HOMAN AND BOND TOP TOUR Q SCHOOL SECTION D TOTALS

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Wes Homan Jnr coasted to victory in The European Tour’s Qualifying School First Stage Section D at Golf d’Hardelot, carding a closing round of 66 to finish five shots clear of the field on 12 under par.

The American led home a total of 27 qualifiers from the northern France venue thanks to a stunning back nine of 30 which included five unanswered birdies.

Homan Jnr was followed home by South African Louis De Jager and England’s Ben Evans, who carded respective rounds of 70 and 71 to finish tied second on seven under par.

The group of players finishing one shot back in a tie for fourth included Challenge Tour champion Floris De Vries of The Netherlands (70) and overnight leader Haydn Porteous of South African, who laboured to a round of 73 but still comfortably progressed to the Second Stage.

Other successful qualifiers include former European Tour stalwarts François Delamontagne of France and Welshman Garry Houston, who finished tied tenth and joint 17^th respectively, whilst perhaps the performance of the day belonged to Ricki Neil-Jones, who squeezed in under the level par qualifying mark courtesy of a superb round of 66.

Meanwhile, lightning struck twice over at Frilford Heath as last year’s winner Liam Bond again found his name at the top of the leaderboard on the fourth and final day.  

The Welshman closed with a round of 71 to finish top of the pile on 12 under par alongside the overnight leader Laurie Canter (75) and his fellow Englishman Jack Senior, who signed off with a 70.

Perhaps the most eye-catching display of the day was that of English amateur Nathan Kimsey, who finished fourth on 11 under par after firing a flawless round of 65 in Oxfordshire.

A total of 29 qualifiers progressed to the Second Stage including South African Brandon Stone, who made a stunning start to his professional career with a top ten finish at the BMW International Open in June in what was his first appearance since leaving the amateur ranks.

Final scores from Golf d’Hardelot 

Qualifying mark was 284

 

272 W Homan (USA) 65 72 69 66,

 277 L De Jager  (RSA) 65 71 71 70, B Evans  (Eng) 71 67 68 71,

 278 F De Vries  (Ned) 69 70 69 70, H Porteous (RSA) 70 62 73 73, Y Benson (Can) 71 74 64 69, D Perrier (Fra) 73 72 64 69, M Pastor (Esp) 69 68 70 71,

 279 T Sherreard  (Eng) 73 68 69 69,

 281 C Batut (Fra) 74 65 73 69, F Eriksson (Swe) 70 68 69 74, F Delamontagne  (Fra) 67 70 74 70, D Markle (Can) 71 67 72 71, S Campbell (Eng) 69 68 73 71, P Doherty (Sco) 67 76 68 70,

 282 R Busher (am) (Eng) 68 72 72 70,

 283 W Harmston (Eng) 69 75 72 67, G Houston (Wal) 68 69 76 70,

 284 D Antonelli (Fra) 69 70 71 74, P Couvert (Fra) 72 67 74 71, S Finley Ewing Iv (USA) 73 70 72 69, J Webber (Eng) 74 71 70 69, R Neil-Jones (Eng) 69 75 74 66, D Callaway (Eng) 73 74 68 69, D Hupfer (Can) 72 67 73 72, H Joannes  (Bel) 73 70 72 69, J Mommo  (Fin) 73 67 71 73,

285 S Gros (Fra) 68 71 73 73, R Bechu (Fra) 71 69 73 72,

 286 O Loftsson (Isl) 73 67 72 74, N Turner (Irl) 69 67 73 77, D Nouailhac (Fra) 71 72 72 71, S Surry (Eng) 70 69 72 75, R Furrer (Sui) 69 69 76 72, T Elissalde (am) (Fra) 74 69 67 76, K Marques (am) (Aus) 72 70 73 71,

 287 G King (Eng) 74 69 71 73, T Briset (Fra) 79 72 67 69, T Tree (am) (Eng) 73 71 71 72, R Roussel (am) (Fra) 71 74 72 70,

 288 C Tortuyaux (Fra) 72 72 75 69, K Staunton  (Eng) 69 74 75 70, A Sagar (Eng) 71 75 72 70, O Turnill  (Eng) 72 70 74 72, B Parker  (Eng) 78 71 69 70, R Schneider (Fra) 73 71 70 74, R Saxton (Ned) 74 73 71 70, R Marguery (Fra) 69 71 72 76, J Ruebotham (Eng) 76 71 71 70,

