ONE ROUND TO GO AT EUROPEAN TOUR ELIMINATOR AT FOUR SPANISH VENUES
BOOTH, STEWART AND FENWICK
SCOTS' SCORES
205 D Stewart 75 63 67 (T13)
207 R Kellett 71 68 68 (T21)
208 L Saltman 73 67 68 (T28).
HAVE HIGH HOPES AT Q SCHOOL
Comrie's
Wallace Booth, Duncan Stewart (Grantown on Spey) and Neil Fenwick
(Dunbar) will qualify for the
European Tour Final Qualifying School IF they can maintain their
present Stage 2 positions through Monday's final rounds at the four
Spanish venues.
With only the leading 16 and 17 plus ties going forward from each venue, the rest of the 17 Scots bidding to make it to the Big League next year will have to go low, in some cases, very low, if they are to be among the qualifiers.
Wallace Booth, whose pro career has been hampered by a recurring shoulder injury, is in a three-way tie for the lead at El Saler Golf Club, Valencia with rounds of 73, 68 and 69 for six-under 210.
Booth had seven birdies and four bogeys in his third round.
Also at El Saler Jamie McLeary (218) is tied 18th, Jack Doherty joint 26th on 219, David Law joint 37th on 221 while Elliot Saltman is sharing 48th place on 223.
McLeary's third-round 71 was his best yet but Doherty's 75 was his worst. Law has found it difficult to repeat his first-round 71 form. Since then the Aberdonian has gone 76-74. Third-round bogeys at the 16th, 17th and 18th probably spelled the end of his European Tour hopes for another year.
Saltman has lost form at the wrong time with rounds of 77, 70 and 76
Neil Fenwick is joint 14th on five-under 208 at Lumine, Tarragona. The Dunbar man has scored 72, 67 and 69. Another sub-70 should clinch his place among the qualifiers but George Murray, joint 26th on 210 with scores of 71, 69 and 70 needs to shoot around the 66 mark to have a chance.
Duncan Stewart hoisted himself into the mix at Panoramica (Castellon) on Saturday with a brilliant round of nine-under 63, 12 shots better than his opening round. A third-round 67 has him in the qualifying zone but another sub-70 score would clinch it for the Highlander.
Ross Kellett is joint 21st on 207 after scores of 71, 68 and 68. The Motherwell man needs at least another 68, probably less, to have a real chance of finishing in the top 16 or 17.
Also at Panoramica, Lloyd Saltman's eight-under-par tally of 208 has him only in joint 28th place, so low is the scoring at this venue. The Archerfield man, who had seven birdies in his third round, has scored 73-67-68. He may need to go as low as 64 to gatecrash the leading 16 or 17.
Raymond Russell, joint 25th on four-under 209, leads the five Scots at Las Colinas (Alicante). He has scored 68-68-71 and needs to get well under 70 at the last time of asking.
Scottish amateur champion Chris Robb (Meldrum House) will probably head for the Asian Tour Q School as a joint 38th place on 210 looks to have him out of the running at Las Colinas. Robb has shot 69, 72 and 69.
Alexander Culverwell (Dunbar), a Scottish amateur champion of an earlier vintage and still playing as an amateur, is down among the dead men in joint 54th place on 213. He peaked too soon with a first-round 66, followed by rounds of 73 and 74.
Below Culverwell at this view are Paul Shields (Kirkhill) and Anglo-Scot Scott Drummond.
LEADING THIRD-ROUND SCORES
EL SALER (Valencia)
par 216 (3X72)
210 S Soderberg (Swe) 73 72 65, W Booth (Sco) 73 68 69, S Griffiths (Eng) 72 69 69
211 M Fitzpatrick (Eng) 72 72 67
OTHER SCOTS' SCORES
218 J McLeary 74 73 71(T23)
219 J Doherty 70 74 75 (T26)
221 D Law 71 76 74 (T37)
223 E Saltman 77 70 76 (T48)
LAS COLINAS (Alicante)
Par 213 (3x71)
197 S Walker (Eng) 68 63 66
201 J Elson (Eng) 65 68 68, C Paisley (Eng) 66 66 69.
SCOTS' SCORES
209 R Russell 68 70 71 (T25)
210 C Robb 69 72 69 (T38)
213 A Culverwell (am) 66 73 74 (T54)
215 P Shields 74 71 70 (T60)
217 S Drummond 74 72 71 (66th)
LUMINE (Tarragona)
Par 213 (3x71)
195 R Gouveia (Por) 67 64 64
198 J Kunzenbacher (Ger) 66 66 66
SCOTS' SCORES
208 N Fenwick 72 67 69 (T14)
210 G Murray 71 69 70 (T26)
PANORAMICA (Castellon)
Par 216 (3x72)
198 T Tree (Eng) 66 67 65
199 M Southgate (Eng) 66 69 64
With only the leading 16 and 17 plus ties going forward from each venue, the rest of the 17 Scots bidding to make it to the Big League next year will have to go low, in some cases, very low, if they are to be among the qualifiers.
