Fog hits third round at The Oxfordshire:

By SARAH GWYNN, European Tour Press Officer
Former European Amateur Champion Marius Thorp of Norway had to settle for a share of the lead at the end of day three of The European Tour First Qualifying Stage – Section B at Fleesensee Golf and Country Club in Germany after carding a 74.
Thorp led by one shot at the start of the round but was pegged back by New Zealander James Gill and Swede Tony Edlund. The trio are on nine under for the tournament, one ahead of Germany’s Max Kramer and Danish amateur Joachim B Hansen.
Four courses across Europe – in England, France, Germany and Italy – are hosting the 72-hole First Qualifying Stage – Section B competition, where hundreds of hopefuls are hoping to progress towards membership of The European Tour.
Their goal is Second Stage in November, before the Final Stage at PGA Golf de Catalunya in Girona, Spain, where the top 30 players (plus ties) will win a coveted place on The 2010 European Tour International Schedule.
Englishman Zane Scotland shot the round of the day with a 67, pushing him up to seventh and strengthening his chances of bagging one of the 26 (plus ties) qualifying places on offer at Fleesensee.
A Spanish contingent was leading the way at Golf de Moliets, where 26 places plus ties are up for grabs. Raul Quiros and Carlos Balmaseda both shot 68 to reach 16 under overall, three ahead of their compatriots Mikel Galdos and Borja Etchart, who carded 68 and 69 respectively.
Switzerland’s Martin Rominger continued his fine form to extend his lead at Golf Bogogno, following day two’s 65 with a 68 to reach 14 under after three rounds, four in front of Argentinian Sebastian L Saavedra, who posted a 67. Twenty-seven places plus ties are available in Italy for Second Stage.
Finally, at The Oxfordshire overnight leader Richard Blaum of the United States was unable to complete his third round after heavy morning fog led to long delays. Blaum’s group and 11 other groups will complete their rounds on Friday morning. At 12 under after two rounds, no player was able to catch him on the third day, with Englishman Peter Richardson shooting 68 to go to seven under and Andrew Johnston at six under after carding the same score. Twenty-seven places are on offer at the English venue.
THIRD-ROUND SCOREBOARD
Circolo Golf Bogogno, Italy
(Leading 26 + ties after four rounds will qualify)
202 M Rominger (Sui) 69 65 68,
206 S Saavedra (Arg) 69 70 67,
208 J Dusson (Fra) 72 70 66,
209 G Rosier (Fra) 70 70 69, H Bacher (Aut) 69 68 72, S Piaget (Mon) 70 73 66, J Kim (am) (Ita) 66 72 71
210 N Sulzer (Sui) 71 72 67, J Maurer (Aut) 72 69 69, K Sullivan (Wal) 74 68 68, A Maestroni (Ita) 70 71 69,
211 T Weiss (Sui) 68 72 71, G Slabe (Slo) 74 67 70, N Bollini (USA) 69 70 72,
212 P Nilbrink (Nor) 71 73 68, M Soffietti (Ita) 71 73 68, N Bertasio (am) (Ita) 70 70 72,
213 F Ojeda Racioppi (Arg) 70 71 72, C Ford (Eng) 70 73 70, J Fahrbring (Swe) 72 73 68, D Suazo (Esp) 71 72 70, R Swane (Ned) 72 71 70,
