KELLETT LEADS THE SCOTS AT STAGE 1 Q SCHOOL AT FRILFORD HEATH

Ross Kellett had a 71, Paul Shields a 72, Jack Doherty a 78 and Jordan Findlay a 78 in today's first round of the European Tour Qualifying School Stage 1 event at Frilford Heath GC, Oxfordshire.

Canter gallops to Q-School lead

Englishman Laurie Canter galloped into the lead after the first 

round of The European Tour’s Qualifying School First Stage 

Section D at Frilford Heath in Oxfordshire, while South African 

Louis de Jager and Wes Homan of the USA share the lead in the 

concurrent qualifier at Golf d’Hardelot.

Canter, a former amateur star, carded a seven under par first round 

65 at the English venue to take a one stroke lead over Sean 

Einhaus of Germany, while Canter’s friend and former Walker Cup 

player 

Jack Senior was two shots further back in tied fourth place on four 

under par.

Liam Bond, who led at the midway stage of the ISPS Handa Wales 

Open at The Celtic Manor Resort in August, was in tied 17^th place 

after an opening round 71 while promising South African Brandon 

Stone, who claimed a top ten finish in his professional debut at the 

BMW International Open in June, carded a level par 72.

De Jager and Homan, meanwhile, both signed for six under par 

rounds of 65 to lead at the northern French venue of Golf 

d’Hardelot.

One shot off the lead were Frenchman François Delamontagne, 

who has 207 European Tour appearances under his belt, and 

Scot Paul Doherty, brother of Challenge Tour regular Jack, 

who struggled to a 76 at Frilford Heath.

With 102 players taking part at each venue of the Section D 

qualifiers this week, competition is fierce to finish in the top 24 

and ties at both qualifiers, and thereby qualify for Second Stage.

Frilford Heath scores:

 

65 L Canter (Eng) ,

66 S Einhaus (Ger) ,

67 A Rai (Eng) ,

68 J Senior (Eng) , B Khor (Eng) , G Cowan (Eng) ,

69 J Colegate (Eng) , C Griffiths (Eng) , M Jager (Aus) , B Briscoe (Wal) ,

70 D Skinns  (Eng) , R Brown (Eng) , R Laino (Eng) , M Wallace (Eng) , D Wood (Eng) , R Evans (am) (Eng) ,

71 L Cornford (Eng) , J Bryant (USA) , R Kellett (Sco) , R Enoch  (Wal) , L Joy (Eng) , J Rutherford (Eng) , L Bond (Wal) , J Watts (Eng) , C Cossins (Eng) , N McCarthy  (Eng) , J Kaske (Fin) , S Davis (Eng) , N Kimsey (am) (Eng) ,

72 J Zhao (Chn) , J Jeong (Kor) , E Wainwright (USA) , J Dransfield  (Eng) , O Tite (Eng) , S Matton (Eng) , J Sloan (Eng) , C Harrison (USA) , R Boyns (Eng) , G Payne (Eng) , D Whitnell  (Eng) , P Shields (Sco) , B Stone (RSA) , J Day (Eng) , J Wilkinson (Eng) , G Fairfax (Aus) , N Flynn (Eng) , H Casey (am) (Eng) ,

73 G Hawkins (Eng) , C Simpson (Eng) , O Farr (Wal) , J Guiney (Irl) , T Bertoni (USA) , J Banbury (Eng) , K Crossland (Eng) , R Harrison (Eng) , M McCormack (Eng) , G Guerin (Nzl) , J Clarke (Eng) , N Raymond (Eng) , R Fieldhouse (Wal) ,

74 M Smith (Eng) , T Wilde (Eng) , R McGhee (Eng) , A Kirakossian (USA) , J Scade (Eng) , Z Ouyang (Chn) , S Franklin (Irl) ,

