Three Scots among 31 winners of 2010 Euro Tour cards

Drummond pitches in at 108th hole

to keep his place on European Tour

FROM THE AOL GOLF NEWS SERVICE
Anglo-Scott Scott Drummond, the one-time PGA championship winner at Wentworth, birdied the last hole of his sixth and final round (108 holes) by pitching in from 25 yards to regain a European Tour card at the Final Qualifying School in North-east Spain today.
Bogeys on the ninth and 15th holes had put the Devon-based Scot in danger of an agonising miss, but for the second day running he made a birdie 3 on the 449yd 18th on the Stadium course at PGA Catalunya Golf Resort near Girona - and, with a total of 418, was right on the limit mark for the 31 qualifiers.
England's Sam Walker, on the other hand, followed birdies at the 15th, 16th and 17th with a bogey to fail by one on 419.
Top of the class was former Wales Open champion Simon Khan, who, with a 20-under-par aggregate of 408, finished one in front of fellow Englishman Sam Hutsby and two clear of Scot Stephen Gallacher, who returned to the school after a season disrupted by ill health.
Gallacher had rounds of 68, 72, 68, 66, 67 and 69 for 17-under-par 411, a great effort and reminiscent of his form when he won the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship a few years back.
Thirty-one of the 156 starters earned cards, including former Ryder Cup team-mates Andrew Coltart and Jarmo Sandelin.
Edinburgh-based Coltart needed a big last-day effort to climb into the qualifiers' zone and the man who hails from Thornhill did just that. He climbed from 34th to joint 16th on 417 with a bogey-free closing 68, after earlier rounds of 71, 71, 69, 68 and 70 had put the pressure on him to shoot a 68 or better at the last time of asking, while Sandelin was also 11 under after a 73.
Three Scots in all out of the starting group of 11 achieved their objective. Apart from Gallacher, nephew of the former Ryder Cup captain, and Coltart, Steven O'Hara from Motherwell tied for seventh place on 413 with scores of 68, 70, 68, 69, 68 and 70 - his best tournament performance for a long time.
The Scots who survived the four-round cut but failed to make it into the top 30 at the end of the day were Andrew Oldcorn, like Drummond a former PGA title-winner, and Callum Macaulay who loses his European Tour playing rights after his rookie season, during which he had his high points, just not enough of them.
Those who failed to make the 31 winners of cards but played 108 holes earn Nationwide Tour status if they don't hold it already.

THE MEN WHO EARNED EUROPEAN TOUR PLAYING STATUS IN 2010
SIX-ROUND FINAL TOTALS
Par 428 (4x72, 2x70)
408 Simon Khan (England) 68 63 67 66 70 74.
409 Sam Hutsby (England) 69 72 65 68 66 69.
410 Stephen Gallacher (Scotland) 68 72 68 66 67 69.
411 Alejandro Canizares (Spain) 74 67 61 65 75 69, Marco Ruiz (Paraguay) 71 68 63 69 75 65.
412 Fredrik Ohlsson (Sweden) 68 70 68 69 71 66.
413 Clodomero Carranza (Argentina) 65 73 68 68 67 72, Mark F Haastrup (Denmark) 69 71 68 67 68 70, Eirik Tage Johansen (Norway) 75 65 66 71 69 67, Steven O'Hara (Scotland) 68 70 68 69 68.
414 Benjamin Herbert (France) 69 71 69 71 67 67.
415 Fredrik Andersson Hed (Sweden) 66 75 66 70 69 69, Philip Archer (England) 68 70 67 72 69 69, Jamie Elson (England) 68 65 66 783 71 72, Carl Suneson (Spain) 72 67 65 71 71 69.
417 George Coetzee (South Africa) 68 70 67 71 70 71, Andrew Coltart (Scotland) 71 71 69 68 70 68, Stephan Gross junior (Germany) 69 72 66 66 71 73, Anton Haig (South Africa) 76 73 66 62 69 71, Steven Jeppesen (Sweden) 69 75 67 66 70 70, James Kamte (South Africa) 67 73 69 70 71 67, Gary Murphy (Ireland) 69 67 70 74 69 68, Patrik Sjoland (Sweden) 72 65 67 69 72 72, James Ruth (England) 64 75 66 68 72 72, Jarmo Sandelin (Sweden) 66 69 67 70 72 73 (jt 16th).
418 Scott Drummond (Scotland) 69 69 69 70 70 71, Lorenzo Gagli (Italy) 70 71 67 70 68 72, Jean-Baptiste Gonnet(France) 67 74 67 70 71 69, Julien Guerrier (France) 60 75 70 72 71 70, Rick Kulacz (Australia) 72 70 69 70 73 64, Simon Thornton (Ireland) 67 75 69 69 67 71 (jt 26th).

