LOOKING GOOD FOR KELLETT BUT TALL ORDER FOR LAW, BYRNE

By COLIN FARQUHARSON Colin@scottishgolfview.com Ross Kellett, still playing as an amateur, is the only Scot who can look forward to tomorrow's final rounds of the European Tour Qualifying School Stage 1 Section D at Frilford Heath and Ribagolfe in Portugal with any degree of optimism. At both venues, only the leading 25 and ties after 72 holes will advance to Stage 2 at four venues in Spain in early December. Colville Park's Kellett is meantime joint 19th at Frilford Heath after rounds of 75, 73 and 74 for a six-over-par tally of 222. A total of 75 players made the third-round cut at 14-over-par 230 or better at the Oxfordshire venue. They included Scottish amateur champion David Law (Hazlehead), now a pro, but he starts the final round in joint 57th place after rounds of 77, 72 and 79 for 228. On his third-round form he has no chance of making up 32 places in the standings. Even worse off is St Andrews' Greg Paterson, still an amateur. He is joint 60th on 229 after round s of 74, 74 and 81. Scots who missed the cut at Frilford Heath were Ian Redford from St Andrews on 232 (two shots too many) with rounds of 78, 75 and 79. Also Carnoustie's Keir McNicoll and Mark Hillson (Craigielaw), both on 239. McNicoll had scores of 77, 80 and 82, Hillson 82, 77 and 80. Walker Cup man James Byrne, now a pro, chose to play in the Q School eliminator at Ribagolfe near Lisbon - and eliminator it looks like being for the Banchory man. He beat the third-round cut in Portugal by one shot, and goes into the final round in joint 53rd place on nine-over 225 after scores of 74, 76 and 75. Can Byrne make 28 places in one round? He would have to break 70 to do so - and not too many players have been doing that at either venue.

THIRD-ROUND TOTALS AT BOTH VENUES

FRILFORD HEATH
Par 216 (3x72)
(75 players made the cut on 230 +14)
208 M Lemesurier (Eng) 68 69 71
210 D Whitnell (Eng) 67 69 74
212 R Karlberg (Swe) 68 71 73, T Hatton (Eng) 71 69 72
214 S Hodgson (Eng) 73 69 72, M Staunton (Irl) 72 68 74
215 M Sell (Eng) 70 74 71
216 S Lilly (Eng) 71 71 74, M Jager (Aus) 72 72 72
217 J Watts (Eng) 71 75 71, C Hinton (am) (Eng) 71 75 71
219 S Matton (Eng) 71 75 73, E Pepperell (Eng) 73 69 77, G Woodman (Eng) 74 74 71
220 D Higgins (Irl) 74 69 77, D Seymour (Eng) 76 72 72, T Adcock (am) (Eng) 75 72 73,
221 J Poulton (Eng) 75 72 74
222 L O'Neill (Eng) 72 74 76, J Kavanagh (Eng) 72 74 76, M Allen (Eng) 75 73 74, N Jones (Ber) 73 74 75, T Vickers (Eng) 75 74 73, R Kellett (am) (Sco) 75 73 74,
223 N Cheetham (Eng) 75 74 74, K Crossland (Eng) 76 76 71, T Burden (Eng) 74 73 76, R Harrison (Eng) 76 71 76, N Howell (Eng) 76 74 73, S Mitchell (Eng) 73 81 69, B Stow(am) (Eng) 73 78 72

