HOLE IN ONE JAMES WHITE LEADS FOUR SCOTS QUALIFIERS IN SPAIN

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Colin@scottishgolfview.com
James White, with the help of a hole in one, John Gallagher, Neil Henderson and David Broadfoot have qualified for next week's Alps Tour Final Qualifying School at La Cala Resort near Marbella on Spain's Costa del Sol.
The odd Scot out was Scotscraig amateur Jordan McColl who missed the cut by one shot in the Stage 1 eliminator at the same resort today (Friday).
Lundin Golf Club's James White, playing as an amateur but soon to turn pro - especially if he gains an Alps Tour players' card,, finished joint eighth on 145 with rounds of 72 and 73 at the Asia Course where the leading 33 and ties advanced.
White, who has an amateur handicap of +3, was not at his best in the second round, having five bogeys but all that was forgotten when he birdied the long 15th then aced the short 16th.
At the same venue Henderson (Renaissance Club) made it through comfortably in  joint 22nd place with a 150 total, made up of rounds of 78 and 72. But for a double bogey 6 at the 12th he would have broken par in the second round in which he had three birdies.
At the America Course, from where the leading 34 and ties qualified, Duddingston's John Gallagher finished joitn second with scores of 69 and 70 for five-under 139.
In his second round, the 2007 Scottish amateur champion double-bogeyed the short 16th and then finished birdie-eagle.
Broadfoot had a roller-coaster round of 73 for 149, the limit qualifying mark. The Dumfries and County pro had six bogies and five birdies, the most important of which came at the 17th.
McColl failed to gain pass marks with scores of 77 and 73 for 150 to finish 35th.
He could not buy a birdie in his second round which was made up of 17 par figures and a so costly bogey at the 16th.
The qualifiers from both courses will join the exempt players in the Final Q School field who will play 54 holes from Monday to Wednesday next week.
  
ALPS TOUR QUALIFYING SCHOOL - Stage 1
La Cala Resort, Spain
ASIA COURSE
Par 144 (2x72)
Leading qualifiers
136 N Lombardi (Ita) 68 68
139 J I Marin (Spa) 71 68
141 B Hannah (Eng) 71 70
143 A Holmes (Eng) 75 68, D Timmins (Eng) 72 71

Other qualifiers included:
145 James White (Sco) 72 73 (T8)
146 Joshua White (Eng) 67 79 (T11)
150 N Henderson (Sco) 78 72 (T22)

AMERICA COURSE
Par 144 (2x72)
Leading qualifiers
138 M Edge (Eng) 69 69
139 J Gallagher (Sco) 698 70, M McAlpin (Eng) 69 70
141 S Ward (Ire) 68 73, T Wilde (Eng) 70 71.

Other qualifiers included:
149 D Broadfoot (Sco) 76 73 (T29).

MISSED THE CUT (149 and better qualified)
150 J McColl (Sco) 77 73.