214 C Blaesi (Sui) 75 66 73, M Delpodio (Ita) 73 71 70, T Lambert (Aus) 69 73 72, N Ravano (am) (Ita) 73 67 74,
215 A Bruschi (Ita) 72 72 71, A Zanini (Ita) 70 75 70, A Christie (am) (Eng) 74 73 68, R McGee (am) (Irl) 74 70 71,
216 A Napoleoni (Ita) 75 71 70, A Bihan (Fra) 75 73 68, S Wiedergruen (Ger) 72 73 71, M Persson (Swe) 70 73 73, P Terreni (Ita) 70 78 68, J Camargo (Esp) 70 76 70, T Sluiter (am) (Ned) 72 75 69,
217 M Novy (Cze) 75 73 69, S Russi (Chi) 73 71 73, P Lepitschnik (Aut) 73 69 75, T Laitto (Fin) 73 71 73, J Foret (Fra) 71 72 74, D Ulrich (Sui) 72 73 72, J Garcia Pinto (Esp) 71 76 70, F Pasqualucci (Ita) 69 71 77,
218 J Parron (Esp) 71 77 70, R Treis (Ger) 80 70 68, P Bech (Esp) 72 73 73, F Figueroa (Esa) 75 73 70, C Pfau (Aut) 74 71 73, K Samooja (am) (Fin) 73 75 70,
219 E Lattanzi (Ita) 79 71 69, A Huber (USA) 75 72 72, I Sanchez-Palencia (Esp) 73 73 73, J Theunis (Bel) 76 74 69, F Svanberg (Sui) 68 76 75,
220 G Andersson (Swe) 74 70 76, S Reale (Ita) 74 72 74, C Prader (Aut) 72 75 73, P Relecom (Bel) 73 72 75, J San Sebastian (Esp) 73 74 73,
221 C Trunzer (Ger) 76 73 72, A Signor (Ita) 76 69 76, J Adarraga Gomez (Esp) 75 71 75, M Choi (Aus) 75 72 74, A Fabietti (Bra) 72 75 74, X Puig (am) (Esp) 72 76 73,
222 A Chopard (Sui) 74 76 72, A Andersson (Swe) 74 73 75,
223 A Savolainen (Fin) 75 77 71,
224 J Arnette (USA) 76 71 77, C Schwierz (Ger) 72 77 75, A Zani (Ita) 79 70 75
225 A Basciu (Ita) 75 72 78, E Penin (Fra) 67 80 78, L Alexandre (Fra) 74 75 76,
226 M Guerisoli (Ita) 78 77 71, C Baunsoe (Den) 77 76 73, R Paolillo (Ita) 81 72 73, M Thorstensen (USA) 75 75 76, F Li Puma (Sui) 77 76 73,
227 D Rawluk (Irl) 77 76 74, G Tonelli (Ita) 78 76 73, J Schmid (Sui) 84 72 71, M Perez Gelma (Esp) 73 78 76, A Campanile (Ita) 74 74 79
228 J Hedin (Swe) 80 73 75, L Astl (Aut) 77 74 77, D Coughlan (Eng) 77 77 74,
229 S Brizzolari (Ita) 75 78 76, A Giuliani (USA) 76 76 77, J Zednicek (Cze) 75 74 80, A Iurilli (Ita) 79 74 76, D Larrazabal (Ven) 74 75 80, W Rieder (Aut) 72 83 74, N Lombardi (am) (Ita) 74 80 75
230 M Crespi (Ita) 78 80 72, H Lipsanen (Fin) 78 74 78,
231 E Ravn (Den) 75 79 77, R Furrer (Sui) 78 74 79, A Kristiansen (am) (Nor) 76 79 76,
234 L Vargo (USA) 84 79 71
236 B Akesson (Swe) 74 83 79, A Rota (Ita) 81 79 76
243 A Jauretche (Arg) 78 81 84
244 B James (USA) 83 82 79
245 J Thureson (Swe) 89 79 77
** G Grillo (Ita) 77 72 RETD, J Forestier (Fra) 76 77 WD, F Casellini (Sui) 77 77 WD, H Pfaller (Aut) 78 78 WD, K Hallin (Den) 79 78 WD, J Clugnac (Fra) 85 73 WD, A Serrudo (Arg) 95 97 WD,

FLEESENSEE G&CC, GERMANY
(Leading 27 + ties will qualify after fourth round)
207 T Edlund (Swe) 67 70 70, J Gill (Nzl) 68 66 73, M Thorp (Nor) 64 69 74,
208 M Kramer (Ger) 70 70 68, J Hansen (am) (Den) 69 69 70,
209 A Mellor (Eng) 69 69 71,
210 Z Scotland (Eng) 72 71 67,
211 J Sköld (Swe) 74 68 69, R Sjöberg (Swe) 72 70 69, A Rosado (Por) 73 70 68, R Harris (Eng) 74 71 66, A Fischer (Ger) 72 70 69, N Kearney (am) (Irl) 71 72 68,