DID NOT QUALIFY (totals of 419 or over)
419 Wil Besseling (Netherlands) 70 70 66 73 73 67, Liam Bon (Wales) 68 72 70 67 74 68, Michiel Bothma (South Africa) 74 64 65 72 74 70, Tony Carolan (Australia) 674 74 67 72 71 71, Callum Macaulay (Scotland) 70 73 71 67 70 68, Thorbjorn Olesen (Denmark) 67 75 68 69 70 70 Lee Slattery (England) 65 74 67 71 74 68 Sam Walker (England) 70 64 69 68 74 73.
(jt 32nd).
420 Javier Colomo (Spa) 74 67 68 71 69 71, Stuart Manley (Wal) 66 72 65 76 70 71, Manuel Quiros (Spa) 71 70 68 67 71 73, Christophe Brazillier (Fra) 71 67 67 70 72 73, Ghislain Rosier (Fra) 71 73 67 64 70 75, Alessandro Tadini (Ita) 68 69 69 71 67 76
421 Nicolas Meitinger (Ger) 66 77 73 65 71 69, Mads Vibe-Hastrup (Den) 65 78 71 66 72 69, Martin Wiegele (Aut) 65 74 68 72 73 69, Niall Kearney (Irl) 72 68 68 69 74 70, Keith Horne (Rsa) 64 74 68 73 70 72
422 Chris Gaunt (Aus) 74 70 72 65 72 69, Matthew Zions (Aus) 73 68 66 74 72 69, Andrea Maestroni (Ita) 66 74 70 70 71 71, Johan Axgren (Swe) 73 68 65 74 70 72, Alexandre Kaleka (Fra) 68 70 72 69 71 72, Michael Lorenzo-Vera (Fra) 69 70 64 72 75 72, Marco Soffietti (Ita) 72 64 68 73 72 73
423 Paul Eales (Eng) 69 74 72 66 75 67, Julien Clement (Swi) 70 73 73 64 72 71, Bernd Wiesberger (Aut) 70 68 71 71 70 73, Charlie Ford (Eng) 67 64 67 70 81 74, Tim Stewart (Aus) 68 73 69 71 67 75
424 Benn Barham (Eng) 71 72 71 67 72 71, Miles Tunnicliff (Eng) 65 73 70 72 69 75
425 Cesar Monasterio (Arg) 74 69 68 70 75 69, Oliver Whiteley (Eng) 75 65 71 70 74 70, Louis Moolman (Rsa) 70 68 70 72 75 70, Adilson Da Silva (Bra) 73 65 70 69 75 73
426 Anthony Snobeck (Fra) 67 76 70 67 76 70, Rolf Muntz (Ned) 71 72 66 70 76 71, Ryan Blaum (USA) 72 67 68 73 74 72, Andrew Marshall (Eng) 67 76 71 67 72 73
427 Adam Blyth (Aus) 68 77 68 67 79 68, Luis Claverie (Spa) 68 76 67 70 76 70, Andrew Oldcorn (Sco) 72 68 71 70 74 72