Forty-three Scots have paid £1,350 to

enter European Tour Qualifying School

According to Jock MacVicar in today's Scottish Daily Express, Gavin Dear and Wallace Booth, the two Scots in the GB&I team for the Walker Cup match against the United States at Merion GC, Pennsylvania, will turn pro after next week's match.
From America they will head to the European Tour Qualifying School Stage 1 venue at The Oxfordshire Golf Club, a 72-hole eliminator from September 22 to 25 when there will be 120 competitors here.
They will not be home in time to play at Dundonald Links which houses the Stage 1 test for 90 competitors from September 15 to 18.
Most of the 43 Scots who have paid £1,350 each to enter the European Tour Qualifying School - this has to be the biggest money-earner of the year for the European Tour - are playing at Dundonald Links.
A player does not have to turn pro, of course, to compete at the Tour School although Dear has said that if he fails to get a European Tour card he will cross the Atlantic to gain tour pro experience on one or more of the satellite circuits over there.
Dear - as did Wallace Booth - spent four years at college in America and they have lots of contacts over there.
Some other interesting names among the Tour School entries listed on the European Tour website:
+Jordan Findlay (Fraserburgh), who also spent four years at East Tennessee State University after twice reaching the final of the British boys championship - and winning the first time.
+Philip McLean (Peterhead), just a little bit disappointed that he did not make reserve status in the Scotland team for the recent men's home internationals. Philip says he has entered the Qualifying School process this year, as much to gain experience as anything else.
+Kric Nicol (Fraserburgh), winner of last year's North of Scotland open amateur stroke-play and this year's North-east District Open title after a play-off at Peterhead against Philip McLean.
Here's where they are due to play:

DUNDONALD LINKS
September 15 to 18
Ross Cameron
Paul Cormack
Colin Early
Jordan Findlay
Stephen Gray
Chris Harkins (am)
Lee Harper
Scott Henderson
Scott Hendry
Mark Hillson (am)
Barry Hume
Steven Hume (am)
Chris Kelly
Mark Kerr
Craig Lee
Euan Little
Alan Lockhart
Steven G Mackie
Shaun McAllister
Kevin McAlpine (am)
Chris McCalman
Jason McCreadie
Steven McEwan (am)
Philip McLean (am)
Kris Nicol (am)
Paul O'Hara (am)
Gordon Yates (am).

CHART HILLS
September 15 to 18.
John Gallagher
Joel Hendry

LUBKER (Denmark)
September 15 to 18
C J Campbell.

FLEESENSEE (Germany)
September 22 to 25
Bill Guiney.

THE OXFORDSHIRE
September 22 to 25
Wallace Booth (am)
Gavin Dear (am)
Paul Doherty
Graham Fox
Aaron Howard (am)
Graeme Lornie
Craig Matheson
Keir McNicoll (am)
Lloyd Saltman
Zack Saltman
Edward Thomson

GOLF DE MOLIETS
September 22 to 25
Callum Trahan (am)

+Stage 2 will be played at four Spanish venues, including Hacienda del Alamo, Murcia, from November 20 to 23.
+The Final stage is over six rounds at PGA Catalunya, Gerona near Barcelona from November 28 to December 3.