PROJECTED CUT-OFF POINT FOR TOP 25 AND TIES AFTER ROUND FOUR

224 W Bennett (Eng) 73 75 76, L Burns (Eng) 75 77 72, J Westwood (Eng) 72 78 74, W Roebuck (Eng) 80 74 70, M Smith (Eng) 76 72 76, J Evans (Eng) 76 72 76, T King (am) (Eng) 71 79 74,
225 J Cunliffe (RSA) 70 76 79, J Banbury (Eng) 72 75 78, W Johnson (Eng) 72 77 76, J Webber (Eng) 74 77 74, L Canter (Eng) 78 75 72, K Pratt (Aus) 72 79 74, E Porter (Aus) 74 77 74, M Allen (am) (Eng) 75 72 78,
226 T Denton (USA) 74 74 78, J Feather (Eng) 78 74 74, P Woodbury (USA) 74 77 75,
227 S McDonagh (Eng) 74 76 77, L Robinson (Eng) 70 80 77, B Vongvanij (USA) 78 75 74, S McAnally (Eng) 74 78 75, G Gancedo Onieva (Esp) 80 74 73, S Fallon (Eng) 74 74 79, L Noott (am) (Eng) 71 75 81,
228 R Tipping (RSA) 74 77 77, D Law (Sco) 77 72 79, T Boys (Eng) 76 75 77,
229 D Thomas (Wal) 75 80 74, A Wootton (Eng) 74 76 79, J Horn (Eng) 78 77 74, D Lernihan (Irl) 75 79 75, D Thomas (Eng) 75 77 77, R Laino (Eng) 73 75 81, H Sayin (am) (Tur) 75 80 74, G Paterson (am) (Sco) 74 74 81,
230 D Griffiths (Eng) 70 80 80, M McCormack (Eng) 81 76 73, A Carson (Eng) 76 77 77, A Mawji (Eng) 78 75 77, I Brown (Eng) 73 78 79, F Jewsbury (Eng) 78 77 75, B O'Dell (Eng) 79 75 76, M Mackman (Eng) 76 73 81

MISSED THE CUT

231 L Mason (Eng) 75 78 78, P Cutler (Nir) 77 76 78,
232 M Hodgson (Aus) 81 76 75, I Redford (Sco) 78 75 79, M Kelly (Irl) 75 74 83, S Dhaduk (Pak) 73 82 77,
233 W Harmston (Eng) 75 72 86, J Oliphant (Eng) 72 79 82, C Gill (Eng) 72 78 83, P Newman (Eng) 79 77 77, M Smith (am) (Eng) 79 78 76,
234 B Phillips (Wal) 73 78 83, S Grewal (Eng) 77 78 79, L Bangerter (Eng) 77 74 83, A Butterfield (Eng) 75 76 83,
235 C Von Borsig (USA) 78 75 82, N Brennan (Irl) 78 80 77, M Chamberlain (Eng) 78 80 77, P Bannon (Can) 80 79 76, R Carter (Eng) 83 76 76,
236 M Davenport (Eng) 77 81 78, D Perrett (Eng) 74 79 83,
238 J Ashton (Eng) 79 81 78, J Galante (Esp) 78 79 81, D Rickwood (am) (Eng) 77 85 76,
239 D White (Eng) 77 79 83, M Hillson (Sco) 82 77 80, K McNicoll (Sco) 77 80 82,
241 N Smith (Eng) 83 76 82,
242 B Cummings (Eng) 81 78 83, J Carter (Eng) 80 83 79,
243 R Gurney (Eng) 83 74 86, R Edwards (Aus) 76 84 83,
246 M Floyd (Eng) 82 78 86,
** M Packard (Eng) 95 86 WD, D Gwilliam (Eng) 80 84 WD

RIBAGOLFE, PORTUGAL
(66 players made the cut on 226 +10)
209 B Pettersson (Swe) 72 65 72
211 T Shadbolt (Eng) 70 71 70, M McGeady (Irl) 70 69 72
212 B McDonald (Zim) 70 69 73, R De Sousa (Sui) 68 68 76
213 D McGuigan (RSA) 69 72 72, C Devlin (Nir) 70 72 71, J Van Der Vaart (Ned) 75 68 70
214 B Vaughan (RSA) 73 67 74, R Bastard (Eng) 71 72 71, V Blazquez (Esp) 67 74 73
215 N Ledesma (Arg) 73 69 73, R Furrer (Sui) 70 73 72, R Quiros (Esp) 72 72 71
216 A Long (USA) 71 73 72
217 J Billing (Swe) 71 74 72, I Van Weerelt (Ned) 72 73 72, B McCarroll (Irl) 71 71 75, B Detweiler (USA) 72 69 76
218 M Bey (Fra) 72 72 74, J Adarraga Gomez (Esp) 71 69 78, O Bekker (RSA) 70 75 73, D Coughlan (Eng) 72 73 73, H Santos (Por) 78 71 69
219 G Vicente Elena (Esp) 76 68 75, D Noh (Esp) 75 69 75, J Kelly (USA) 72 72 75, S Wolters (Ger) 74 71 74, A Sjöstrand (Swe) 70 74 75

