TWO MURRAYSHALL PLAYERS FINISH IN TOP SEVEN

Gavin Dear, on the right of the trio, in front of the Alps Tour Q School leaderboard

Gavin Dear wins Alps Tour Qualifying School Final Stage

By AGATHE SERON

Scotsman Gavin Dear won the Alps Tour Final Qualifying School at Bari in southern italy.

Dear, 25 years old, shot a brilliant 65 to finish first on 13-under-par 201, three strokes clear of Spaniard Miguel Pujalte Sastre and four strokes ahead of young Italian Giorgio Del Boca.

Dear played today with his fellow Scot Steven Hume, both coming from same Perthshire Golf Club - Murrayshall. Hume also qualified well up - joint fourth on 206.

"I played very solid, I hit the ball at the right place and I holed a few putts. I have been playing on mini tour in Florida for the last month and I just came back to play here," said Gavin.

"I am going to train there (Florida) until the beginning of the season of the Alps Tour in Morrocco next year. I like to travel and I had a few good results as amateur in Europe so I say to myself 'Why not?

"Matthiew Cryer is a good friend of mine and he told me that the Alps Tour is run very well and that the courses are in good shape."

Many players from Great Britain succeeded in gaining their Alps Tour card for next year - 11 Englishmen and the two Scots I have mentioned.

For the first time also, Australian, Greek and a Northern Ireland player will be members on the Alps Tour.

The leading 35 players after 54 holes were rewarded with full membership of the Alps Tour for 2010.

The third Scot who made it through to the final day, Zack Saltman, the youngest of the three Lothians brothers, missed out with a total of 217 - four shots too many.

FINAL TOTALS

Par 214 (2x71, 1x72)

201
Gavin DEAR (SCO) 65 71 65 (1,000 euros).

204
Miguel PUJALTE SASTRE Spain 68 66 70 (800 euros)
205
Giorgio DEL BOCA Italy 65 67 73 (700 euros).

206

Carlos AGUILAR Spain 67 71 68 (450 euros).

Agus DOMINGO HOSPITAL Spain 68 69 69 (450 euros)
Steven HUME Scotland 69 67 70 (450 euros).

Farren KEENAN England 68 67 71 (450 euros)

208
Jason PALMER England 65 75 68 (250 euros)
209
Panagiotis KARANTZIAS Greece 71 70 68 (112.50 euros)

Olivier SERRES France (am) 70 71 68.

Andy SMITH England 70 71 68 (112.50 euros).

Giacomo TONELLI Italy 66 74 69 (112.50 euros)

Jason BARNES England 69 69 71 (112.50 euros)

210
Pedro ERICE Spain 75 68 67.

Romain SCHNEIDER France (am) 68 75 67.

Ricki NEIL-JONES England 69 70 71.

211
Sebastian GARCIA Spain 69 73 68.

Adrian CARRETERO Spain 69 73 69.

Matthieu BEY France (am) 70 71 70.

212
Pierrick PERACINO France 70 73 69.

Matthias MONTGAILLARD France 72 71 69.

David ANTONELLI France (am) 68 74 70.

Richard KILPATRICK Northern Ireland 72 69 71.

Alexander MUNRO Australia 71 70 71.

Max BRACKLEY England 70 71 71.

Lawrence DODD England 69 71 72.

213
Pol BECH Mozambique 74 69 70.

Mathieu BOZIO France (am) 69 74 70.

Jann SCHMID Switzerland 66 76 71.

Sergio GONZALEZ GARCIA Spain 68 74 71.

Luca BENEDUCE Italy 71 71 71.

Jamie HOWARTH England 68 73 72.
Nicholas MURTAGH England 71 70 72.
Mark HOOPER England 71 70 72.

Jordan SMITH England 68 72 73.

MISSED THE CUT FOR FULL ALPS TOUR MEMBERSHIP IN 2010
213
Ivan IRAZUSTA Spain 72 67 74 (eliminated on poorest last round of all players on 213).

214
Alexis WEIZMAN France 75 68 71.

Simon FERNOUX France (am) 71 72 71.

Peter JAMES England 74 68 72.

Jason KELLY England 70 72 72.

Mark DAVIES England 66 75 73.

Nunzio LOMBARDI Italy (am) 74 67 73.

Alfonso CASTINEIRA MARCOS Spain 71 70 73.

Juan BUENESTADO GALLEGO Spain 72 68 74.

Edouard PENIN France 72 68 74.

Ignacio SANCHEZ PALENCIA Spain 69 71 74.
Marc PEREZ GELMA Spain 68 69 77.

215
George LERICHE France 68 74 73.

Gerald GRESSE Belgium 72 70 73.

216

Jose Miguel ROSILLO Spain 67 76 73.

Alessandro GRAMMATICA Italy (am) 74 68 74.

Vincent CACHERA France (am) 73 69 74.

Luca GALLIANO Italy 70 72 74.

Laurent PONCELET France 73 69 74.

Matthew MARSH England 69 72 75.

Ismael CASTILLO Spain 72 69 75.

Thomas TANTOT France 69 71 76.

Philipp GENEV Germany 70 68 78.

217
Rory KIRWAN England 77 66 74.

Zack SALTMAN Scotland 68 75 74.

Jean-Vincent DAUDIGNON France 68 74 75.

Neil O'BRIAIN Ireland (am) 71 70 76.

218
Xavier RUIZ-FONHOF Netherlands 67 74 77.

Jose Manuel MANCEBO Spain 70 70 78.

219
Mathieu DELAY-TERMOZ France (am) 67 76 76.
220
Niccolo GIUSTI Italy 68 75 77.

222
Pablo HERRERIA Spain 69 73 80.

225
Stefano BONARDI Italy 73 70 82.

Retired:

Kim JOON Italy (am) 69 68.

Nicolo RAVANO Italy (am) 70 70.