campanile (Ita) , L Alexandre (Fra) , D Larrazabal (Ven) , K Sullivan (Wal) , S Reale (Ita) , B Akesson (Swe) , G Andersson (Swe) , A Andersson (Swe) , G Slabe (Slo) , R McGee (Irl) (am), N Lombardi (Ita) (am), A Christie (Eng) (am).
75 A Napoleoni (Ita) , M Novy (Cze) , F Figueroa (Esa) , A Huber (USA) , M Choi (Aus) , A Savolainen (Fin) , A Bihan (Fra), S Brizzolari (Ita) , J Adarraga Gomez (Esp) , A Basciu (Ita) , C Blaesi (Sui) , J Zednicek (Cze) , E Ravn (Den) , M Thorstensen (USA).
76 J Arnette (USA) , J Theunis (Bel) , A Giuliani (USA) , J Forestier (Fra) , C Trunzer (Ger) , A Signor (Ita) , A Kristiansen (Nor) (am).
77 F Casellini (Sui), G Grillo (Ita) , F Li Puma (Sui), C Baunsoe (Den), L Astl (Aut), D Rawluk (Irl), D Coughlan (Eng)
78 M Guerisoli (Ita) , G Tonelli (Ita) , H Lipsanen (Fin) , R Furrer (Sui) , A Jauretche (Arg) , M Crespi (Ita) , H Pfaller (Aut)
79 A Zani (Ita) , E Lattanzi (Ita), A Iurilli (Ita), K Hallin (Den).
80 R Treis (Ger) , J Hedin (Swe)
81 A Rota (Ita) , R Paolillo (Ita)
83 B James (US)
84 L Vargo (US), J Schmid (Sui).
85 J Clugnac (Fra).
89 J Thureson (Swe)
95 A Serrudo (Arg)

Fleesensee Golf and Country Club, Germany
64 M Thorp (Nor)
67 T Schuster (Ger) , T Edlund (Swe) , M Owens (Irl) , R Golding (Eng) , T Sundström (Fin)
68 J Gill (Nzl), S Gross jun (Ger)
69 T Tuovinen (Fin) , P Skopovy (Cze) , A Mellor (Eng) , R Askstrand (Swe) , J Hansen (am) (Den) , J Roth (Den) ,
70 F Bredin (Swe) , D Wardrop (Eng) , L Corfield (Eng) , J Martikainen (Fin) , B Mann (Ind) , M Kramer (Ger) , A Szappanos (am) (Ger) ,
71 T Cruz (Por) , L Richard (Bel) , G Birch Jr (Ger) , D Marmion (Eng) , N Glans (Swe) , K Jorgensen (Den) , J Lupprian (Ger) , J Drongstrup (Den) , P Ankersoe (Den) , M Glauert (Ger) , R Svensson (Swe) , N Kearney (Irl) (am).
72 R Sjöberg (Swe) , A Fischer (Ger) , B Guiney (Sco), R Steele (Eng), M Palm (Swe), M Haremza (Ger) , Z Scotland (Eng) , R Saxton (Ned) , B Oliver (Aus) , R Nielsen (Den), J Makitalo (Fin) , D Wuensche (Ger) , S Stefansson (Isl) , H Satama (Fin) (am), M Johansson (Swe) (am), P Gabsa (Ger) (am).
73 J Ruth (Eng) , A Rosado (Por) S Forsstrom (Swe) , B Parker (Eng) , D Froreich (Ger) , R Schovanek (Cze) , P Erofejeff (Fin) , B Reiter (Aut) , J Boerdonk (Ned) , F Eibl (Ger) , J Espelund (Den)
74 F Ruprecht (Aut) , A Persson (Swe) , N Bruzelius (Swe) , R Harris (Eng) , M Campbell (Irl) , S Gundorph (Den) , P Purhonen (Fin) , R Hahn (Hun) , J Sköld (Swe) , A John (Ger) (am).
75 A Abdullahi (Ngr) , R Gruber (Aut) , K Mortensen (Den) , B La Roche (Esp) , H Uhlenbeck (Ned) , P Jacobsen (Den) , S Chad (Den) , B Miarka (Ger), J Kucera (Cze), J Hall (Eng) , C Engel (Ger) , S Alvang (Den) , R Eccles (Ned).
76 M Tschinkel (Ger) , R Gonzalez (Arg) , M Ervasti (Fin) , M Tottey (Wal) , F Fihn (Swe) , S Schaefer (Ger) , J Peters (Ger) , C Aronsen (Nor) , F Becker (Ger) , D Klein (Ger) (am), P Baunsoe (Den) (am).
77 J Friessnegg (Aut), P Niederdrenk (Ger) , R Sarközi (Hun) , A Hofvander (Swe)
78 M Larusson (Isl), T Sistonen (Fin) , A Chamberlain (Eng) , R Zwahlen (Fra) , J Brink (Irl) ,
79 J Fransson (Swe), J Hommel (Den) , L Lizanek (Cze) , J Blanks (Eng)
80 A Rosswag (Ger)
81 R Throssell (Aus)
82 C Kaya (Tur)
83 M Aspernas (Swe)
92 P Mina (Ita)