BLACK FRIDAY FOR SCOTS IN Q SCHOOL STAGE 1 ELIMINATORS
By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Colin@scottishgolfview.com
No Scots made it through to Stage 2 at the end of the Stage 1 Section D European Qualifying School competitions at Frilford Heath GC, Oxfordshire and Ribagolfe GC, near Lisbon in Portugal today.
Not even Colville Park's Ross Kellett who started the final round sharing 19th place but slid out of the top 27 who qualified.
Kellett, who has held on to his amateur status, had rounds of 75, 73, 74 and 75 for a nine-over-par total of 297 - agonisingly for the Motherwell player one shot too many.
Walker Cup man James Byrne (Banchory), Scottish amateur champion David Law (Hazlehead) and St Andrews' Greg Paterson, winner of the Craigmillar Park Open at the start of the season, all failed and go back to Square 1 in their bid to make it to next season's European Tour.
Law's last two rounds at Frilford Heath - 79 and 78 - would suggest that he had nothing left in his tank at the end of a stellar season in which he won the Scottish amateur title for the second time in three years and also beat the top Tartan Tour pros to be the first amateur to win the Northern Open since 1970.
David has turned pro.
If Law could have recaptured his form from either of these great weeks, he would surely have sailed over the Frilford Heath hurdle.
Instead he finished on 18-over-par 306 with rounds of 77, 72, 79 and 78.
Paterson, still an amateur, finished six shots ahead of Law at Frilford Heath but four shots outside the qualifying mark with scores of 74, 74, 81 and 71 for 300.
If Kellett could have traded final rounds with him, a 71 would have put Ross through to Stage 2.
Englishman Dale Whitnell, a former Walker Cup player, led the 27 qualifiers from Frilford Heath with a nine-under-par total of 279 (67-69-74-69). His financial reward was 1,800 Euros but a place in Stage 2 is far more important.
James Byrne, who has turned pro, elected to try his luck in Portugal - and he finished six strokes over the qualifying mark. The Banchory man had four steady scores of 74, 76, 75 and 74 for 11-over-par 299.
South African Doug McGuigan had a total of six-under-par 282 (69-72-72-69) to win 1,800 Euros for leading the 26 players to progress from Ribagolfe.
McGuigan finished three strokes clear of Spaniard Vicente Blazquez, Sweden's Björn Pettersson and Zimbabwean Bruce McDonald.
Colin@scottishgolfview.com
No Scots made it through to Stage 2 at the end of the Stage 1 Section D European Qualifying School competitions at Frilford Heath GC, Oxfordshire and Ribagolfe GC, near Lisbon in Portugal today.
Not even Colville Park's Ross Kellett who started the final round sharing 19th place but slid out of the top 27 who qualified.
Kellett, who has held on to his amateur status, had rounds of 75, 73, 74 and 75 for a nine-over-par total of 297 - agonisingly for the Motherwell player one shot too many.
Walker Cup man James Byrne (Banchory), Scottish amateur champion David Law (Hazlehead) and St Andrews' Greg Paterson, winner of the Craigmillar Park Open at the start of the season, all failed and go back to Square 1 in their bid to make it to next season's European Tour.
Law's last two rounds at Frilford Heath - 79 and 78 - would suggest that he had nothing left in his tank at the end of a stellar season in which he won the Scottish amateur title for the second time in three years and also beat the top Tartan Tour pros to be the first amateur to win the Northern Open since 1970.
David has turned pro.
If Law could have recaptured his form from either of these great weeks, he would surely have sailed over the Frilford Heath hurdle.
Instead he finished on 18-over-par 306 with rounds of 77, 72, 79 and 78.
Paterson, still an amateur, finished six shots ahead of Law at Frilford Heath but four shots outside the qualifying mark with scores of 74, 74, 81 and 71 for 300.
If Kellett could have traded final rounds with him, a 71 would have put Ross through to Stage 2.
Englishman Dale Whitnell, a former Walker Cup player, led the 27 qualifiers from Frilford Heath with a nine-under-par total of 279 (67-69-74-69). His financial reward was 1,800 Euros but a place in Stage 2 is far more important.
James Byrne, who has turned pro, elected to try his luck in Portugal - and he finished six strokes over the qualifying mark. The Banchory man had four steady scores of 74, 76, 75 and 74 for 11-over-par 299.
South African Doug McGuigan had a total of six-under-par 282 (69-72-72-69) to win 1,800 Euros for leading the 26 players to progress from Ribagolfe.
McGuigan finished three strokes clear of Spaniard Vicente Blazquez, Sweden's Björn Pettersson and Zimbabwean Bruce McDonald.
Labels: Amateur Men, PRO GOLF
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