By COLIN FARQUHARSON Bad news for Paul Lawrie and all those who like to see Scottish golfers prospering. Only three Scots - Callum Macaulay, Alan McLean and Elliot Saltman - out of a total of 18 starters - have qualified from the European Tour Qualifying School Stage 2 events in Spain for the Final eliminator over six rounds at PGA Catalunya, Girona in the north-east of Spain. Only the leading 20 players at each of the four venues where the 72-hole competitions ended today qualified and there was a near-miss by Scott Hendry who missed out by a single shot at Costa Ballena. Generally, however, the standard of scoring was so high across the board that the Scots could not raise their games to the required level to advance to the crunch contest which will decide the 30 players who will gain full playing rights on the 2012 European Tour. Former Scottish amateur champion Macaulay and Glasgow-born Canadian resident McLean were notable exceptions. They both finished on 11 under par 273 at El Valle where they were joint second behind the winner by seven shots, Joakim Lagergren (Sweden). Macaulay, who had a 66 in the first round and a 65 in the third, was on course for a third sub-70 score over the par-71 venue but tiredness may have got to him in the closing stages. He bogeyed the 16th and 18th for a 71. McLean had rounds of 70, 70, 64 and 69. The qualifying mark at El Valle was one-under-par 283 (play-off) or better. SGU Order of Merit winner James White (Lundin GC), still an amateur, began with a 65 here but finished with a pair of 77s for a total of 291 and a share of 52nd place. Elliot Saltman (Archerfield Links) qualified with ease in seventh place at Las Colinas, scoring 67, 72, 67 and 69 for a nine-under-par total of 275. He finished just outside the prizemoney, seven shots behind the winner here, Dutchman Tim Sluiter who shot 16-under-par 268. Saltman had five birdies and three bogeys, two of them at short holes, the 14th and 17th, in a closing 69, but he had done enough to continue the chase to regain his European Tour card. The qualifying cut-off at Las Colinas was 281 (play-off) or better and Shaun McAllister (287), Chris Kelly (291), Kris Nicol (292) could not get near that mark. Mark Kerr did not play his fourth round after ever-deteriorating scores of 70-73-78. He may have had a bout of flu coming on? Mark withdrew from the fourth round. Fraserburgh's Nicol, winner of the Alps Tour Q School a couple of weeks ago, is one of two rookie pros being back by the Paul Lawrie Foundation. The other, Philip McLean (Peterhead) who relinquished his amateur status during this tournament, was an "also-ran" at the Costa Ballena venue where all Scots in action were eliminated. The cut-off total was 280 (that's eight under par!) or better and Scott Henry's closing 71 for 281 left him in joint 22nd place. Scott is officially the sixth alternate (reserve) for a place in the Final Q School starting at PGA Catalunya on Saturday. There was a play-off for those on 280. The others who failed at Costa Ballena were Graham Fox and Jack Doherty (both 283), Jamie McLeary (286), Andrew McArthur (288), Philip McLean (289), Paul McKechnie (290) and Raymond Russell (291). Neil Fenwick (Dunbar) and Gavin Dear (Murrayshall) both totalled 300 in finishing joint 61st at La Manga where the qualifying score was seven-under-par 285 or better over the par-73 South Course.
STAGE TWO SCOREBOARD
COSTA BALLENA
Leading final totals Par 288 (4x72). Yardage 6,893 272 Guillaume Cambis (Fra) 73 67 67 65, Luke Goddard (Eng) 70 68 67 67. 273 Justin Walters (SAf) 70 70 65 68. 274 Emiliano Grillo (Arg) 71 70 62 71. Qualifying score: 280 (play-off) or better. Scots' scores: 281 Scott Henry 71 72 67 71 (T22) (sixth alternate for place in Final Stage Qualifier). 283 Graham Fox 73 73 67 70, Jack Doherty 69 71 71 72 9T29). 286 Jamie McLeary 73 71 73 69 (T38).
288 Andrew McArthur 73 72 70 73 (T48) 289 Philip McLean 70 73 71 75 (T53). 290 Paul McKechnie 74 74 71 71 (T59). 291 Raymond Russell 71 74 72 74 (T61). LAS COLINAS Leading final totals Par 284 (4x71). Yardage 6,974 268 Tim Sluiter (Net) 69 65 66 68. 270 Morten Orum Madsen (Den) 66 72 67 65, Ben Evans (Eng) 69 68 65 68. 273 Benn Barham (Eng) 66 66 72 69. 274 Jordan Gibb (Eng) 70 67 69 68, H P Bacher (Aut) 71 68 66 69. 275 Elliot Saltman (Sco) 67 72 67 69 (7th). Qualifying total: 281(play-off) or better. Scots' totals 287 Shaun McAllister 69 70 74 74 (T44). 291 Chris Kelly 72 74 70 75 (T57). 292 Kris Nicol 74 74 72 72 (T60). Withdrew: Mark Kerr 70 73 78 - 221
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- EL VALLE Leading final totals Par 284 (4x71). Yardage 6,901 266 Joakim Lagergren (Swe) 63 69 65 69. 273 Callum Macaulay (Sco) 66 71 65 71, Alan McLean (Sco) 70 70 64 69. 275 Chris Paisley (Eng) 72 65 70 68. Qualifying total: 283 (play-off) or better. Scot's score: 291 James White (am) 65 72 77 77 (T52)
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LA MANGA Leading final totals Par 292 (4x73). Yardage 7107 277 Andrea Perrino (Ita) 67 68 72 70, Allan Versfeld (SAf) 66 75 65 71. 279 Graeme A Clark (Eng) 66 69 70 74. 280 Alfredo Garcia-Heredia (Spa) 73 67 72 68. Qualifying total: 285 (play-off) or better | 
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