75 D James (Eng) , M Kelly (Irl) , J Campbell (Eng) , C Lidyard (Eng) , J Abbott (Eng) , B Storey (Eng) , D Jin (Chn) , P Newman (Eng) , M Mezei (Can) , C Ford (Eng) , D Salisbury (Eng) , T Burden (Eng) ,

76 M Okon (Pol) , P Woodbury (USA) , W Wray (Eng) , J Doherty  (Sco) , B Casey (Irl) , P Spraggs (Eng) ,

77 D Rickwood (Eng) , A Forster (Eng) , A Mansell (Eng) , J Winer (Eng) , J Mumford (Eng) , L O'Neill (Eng) , J Harrison (Eng) , S Garcia (Esp) ,   Campbell (Eng) , N Roche (Fra) ,

78 R Mestre (Esp) , D Timms (Eng) ,

79 R Gurney  (Eng) ,

80 J Findlay (Sco) , B O'Dell (Eng) ,

81 T Conran (Nir) , G Gancedo Onieva (Esp) ,

 

Golf d’Hardelot scores:

 

65 L De Jager  (RSA) , W Homan (USA) ,

67 F Delamontagne  (Fra) , P Doherty (Sco) ,

68 S Gros (Fra) , G Houston (Wal) , R Busher (am) (Eng) ,

69 S Campbell (Eng) , D Antonelli (Fra) , M Pastor (Esp) , R Marguery (Fra) , R Furrer (Sui) , R Neil-Jones (Eng) , N Turner (Irl) , W Harmston (Eng) , K Staunton  (Eng) , F De Vries  (Ned) ,

70 C Gutierrez (Esp) , F Eriksson (Swe) , R Quintana (Fra) , S Surry (Eng) , H Porteous (RSA) ,

71 N Tacher (Fra) , J Kureluk (Can) , J Van Hauwe  (Fra) , R Bechu (Fra) , D Markle (Can) , Y Benson (Can) , T Rice  (Irl) , T Adcock (Eng) , D Nouailhac (Fra) , J Clément  (Sui) , R Kilpatrick (Nir) , B Evans  (Eng) , J Hiluta (Eng) , A Sagar (Eng) , A Bihan (Fra) , R Roussel (am) (Fra) ,

72 S Yoon (USA) , O Turnill  (Eng) , D Hupfer (Can) , P Vejgaard  (Den) , L Bangerter (Eng) , M Rocchi (Fra) , P Couvert (Fra) , J Gressier (Fra) , F Serghini  (Mar) , C Tortuyaux (Fra) , K Marques (am) (Aus) ,

73 J Mommo  (Fin) , L Robinson (Eng) , J Little  (Eng) , G Watremez (Bel) , T Sherreard  (Eng) , H Joannes  (Bel) , D Callaway (Eng) , S Finley Ewing Iv (USA) , O Loftsson (Isl) , S Grewal  (Eng) , G Gilligan (Eng) , R Schneider (Fra) , D Perrier (Fra) , T Tree (am) (Eng) ,

74 B Houle (Can) , C Batut (Fra) , M Bush (Eng) , E Isasi (Par) , S Grant (Eng) , P Figueiredo  (Por) , R Saxton (Ned) , K Matou (Fra) , J Webber (Eng) , M Davenport (Eng) , G King (Eng) , T Elissalde (am) (Fra) ,

75 T Le Flohic (Fra) , K Nielsen (Den) , A Savolainen  (Fin) , R Newman  (Eng) , M Flores (am) (Arg) ,

76 J Grillon  (Fra) , L Allen (Eng) , J Ruebotham (Eng) , M Dechambre (Ger) , O Withofs (Bel) , T Pfister (am) (Sui) , S Daoust (am) (Bel) ,

77 F Abadie (Fra) , B Van Deijl (Ned) , M Johnston (Can) , T Merkx (Ned) , J Maw (Eng) , O Rozner  (Fra) ,

78 B Parker  (Eng) , N Floren (Swe) , P Connell (Eng) ,

79 T Briset (Fra) , D Thomas (Eng) ,

81 E West (Ber) ,

82 J Bordonado (am) (Fra) ,

84 S Chauffour (Fra) ,

** J Fuentes (Esp) ,

 