212 M Owens (Irl) 67 72 73, M Palm (Swe) 72 69 71, L Richard (Bel) 71 72 69, R Saxton (Ned) 72 69 71, M Johansson (am) (Swe) 72 71 69
213 D Wardrop (Eng) 70 72 71
214 N Glans (Swe) 71 68 75, T Tuovinen (Fin) 69 73 72, J Drongstrup (Den) 71 72 71, S Gross Jr (Ger) 68 72 74
215 N Bruzelius (Swe) 74 71 70, T Schuster (Ger) 67 75 73, J Lupprian (Ger) 71 70 74, L Corfield (Eng) 70 74 71, J Martikainen (Fin) 70 74 71, J Ruth (Eng) 73 72 70, M Glauert (Ger) 71 71 73, J Roth (Den) 69 71 75, A Szappanos (am) (Ger) 70 71 74
216 S Forsstrom (Swe) 73 71 72, R Askstrand (Swe) 69 73 74, R Golding (Eng) 67 76 73, B Mann (Ind) 70 71 75, B Guiney (Sco) 72 74 70
217 R Steele (Eng) 72 73 72, T Cruz (Por) 71 71 75, T Sundström (Fin) 67 76 74, M Haremza (Ger) 72 74 71, B Oliver (Aus) 72 75 70, R Nielsen (Den) 72 75 70, J Makitalo (Fin) 72 69 76, P Ankersoe (Den) 71 72 74, S Gundorph (Den) 74 69 74
218 D Marmion (Eng) 71 74 73, G Birch Jr (Ger) 71 71 76, F Bredin (Swe) 70 72 76, P Erofejeff (Fin) 73 73 72, B Miarka (Ger) 75 74 69, D Wuensche (Ger) 72 70 76, D Klein (am) (Ger) 76 72 70, A John (am) (Ger) 74 76 68,
219 R Schovanek (Cze) 73 73 73, F Becker (Ger) 76 71 72, K Jorgensen (Den) 71 74 74, P Baunsoe (am) (Den) 76 75 68,
220 P Jacobsen (Den) 75 75 70, M Campbell (Irl) 74 71 75, R Svensson (Swe) 71 72 77, J Hall (Eng) 75 73 72,
221 K Mortensen (Den) 75 71 75, P Purhonen (Fin) 74 72 75,
222 S Stefansson (Isl) 72 77 73, F Ruprecht (Aut) 74 72 76, J Fransson (Swe) 79 70 73, B Parker (Eng) 73 71 78, H Satama (am) (Fin) 72 75 75,
223 P Niederdrenk (Ger) 77 75 71, A Abdullahi (Ngr) 75 72 76, R Eccles (Ned) 75 74 74, M Ervasti (Fin) 76 77 70, M Tschinkel (Ger) 76 72 75, J Blanks (Eng) 79 72 72, A Chamberlain (Eng) 78 75 70,
224 D Froreich (Ger) 73 76 75, J Boerdonk (Ned) 73 75 76, R Gruber (Aut) 75 74 75, S Chad (Den) 75 77 72, F Fihn (Swe) 76 73 75, B La Roche (Esp) 75 77 72, B Reiter (Aut) 73 77 74, M Tottey (Wal) 76 75 73,
225 H Uhlenbeck (Ned) 75 78 72, A Persson (Swe) 74 80 71, J Espelund (Den) 73 79 73,
226 C Engel (Ger) 75 76 75, C Aronsen (Nor) 76 75 75, P Skopovy (Cze) 69 80 77, F Eibl (Ger) 73 76 77, S Alvang (Den) 75 78 73,
227 J Kucera (Cze) 75 73 79, R Gonzalez (Arg) 76 79 72,
228 J Brink (Irl) 78 72 78, A Hofvander (Swe) 77 74 77,
230 S Schaefer (Ger) 76 77 77, T Sistonen (Fin) 78 77 75, R Hahn (Hun) 74 77 79, M Larusson (Isl) 78 77 75, P Gabsa (am) (Ger) 72 76 82,
231 R Zwahlen (Fra) 78 75 78,
233 A Rosswag (Ger) 80 75 78,
235 M Aspernas (Swe) 83 72 80, J Hommel (Den) 79 80 76,
236 J Friessnegg (Aut) 77 80 79
237 R Sarközi (Hun) 77 79 81
238 J Peters (Ger) 76 80 82
242 R Throssell (Aus) 81 81 80
265 P Mina (Ita) 92 90 83
** L Lizanek (Cze) 79 75 WD,
** C Kaya (Tur) 82 RT
THE OXFORDSHIRE
** Third round to be completed on Friday morning
(Leading 27 will qualify after fourth round)
Completed rounds
Peter RICHARDSON ENG 73 68 68 209 -7
Andrew JOHNSTON ENG 73 69 68 210 -6