 289 S Grewal  (Eng) 73 70 73 73, P Figueiredo  (Por) 74 73 72 70, K Nielsen (Den) 75 69 72 73, C Garrido (Esp) 70 72 71 76, M Rocchi (Fra) 72 73 73 71,

 290 T Rice  (Irl) 71 71 72 76, A Savolainen  (Fin) 75 71 68 76,

 291 M Johnston (Can) 77 69 70 75, S Yoon (USA) 72 72 71 76, T Adcock (Eng) 71 76 72 72,

 292 J Little  (Eng) 73 75 69 75,

 293 E Isasi (Par) 74 71 72 76,

 296 R Quintana (Fra) 70 72 77 77,

 ** J Grillon  (Fra) 76 67 72 RT, J Van Hauwe  (Fra) 71 72 75 RT, G Watremez (Bel) 73 68 72 RT

 

Final scores from Frilford Heath

  Qualifying mark was 286 :

 

276 L Bond (Wal) 71 67 67 71, J Senior (Eng) 68 68 70 70, L Canter (Eng) 65 70 66 75,

 277 N Kimsey (am) (Eng) 71 71 70 65,

 280 J Jeong (Kor) 72 70 70 68,

 281 B Stone (RSA) 72 69 71 69, J Banbury (Eng) 73 67 69 72, J Rutherford (Eng) 71 70 66 74, J Guiney (Irl) 73 72 67 69, J Watts (Eng) 71 72 67 71, D Skinns  (Eng) 70 70 71 70, D Wood (Eng) 70 69 72 70,

 283 K Crossland (Eng) 73 70 70 70, J Doherty  (Sco) 76 71 66 70, J Wilkinson (Eng) 72 70 71 70, C Griffiths (Eng) 69 67 71 76, L Cornford (Eng) 71 68 76 68,

 284 S Einhaus (Ger) 66 74 73 71, J Dransfield  (Eng) 72 70 70 72, J Abbott (Eng) 75 66 67 76,

 285 S Matton (Eng) 72 70 74 69, M Jager (Aus) 69 72 72 72, J Kaske (Fin) 71 74 73 67,

 286 J Sloan (Eng) 72 73 71 70, T Bertoni (USA) 73 74 68 71, M Wallace (Eng) 70 73 70 73, R Brown (Eng) 70 69 73 74, A Rai (Eng) 67 72 75 72, R Evans (am) (Eng) 70 71 70 75,

 287 R Boyns (Eng) 72 71 70 74, O Farr (Wal) 73 67 72 75, C Harrison (USA) 72 72 74 69,

 288 N McCarthy  (Eng) 71 75 72 70, M Mezei (Can) 75 73 69 71, Z Ouyang (Chn) 74 70 73 71, R Kellett (Sco) 71 70 71 76, S Garcia (Esp) 77 70 68 73, J Day (Eng) 72 71 69 76, R Enoch  (Wal) 71 73 69 75,

 289 J Bryant (USA) 71 73 72 73, G Cowan (Eng) 68 74 74 73, P Newman (Eng) 75 69 75 70, G Hawkins (Eng) 73 68 73 75, H Casey (am) (Eng) 72 73 68 76,

 290 L Joy (Eng) 71 75 74 70, J Colegate (Eng) 69 70 75 76, G Fairfax (Aus) 72 72 74 72, S Davis (Eng) 71 76 68 75, C Cossins (Eng) 71 70 71 78,

 291 T Burden (Eng) 75 69 73 74,

 292 A Kirakossian (USA) 74 71 72 75, D Whitnell  (Eng) 72 68 72 80,

 293 B Briscoe (Wal) 69 71 80 73, J Campbell (Eng) 75 70 72 76, R Laino (Eng) 70 75 73 75, R Harrison (Eng) 73 73 70 77,

 294 N Raymond (Eng) 73 73 74 74,

 295 N Flynn (Eng) 72 73 74 76, D Salisbury (Eng) 75 73 72 75, J Clarke (Eng) 73 72 73 77,

 296 J Zhao (Chn) 72 72 76 76, M McCormack (Eng) 73 74 73 76, C Ford (Eng) 75 72 73 76,

 297 T Wilde (Eng) 74 76 70 77, J Scade (Eng) 74 71 72 80,

 298 C Lidyard (Eng) 75 69 76 78,

 299 E Wainwright (USA) 72 75 73 79,

 

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