 

STEPHEN GRAY LEADS TOMATIN THREE-ROUNDER BY THREE SHOTS

Hayston's Stephen Gray leads the field by three strokes with one round to play in the Tartan Tour's Tomatin Single Malt 54-hole pro-am tournament over three courses, Royal Dornoch, Nairn and Castle Stuart.
Gray, who has shot a three-under 67 at Dornoch, followed by a seven-birdie, four-under 68 at Castle Stuart, is on seven-under 135 with his final round over the Nairn links.
The task facing his closest rival, James McKinnon (Irvine), is to make up the leeeway on a different course, in his case, the par-70 Royal Dornoch.
McKinnon has so far shot a par 72 at Castle Stuart and an excellent six-under 66 at Nairn. 
In third place is Welsh PGA Cup player Gareth Wright (West Linton) who has had a 67 and 72 for 139.
Round of the second day was a seven-under-par 65 by Greg McBain (Gamola Golf) at Castle Stuart. Strictly on numerical order, McBain is joint sixth on 141. He plays Nairn for his last round.
The fact that the top 10 or 12 players will be spread over three different courses means that there could well be a major upheaval in the overnight standings - but Gray looks a hot favourite for the big first prize.

TOMATIN SINGLE MALT 54-HOLE PRO-AM
 Royal Dornoch, Castle Stuart, Nairn courses
LEADING SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
135 S Gray (Hayston) 67 68
139 J McKinnon (Irvine) 72 66
139 G Wright (West Linton) 67 72
140 R Geilenberg (unatt) 72 68, A Oldcorn (Kings Acre) 71 69 S Lilly (Wellingborough) 71 69
141 G McBain (Gamola Golf) 76 65, J Lomas (Caprington) 69 72.
142 N Fenwick (Dunbar) 68 74, L Saltman (Archerfield) 68 74, G Hutcheon (Banchory) 69 73.
143 G Fox (Clydeway Golf) 69 74, C Currie (Caldwell) 69 74, J Hepworth (Ilkley) 73 70, P McKechnie (Braid Hills) 68 75, C Goodfellow (Penrith) 70 73, M King (Kingsfield) 73 70
144 A Crerar (Panmure) 70 74
145 C Russell (RAW golf course design) 72 73, G Brown (Montrose Links) 73 72, C Everett (Caldwell) 68 77
146 C Kelly (Cawder) 72 74, C Ronald (Carluke) 74 72, D Orr (Mearns Castle) 72 74.






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DUNCAN STEWART MAINTAINS LEAD IN SAUDI ARABIA

Duncan Stewart did not quite match his course record-equalling 66  of the previous day but a three-under-par 69 for nine-under 135 kept him at the head of the field after 36 holes in the MENA Tour's Dirab Championship at Dirab Golf and Country Club, Saudi Arabia today (Tuesday).
The Grantown-on-Spey player birdied the third, long 13th and long 15th in a bogey-free round.
Second place has been taken over by American Tommy Mou with 69 and 67 for 136.
Mortonhall's Greg Nicolson dropped from to joint seventh place on 142 after following up a 68 with a 74.

DIRAB CHAMPIONSHIP
Dirab Golf and Country Club, Saudi Arabia
LEADING SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
Par 144 (2x72)
1335 Duncan Stewart (Sco) 66 69
136 Tommy Mou (US) 69 67
138 Fredrik Quicker (Swe) 70 68
 140 Michael Harradine (Swi) (am) 70 70, Zane Scotland (Eng) 68 72
141 William Harrold (Eng) 70 71

OTHER SCOTS SCORES
142 Greg Nicolson 68 74 (T7)
151 Clarke Lutton 76 75 (T44)
156 Ted Innes Ker 74 82 (55th)
160 Graeme Stewart 83 77 (T61)

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