Leif WESTERBERG SWE 70 72 70 212 -4
Johnny BLOOMFIELD JAM 79 68 66 213 -3
Peter JAMES ENG 72 74 67 213 -3
Billy BRITTON (AM) ENG 73 69 71 213 -3
Stiggy HODGSON (AM) ENG 73 70 70 213 -3
Damian MOONEY NIR 73 70 71 214 -2
Steven PARRY ENG 74 69 71 214 -2
Matt HAINES (AM) ENG 72 71 71 214 -2
Crue ELLIOT ENG 74 73 68 215 -1
Brett A TAYLOR ENG 70 76 69 215 -1
Peter O'KEEFFE IRL 72 69 74 215 -1
Chris DEVLIN NIR 73 70 73 216 0
Matthew CRYER ENG 73 70 73 216 0
Graeme LORNIE SCO 70 73 73 216 0
James S MASON ENG 71 71 74 216 0
Edward THOMSON SCO 80 70 67 217 1
Tim RICE IRL 72 70 75 217 1
James CONTEH ENG 75 67 75 217 1
Scotty HOWARTH ENG 71 73 73 217 1
Cian CURLEY (AM) IRL 74 69 74 217 1
Adam CARSON (AM) ENG 71 76 70 217 1
Jonathan GIDNEY ENG 73 74 71 218 2
Josh CUNLIFFE RSA 72 70 76 218 2
Kevin CROSSLAND ENG 74 70 74 218 2
Darren BLAIR (AM) RSA 74 73 71 218 2
Robert WRAGG ENG 74 74 71 219 3
Alex HAMILTON USA 77 72 70 219 3
Keir MCNICOLL SCO 76 71 72 219 3
Zack SALTMAN SCO 75 73 71 219 3
Steven COWLE ENG 74 73 72 219 3
Adam WOOTTON (AM) ENG 74 73 72 219 3
Steven UZZELL (AM) ENG 75 74 70 219 3
Jamie HOWARTH ENG 76 71 73 220 4
David STEIN AUS 75 75 70 220 4
Mark RUMMINGS ENG 76 73 72 221 5
Mark STAUNTON IRL 73 74 74 221 5
Richard KILPATRICK NIR 75 73 73 221 5
Paul M REED ENG 75 72 75 222 6
Will ROEBUCK (AM) ENG 77 74 71 222 6
Mark HOOPER ENG 72 71 80 223 7
Mark RAMSDALE ENG 76 75 72 223 7
Craig MATHESON SCO 76 72 75 223 7
Darren MCWILLIAMS NIR 78 70 75 223 7
Himmat SINGH RAI IND 83 72 68 223 7
Scott FALLON (AM) ENG 79 73 71 223 7
Luke COLLINS (AM) ENG 79 70 74 223 7
Ryan THOMAS WAL 73 75 76 224 8
Jason DRANSFIELD ENG 76 73 75 224 8
Graham FOX SCO 75 73 76 224 8
Steven PALMER ENG 75 79 71 225 9
Bennie VAN DER MERWE RSA 76 73 77 226 10
Ed MORTON ENG 78 75 74 227 11
Nicholas MATEUSZCZYK (AM) AUS 76 76 75 227 11
Johan DU BUISSON RSA 81 74 73 228 12
Carl WAKELY WAL 75 77 76 228 12
Greg PETERS ENG 74 74 81 229 13
Nathan TREACHER ENG 77 73 79 229 13
Giles BRYAN ENG 78 78 74 230 14
Greg BOWDEN IRL 73 80 77 230 14
Joe FEATHER ENG 78 77 76 231 15
Ben O'DELL ENG 79 73 79 231 15
Sean ELLIOT ENG 76 74 82 232 16
Andrew HANCOX ENG 80 75 77 232 16
Jonas HAGLUND (AM) FIN 76 81 76 233 17
Glen ROBINSON IRL 80 77 77 234 18
Michael EVANS ENG 79 80 75 234 18
Alex BECKETT ENG 80 77 78 235 19
Aaron HOWARD (AM) SCO 79 81 76 236 20
Ben PATERSON (AM) ENG 82 77 78 237 21
Alain VERGARI ITA 85 74 81 240 24
David SCOTT AUS 85 80 76 241 25
Mark MCGEEHAN ENG 80 85 78 243 27
Richard CHALLONER ENG 83 76 84 243 27
Nick CASSINI USA 78 70 RT 999 4

GOLF DE MOLIETS, FRANCE
(Leading 27 + ties after four rounds to qualify)
200 R Quiros (Esp) 65 67 68, C Balmaseda (Esp) 69 63 68,
203 M Galdos (Esp) 66 69 68, B Etchart (Esp) 66 68 69,
206 T Fournier (Fra) 67 69 70, E De La Riva (Esp) 68 67 71,
207 P Bocian (Swe) 67 70 70,
208 J Van Hauwe (Fra) 71 67 70, E Barr (Irl) 68 70 70, D Quiros (Esp) 71 69 68, J Legarrea (Esp) 66 69 73, P Oriol (Esp) 67 69 72,
