McNICOLL AND DOHERTY ON COURSE


FOR STAGE 2 OF TOUR SCHOOL


Tim Sluiter of The Netherlands and Ricki Neil-Jones of England hold the halfway lead at The London Club at the First Qualifying Stage Section A.
Sluiter added a second round 69 to his opening 65 to advance to ten under par, a 36 hole total matched by Neil-Jones after the Englishman shot his second consecutive 67.
They lead the way at The London Club, a European Tour Destination hosting the first leg of the Qualifying School along with Ribagolfe in Portugal.
Carnoustie's Keir McNicoll and Paul Doherty, the South Wales-based former Scottish boys champion, stay on course to qualify for Stage 2.
McNicoll is lying joint 14th on 140 with steady rounds of 69 and 71.
Doherty is sharing 19th place on 141 with scores of 68 and 73.
North-east Alliance champion Paul Cormack (Inchmarlo), the only other Scot in the field of 99 at the Ash, Kent venue, looks out of it. He is back in joint 80th place with 74 and 76 for 150.
Swede Jonas Pettersson continues to lead the way at Ribagolfe after adding a level par 72 to his opening 68 to lead by one from Portugal’s Tiago Cruz.
The First Qualifying School Section A is taking place at two venues this week – in England and Portugal. A further six venues will also take part in the First Qualifying Stage over the next three weeks across Austria, England, France, Germany, Italy and Scotland.
The successful players from each of the eight venues will progress to the Second Qualifying Stage, held in Spain across four venues.


SECOND ROUND LEADERS
THE LONDON CLUB, ASH, KENT
Par 144 (2x72)
134 Tim Sluiter (Ned) 65 69, Ricki Neil-Jones (Eng) 67 67.
136 Ryan Harrison (Eng) 66 70, Richard Wallis (Eng) 67 69.
137 Michael McGeady (Ire) 67 70, Andrew Johnston (Eng) 68 69, Daniel Perrett (Eng) 65 72.
138 Francis G McGuirk (Eng) 71 67, Yasin Ali (Eng) 73 65, David Griffiths (Eng) 69 69, Tom Sherreard (Eng) (am) 68 70.
139 Kevin Harper (Eng) 72 67, Jason Barnes (Eng) 70 69.
140 Rory Kirwan (Eng) 71 69, Keir McNicoll (Sco) 69 71, David Coupland (Eng) (am) 69 71., Steven Brown (Eng (am), Stiggy Hodgson (Eng) 71 69.
142 Paul Doherty (Sco) 68 73, Pontus Leijon (Swe) 73 68, Ross Whitelock (Eng) 72 69, Nick Redfern (Eng) 68 73, Johan Eerdmans (Ned) 71 70, Will Roebuck (Eng) 66 75, Paul Maddy (Eng) 69 72.
143 Michael Vandenberg (Eng) 71 72, Matt Ford (Eng) 69 74, Steven Palmer (Eng) 75 68, Nick Smith (Eng) 73 70, Billy Fowles (Eng) 72 71, Ben Fox (US) 70 73, Toby Burden (Eng) 75 68, Shane Franklin (Ire) 73 70.
144 Jordan Gibb (Eng 77 67, Mu Hu (Chn) 71 73, Nicky Harris (Eng) 72 72, David Callaway (Eng) 72 72, Stuart McCance (Eng) 76 78, Josh Cunliffe (SAf) 71 73, Niall Turner (Ire) 74 70, John Chamberlain (Eng) (am) 73 71.

Selected score:
150 Paul Cormack (Sco) 74 76 (jt 80th).


RIBAGOLFE, PORTUGAL
140 Jonas Pettersson (Swe) 68 72.
141 Tiago Cruz (Por) 69 72.
142 Sergia Gutierrez (Spa) 75 67, Oscar Fraustro (Mex) 70 72, Zavier Guzman (Spa) 72 70.
143 Borja Etchart (Spa) 72 71, Nico Bollini (US) 71 72.
144 Ricardo Santos (Por) 72 72, Dok Rea Noh (Spa) 70 74, Roderick Bastard (Eng) 74 70, Antonio Rosado (Por) 74 70.