PROJECTED CUT-OFF POINT FOR LEADING 25 + TIES AFTER ROUND 4

220 S Garcia Rodriguez (Esp) 73 74 73, J Chevallier (Fra) 76 72 72, P Croonquist (am) (USA) 73 72 75, T Rodrigues (am) (Por) 64 78 78
221 X Guzman (Esp) 73 72 76, P Cassagne (Fra) 70 72 79, A Sagar (Eng) 76 73 72, J Mommo (Fin) 75 70 76, J Little (Eng) 75 74 72, J Kennegard (Swe) 72 78 71
222 J Gibb (Eng) 72 72 78
223 J Foret (Fra) 76 74 73, O Fraustro (Mex) 74 74 75, X Poncelet (Fra) 71 74 78, A Hedlund (Swe) 73 77 73, C Balmaseda (Esp) 74 72 77, M Azcue (Mex) 71 72 80
224 T Murphy (USA) 75 74 75, A Wilson (USA) 77 79 68, P Menjibar (Esp) 74 72 78, L Johansen (Den) 74 78 72, G Jackson (Eng) 78 69 77, J Gallegos (am) (Esp) 75 74 75
225 J Byrne (Sco) 74 76 75, F Rafferty (Irl) 73 76 76, B Houle (Can) 76 74 75, N Bermudo (Esp) 76 70 79, J San Felix (Esp) 77 75 73
226 N Floren (Swe) 75 74 77, C Perez Barberan (Esp) 73 73 80, C Orozco (Esp) 74 74 78, Campbell (Eng) 73 77 76, F De Haas (Ned) 73 74 79, F Adarraga (Esp) 76 77 73, J Kelly (Irl) 70 75 81, K Sullivan (Wal) 75 75 76, P Rasmussen (am) (Den) 74 71 81
MISSED THE CUT
227 T Sundström (Fin) 74 72 81, J Fernandez (Esp) 75 73 79, C Cousins (Wal) 78 75 74
228 N Chaudhuri (Eng) 78 73 77, A Castineira Marcos (Esp) 78 72 78, J Fransson (Swe) 78 73 77, H Dobson (Eng) 78 75 75, R Lantsoght (Esp) 76 77 75
229 J Monroy (Arg) 81 75 73, S Boyd (Imn) 78 77 74
230 P Ceron (Mex) 78 77 75, A Rosado (Por) 78 76 76, S Gutierrez (Esp) 79 73 78, N Gillespie (Nzl) 78 78 74
232 S Franky (Col) 75 78 79, T Kogler (Aut) 80 75 77, H Yamac (Tur) 83 75 74, P Ellerstrom (Swe) 79 76 77
233 R Thomas (Wal) 75 78 80, S Abreu (Aus) 72 80 81, D Renfro (USA) 76 78 79, P Simard (Esp) 77 78 78, E Barry-Walsh (Eng) 76 76 81
234 A Cuenca (Esp) 82 75 77, J Asikainen (Fin) 80 77 77, J Martikainen (Fin) 79 81 74, M Lester (Eng) 80 77 77, J Ochoa (Esp) 74 77 83
235 D Borda (Esp) 80 76 79, R Lopez Perales (Esp) 76 80 79
236 A Columbia (USA) 78 79 79, M Antona (Eng) 78 77 81, J Fuentes (Esp) 83 78 75
238 T O'Flynn (Irl) 77 77 84
241 M Bosse (Ger) 80 80 81
247 J James (Esp) 77 86 84,
252 G Seegmuller (Bel) 78 87 87
255 Y Shin (am) (Kor) 88 87 80