KELLETT, CRICHTON, CAMERON AND HENDERSON MISS CUT IN ALPS TOUR Q SCHOOL
By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Colin@scottishgolfview.com
Colin@scottishgolfview.com
Four
Scots - Ross Kellett, Scott Crichton, Ross Cameron and Neil Henderson -
missed the cut after two rounds of the 54-hole Alps Tour Final
Qualifying School at La Cala Resort on Spain's Costa del Sol.
Motherwell man Kellett, pictured, a previous winner on the Alps Tour, is the biggest surprise among the non-qualifiers.
He shot two 74s for 148, only one stroke more than the limit mark.
Aberdour amateur Scott Crichton suffered a similar agonisingly close fate with scores of 73 and 75.
Ellon/'s Ross Cameron (Saltire Energy) shot 150 (71-79) and Neil Henderson (Renaissance Club) 152 (75-77).
On
the credit side, James White (Lundin), playing as an amateur, is lying
third after a 69 for 137 - only two shots behind the Irishman leader,
Brian Casey, while John Hendry (Clydebank and Dist) has had a pair of
69s for a share of fourth place on 138 and John Gallagher (Duddingston)
is joint 12th on 140 with scores of 71 and 69.
ALPS TOUR FINAL QUALIFYING SCHOOL
La Cala Resort, Spain
LEADING THIRD-ROUND SCORES
Par 144 (2x72)
135 Brian Casey (Ire) 65 70
136 Curtis Griffiths (Eng) 69 67
137 James White (Sco) (am) 68 69
138 Alex Christie (Eng) 68 70, Javier Gallegos (Spa) (am) 70 68, John Henry (Sco) 69 69
SELECTED QUALIFIERS
140 Alan Dunbar (NIr) 68 72, Josh White (Eng) 70 70, John Gallagher (Sco) 71 69
SCOTS' NON-QUALIFIERS (+3 147 and better qualified for final round)
148 Scott Crichton (am) 73 75, Ross Kellett 74 74
150 Ross Cameron 71 79
152 Neil Henderson 75 77
FROM THE ALPS TOUR WEBSITE
Brian Casey from Republic of Ireland is still leading the final Stage
of Alps tour Q School in La Cala after scoring 70 on Asia course for -9
total. England’s Curtis Griffiths fired the best score of the day of
same course, 67 to be one shot back. Eventually, Scotland’s James White
signed for 69 and climbed on third step of the 100% GB&I podium.
The weather conditions were wetter than during first round and the sun totally missed the call today. The leader confessed that this second round was hard to manage.
“Tough day, the greens are small and they are quite firm. I dropped one shot on the 8th, missed the green again with a wedge, same mistakes as yesterday but I managed to stay focus. I eat a lot on course, that’s the key, it’s my secret weapon but ssshhhh…, don’t tell!”
But the young Irish man has another trick in his bag. He’s been staying in the area for six weeks now with his girlfriend who knows the course perfectly as she used to live here. And they are staying by the Captain’s home of La Cala.
“He is American and he is such a great support! It helps to feel confident.”
Surrey’s Curtis Griffiths, 20 year old, turned pro last June when he was +4 handicap and decided to come to the Alps Tour as some of his friends are former or current members –Steven Brown, Warren Harmston, Alex Christie–.
“I started off quite well with a birdie then I holed three in a row from the 4th, it was a good momentum and I stayed steady. I hit fairways and greens and that’s it!”
The cut eventually fell at +3 to let 23 players from GB&I continue the race with 19 Italians, 16 Frenchmen, 10 Spaniards, 2 Austrians, and one native of Germany, Belgium, Slovenia, Norway, Portugal and Czech Republic.
From La Cala Resort
Agathe Séron
Brian Casey (pictured by Agathe Seron)(c) from Republic of Ireland is still leading the final Stage
of Alps tour Q School in La Cala after scoring 70 on Asia course for -9
total. England’s Curtis Griffiths fired the best score of the day of
same course, 67 to be one shot back. Eventually, Scotland’s James White
signed for 69 and climbed on third step of the 100% GB and I podium.