209 O David (Fra) 64 71 74, C Garcia (Esp) 68 70 71,
210 C McNamara (Irl) 71 68 71, E Dubois (Fra) 72 68 70, B Fowles (am) (Eng) 74 66 70.
211 G Watremez (Bel) 68 73 70, B Mannix (Eng) 72 67 72, A Belt (Eng) 69 69 73, J Mommo (Fin) 73 73 65, T Leon (USA) 66 70 75,
212 G Gresse (Bel) 67 72 73, J Ocejo (Esp) 68 71 73,
213 G Canizares (Esp) 72 72 69, P Menjibar (Esp) 68 73 72, J Rosillo (Esp) 71 72 70, T Stewart (Aus) 73 71 69, B Lecuona (Fra) 67 71 75, C Aguilar (Esp) 69 71 73,
214 J Guillet (Fra) 71 69 74, M Cantero (Esp) 72 70 72, D Perrier (Fra) 76 69 69, V Blazquez (Esp) 70 74 70, M Mills (Eng) 71 71 72, X Guzman (Esp) 73 72 69, M Saiz (Esp) 71 73 70, T Reid (Eng) 66 75 73,
215 P Hendriksen (Eng) 69 72 74, J Lorca (Esp) 68 68 79, K Le Sager (Fra) 70 73 72,D Alonso (Esp) 69 71 75, J Daudignon (Fra) 71 75 69, F Lagarto (Esp) 77 69 69, P O'Hanlon (Irl) 71 72 72, L Portela (Esp) 67 72 76, N Walker (Eng) 72 71 72, F Hammarberg (Swe) 73 72 70,
216 C Bell (Eng) 74 73 69, J Belliard (Fra) 75 71 70,
217 N Soto (Eng) 74 69 74, B Welch (Eng) 74 69 74, M Bosse (Ger) 71 72 74, I Del Castillo (Esp) 71 72 74, S Arnold (Aus) 73 73 71, M Raven (am) (Eng) 72 72 73,
218 A Matallana (Esp) 75 73 70, S Seijo (Esp) 74 75 69, S Mason (Eng) 71 77 70, E Dominguez (Arg) 74 74 70, R Thuillier (Fra) 75 72 71, D Antonelli (am) (Fra) 71 71 76
219 S Haywood (Eng) 76 73 70, C Perez Barberan (Esp) 72 73 74, B Hemstock (am) (Eng) 75 73 71,
220 R Schilperoord (Ned) 76 73 71, F Vallet (Fra) 75 71 74, F Keenan (Eng) 74 72 74 J Palmer (Eng) 75 71 74, N Singer (am) (Fra) 71 79 70,
221 J Mancebo (Esp) 74 70 77, M Duque (Esp) 74 75 72,
222 M Dearden (Wal) 73 77 72, P Herreria (Esp) 76 71 75,
223 M Jonsson (Swe) 71 71 81, M Sell (Eng) 73 75 75, I Irazusta (Esp) 77 77 69, C Trahan (am) (Sco) 75 77 71,
224 J Raveloarison (Mad) 74 76 74, J Bragulat (Esp) 76 76 72, G Vicente Elena (Esp) 75 77 72, J Estevez (Arg) 68 73 83, A Johnsson (Swe) 71 77 76,
225 J Chang (Esp) 70 72 83, A Hedlund (Swe) 75 75 75, A Claesson (Swe) 74 75 76, M Mauret (Fra) 79 75 71,
226 S Gutierrez (Esp) 75 76 75, J Jankowski (Eng) 71 78 77, C Scott (Eng) 75 75 76,
227 S Rodriguez (Esp) 76 80 71, V Thorstensen (Nor) 74 78 75, S Casado (Mex) 77 74 76 J Eerdmans (Ned) 76 77 74, A Cuenca (am) (Esp) 74 76 77, O Serres (am) (Fra) 77 76 74
229 J Dannesboe (Den) 78 75 76,
230 B McCarroll (Irl) 76 78 76,
231 S Franklin (Irl) 78 77 76,
232 D Moreno (Esp) 74 80 78,
233 P Ellerstrom (Swe) 76 75 82, M Figueroa (Arg) 75 79 79,
234 J Buenestado (Esp) 78 81 75,
235 J Schiele (Fra) 73 84 78,
** F Hasson (Bra) 74 76 DQ, X Valere (Fra) 73 73 WD, J Lee (Esp) 76 85 WD, A Paolillo (Ita) 79 83 WD, N Murtagh (Eng) 76 76 WD,

** S Kumar (USA) 88 RT 0, D Noh (Esp) 73 RT 0, R Sullivan (USA) WD 0 0,