Wallace Booth, whose pro career has been hampered by a recurring shoulder injury, is in a three-way tie for the lead at El Saler Golf Club, Valencia with rounds of 73, 68 and 69 for six-under 210.
Booth had seven birdies and four bogeys in his third round.
Also at El Saler Jamie McLeary (218) is tied 18th, Jack Doherty joint 26th on 219, David Law joint 37th on 221 while Elliot Saltman is sharing 48th place on 223.
McLeary's third-round 71 was his best yet but Doherty's 75 was his worst. Law has found it difficult to repeat his first-round 71 form. Since then the Aberdonian has gone 76-74. Third-round bogeys at the 16th, 17th and 18th probably spelled the end of his European Tour hopes for another year.
Saltman has lost form at the wrong time with rounds of 77, 70 and 76
Neil Fenwick is joint 14th on five-under 208 at Lumine, Tarragona. The Dunbar man has scored 72, 67 and 69. Another sub-70 should clinch his place among the qualifiers but George Murray, joint 26th on 210 with scores of 71, 69 and 70 needs to shoot around the 66 mark to have a chance.
Duncan Stewart hoisted himself into the mix at Panoramica (Castellon) on Saturday with a brilliant round of nine-under 63, 12 shots better than his opening round. A third-round 67 has him in the qualifying zone but another sub-70 score would clinch it for the Highlander.
Ross Kellett is joint 21st on 207 after scores of 71, 68 and 68. The Motherwell man needs at least another 68, probably less, to have a real chance of finishing in the top 16 or 17.
Also at Panoramica, Lloyd Saltman's eight-under-par tally of 208 has him only in joint 28th place, so low is the scoring at this venue. The Archerfield man, who had seven birdies in his third round, has scored 73-67-68. He may need to go as low as 64 to gatecrash the leading 16 or 17.
Raymond Russell, joint 25th on four-under 209, leads the five Scots at Las Colinas (Alicante). He has scored 68-68-71 and needs to get well under 70 at the last time of asking.
Scottish amateur champion Chris Robb (Meldrum House) will probably head for the Asian Tour Q School as a joint 38th place on 210 looks to have him out of the running at Las Colinas. Robb has shot 69, 72 and 69.
Alexander Culverwell (Dunbar), a Scottish amateur champion of an earlier vintage and still playing as an amateur, is down among the dead men in joint 54th place on 213. He peaked too soon with a first-round 66, followed by rounds of 73 and 74.
Below Culverwell at this view are Paul Shields (Kirkhill) and Anglo-Scot Scott Drummond.
LEADING THIRD-ROUND SCORES
EL SALER (Valencia)
par 216 (3X72)
210 S Soderberg (Swe) 73 72 65, W Booth (Sco) 73 68 69, S Griffiths (Eng) 72 69 69
211 M Fitzpatrick (Eng) 72 72 67
OTHER SCOTS' SCORES
218 J McLeary 74 73 71(T23)
219 J Doherty 70 74 75 (T26)
221 D Law 71 76 74 (T37)
223 E Saltman 77 70 76 (T48)
LAS COLINAS (Alicante)
Par 213 (3x71)
197 S Walker (Eng) 68 63 66
201 J Elson (Eng) 65 68 68, C Paisley (Eng) 66 66 69.
SCOTS' SCORES
209 R Russell 68 70 71 (T25)
210 C Robb 69 72 69 (T38)
213 A Culverwell (am) 66 73 74 (T54)
215 P Shields 74 71 70 (T60)
217 S Drummond 74 72 71 (66th)
LUMINE (Tarragona)
Par 213 (3x71)
195 R Gouveia (Por) 67 64 64
198 J Kunzenbacher (Ger) 66 66 66
SCOTS' SCORES
208 N Fenwick 72 67 69 (T14)
210 G Murray 71 69 70 (T26)
PANORAMICA (Castellon)
Par 216 (3x72)
198 T Tree (Eng) 66 67 65
199 M Southgate (Eng) 66 69 64
SCOTS' SCORES
205 D Stewart 75 63 67 (T13)
207 R Kellett 71 68 68 (T21)
208 L Saltman 73 67 68 (T28).
209 D McGuigan 68 70 71 (T32)
214 S Borrowman (am) 68 71 756 (T59).
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