The weather conditions were wetter than during first round and the sun totally missed the call today. The leader confessed that this second round was hard to manage.
“Tough day, the greens are small and they are quite firm. I dropped one shot on the 8th, missed the green again with a wedge, same mistakes as yesterday but I managed to stay focus. I eat a lot on course, that’s the key, it’s my secret weapon but ssshhhh…, don’t tell!”
But the young Irishman has another trick in his bag. He’s been staying in the area for six weeks now with his girlfriend who knows the course perfectly as she used to live here. And they are staying by the Captain’s home of La Cala.
“He is American and he is such a great support! It helps to feel confident.”
Surrey’s Curtis Griffiths, 20 year old, turned pro last June when he was +4 handicap and decided to come to the Alps Tour as some of his friends are former or current members –Steven Brown, Warren Harmston, Alex Christie–.
“I started off quite well with a birdie then I holed three in a row from the 4th, it was a good momentum and I stayed steady. I hit fairways and greens and that’s it!”
The cut eventually fell at +3 to let 23 players from GB&I continue the race with 19 Italians, 16 Frenchmen, 10 Spaniards, 2 Austrians, and one native of Germany, Belgium, Slovenia, Norway, Portugal and Czech Republic.
From La Cala Resort
Agathe Séron
FROM THE ALPS TOUR WEBSITE
Casey feels at home in La Cala
Brian Casey from Ireland (c) Agathe Séron
The weather conditions were wetter than during first round and the sun totally missed the call today. The leader confessed that this second round was hard to manage.
“Tough day, the greens are small and they are quite firm. I dropped one shot on the 8th, missed the green again with a wedge, same mistakes as yesterday but I managed to stay focus. I eat a lot on course, that’s the key, it’s my secret weapon but ssshhhh…, don’t tell!”
But the young Irish man has another trick in his bag. He’s been staying in the area for six weeks now with his girlfriend who knows the course perfectly as she used to live here. And they are staying by the Captain’s home of La Cala.
“He is American and he is such a great support! It helps to feel confident.”
Surrey’s Curtis Griffiths, 20 year old, turned pro last June when he was +4 handicap and decided to come to the Alps Tour as some of his friends are former or current members –Steven Brown, Warren Harmston, Alex Christie–.
“I started off quite well with a birdie then I holed three in a row from the 4th, it was a good momentum and I stayed steady. I hit fairways and greens and that’s it!”
The cut eventually fell at +3 to let 23 players from GB&I continue the race with 19 Italians, 16 Frenchmen, 10 Spaniards, 2 Austrians, and one native of Germany, Belgium, Slovenia, Norway, Portugal and Czech Republic.
From La Cala Resort
Agathe Séron
Irishman Casey feels at home in La Cala
The weather conditions were wetter than during first round and the sun totally missed the call today. The leader confessed that this second round was hard to manage.
“Tough day, the greens are small and they are quite firm. I dropped one shot on the 8th, missed the green again with a wedge, same mistakes as yesterday but I managed to stay focus. I eat a lot on course, that’s the key, it’s my secret weapon but ssshhhh…, don’t tell!”
But the young Irishman has another trick in his bag. He’s been staying in the area for six weeks now with his girlfriend who knows the course perfectly as she used to live here. And they are staying by the Captain’s home of La Cala.
“He is American and he is such a great support! It helps to feel confident.”
Surrey’s Curtis Griffiths, 20 year old, turned pro last June when he was +4 handicap and decided to come to the Alps Tour as some of his friends are former or current members –Steven Brown, Warren Harmston, Alex Christie–.
“I started off quite well with a birdie then I holed three in a row from the 4th, it was a good momentum and I stayed steady. I hit fairways and greens and that’s it!”
The cut eventually fell at +3 to let 23 players from GB&I continue the race with 19 Italians, 16 Frenchmen, 10 Spaniards, 2 Austrians, and one native of Germany, Belgium, Slovenia, Norway, Portugal and Czech Republic.
From La Cala Resort
Agathe Séron
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