Wednesday, February 01, 2017

Mann and Hutton find their form at Senior Tour Q School but Kenny misses cut

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
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Fraser Mann (Carnoustie) and Downfield's Kenny Hutton from Muir of Ord found their form on the penultimate day of the European Senior Tour Qualifying School Final Stage over the Pinta course at the Pestana Golf Resort, Lagoa on Portugal's Algarve coastline.
Mann shot a four-birdie, three-under-par round of 68 (31-37) to move up 19 places to joint 26th on four-over 217. His earlier scores were 73 and 76.
Hutton had four birdies in a 70 for 224, rising 16 places to a share of 50th place after two earlier scores of 77
But only the leading five players after 72 holes will gain promotion to the European Tour status.
Irishman Brendan McGovern (73 for 205) leads from two Americans, Dennis Clark (74-206) and Barry Conser (65-207).
The players currently sharing fifth place have four-under-par tallies.
LATER NEWS: Fraser Mann made the third-round cut with nothing to spare on 217 but Kenny Hutton failed to make it through to the final round.

EUROPEAN SENIOR TOUR QUALIFYING SCHOOL
FINAL STAGE
Pinta course, Pestana Golf Resort, Lagoa, Algarve
LEADING THIRD-ROUND SCORES
Par 213 (3x71)

205 B McGovern (Ire) 66 66 73
206 D Clark (USA) 70 72 64.
207 B Conser (USA) 71 67 69.

SCOTS' SCORES
217 F Mann 73 76 68 (T26)
+Players with 54-hole totals of 217 and better
qualified for the final day
MISSED CUT
224 K Hutton 77 77 70 (T50)

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EUROPEAN TOUR COMMUNICATIONS
Brendan McGovern’s lead at European Senior Tour Qualifying School final stage was cut to just one stroke as 28 golfers secured their place in Thursday’s final round at Pestana Golf Resort, Lagoa on Portugal's Algarve coastline.
Playing on the Vale da Pinta course, America’s Clark Dennis closed the gap on McGovern after carding the lowest round of this year’s Final Stage, a seven under par 64.
He is followed by compatriot Barry Conser on six under par and Spain’s José Manuel Carriles, who sits a shot further back in fourth place.
Sharing fifth spot are Jean Pierre Sallat and Gary Rusnak.
With just five cards available for the 2017 Senior Tour season, a play-off will take place if there is a tie for fifth place at the conclusion of the final round.
McGovern remained in a positive mood after maintaining his position at the top of the leaderboard.
“I hit a couple of loose shots on the front nine, and paid the penalty for that,” said the 51 year old. 
“But I know I’m playing okay, so even though I was dropping a couple of shots there was room to come back.
“I had a good run at the start of the back nine and made three back fairly quickly. The way the course is playing, you have par fives that are reachable and you have to make fours on them – if you’re not making them, half the field are.
“I’m still happy. It’s better to be in the lead than go into the final day behind. But tomorrow is a new day.”
Mark Davis, winner of the 2014 Scottish Senior Open, carded a six under par 65 to move to three under par overall and into a share of seventh place after three rounds.
“The third round is a good day to go out there and shoot a score like that,” said the two-time European Tour winner. 
“I played solidly today, even with two three-putts out there. It all came together today. There were a few nerves at the start but that’s a good thing I think, getting the adrenaline going.
“Hopefully I’ll go out there and shoot a good score tomorrow. Then we’ll see what happens.”
History was made on the Senior Tour as South Africa’s Callie Swart became the first person to score holes-in-one in consecutive rounds.
He made an ace during the second round on the par three third hole, from 140 yards with a nine iron, and then made a hole-in-one on the par three ninth hole, this time from 167 yards with an eight iron.
“In 2007 I had one at a tournament and I hadn’t had another until yesterday,” said Swart. “I’m battling with my putting at the moment. I hit most of the greens in regulation and then two-putted.
“We joked before the shot on the ninth that we should get the ball in the hole because all of us we’re missing our putts – then I made it again.
“Hopefully something will happen tomorrow – maybe another hole-in-one, but it could get expensive.”
Scores after round three:
par 213 (3x71)
205 B McGovern (Ire) 66 66 73
206 C Dennis (USA) 70 72 64
207 B Conser (USA) 71 67 69 
208 J Carriles (Spn) 73 70 65 
209 G Rusnak (USA) 68 71 70, J Sallat (Fra) 72 68 69
210 M Davis (Eng) 71 74 65, P Wilson (Eng) 66 75 69
211 J Hall (Eng) 70 72 69, D Shacklady (Eng) 70 70 71, C Hunsucker (USA) 69 69 73, J Cheetham (Eng) 74 68 69
212 M Wharton (Eng) 71 70 71, J Carter (USA) 71 71 70 
213 P Streeter (Eng) 72 71 70
214 D Wettlaufer (Can) 70 76 68, J Romero (Spn) 72 69 73
 215 C Swart (SAf) 73 72 70, S McNally (Eng) 72 69 74, 
 216 J Berendt (Arg) 74 71 71, J Steenkamer (Ned) 70 75 71, Y Nilsson (Swe) 72 71 73, J Bevan (Eng) 69 75 72, T Spence (Eng) 71 71 74, A Fernandez (Chi) 72 72 72
 217 W Bladon (Eng) 77 70 70, F Mann (Sco) 73 76 68, G Wall (Aus) 73 73 71.
MISSED THE CUT
 218 S Cipa (Eng) 76 70 72, A Sherborne (Eng) 75 71 72, J Kula (Fra) 71 77 70, F Grosset-Grange (Fra) 72 75 71, M Molina (Arg) 71 74 73 
 219 K Tenmark (Swe) 69 77 73 
 220 G Ryall (Eng) 72 75 73, W Grant (Eng) 74 74 72, M Booth (Eng) 75 75 70 
 221 S Bennett (Eng) 73 78 70, M Kierstenson (Eng) 74 75 72, K Tarling (Can) 72 75 74, N Sweet (Eng) 71 75 75, S Jensen (am) (Eng) 68 76 77, 
 222 M Spooner (Eng) 77 73 72, M Reynard  (Eng) 77 73 72, R Sabarros (Fra) 74 76 72, M Wiggett (Eng) 73 73 76, S Hamill (Nir) 76 77 69
 223 G Joyner (Aus) 72 75 76, P Affleck (Wal) 77 76 70 
 224 J Quiros (Spn) 76 74 74, N Mitchell (Eng) 76 76 72, D Westermark (Swe) 73 75 76, S Puzey (USA) 75 78 71, T Elliott (Aus) 75 76 73, K Hutton (Sco) 77 77 70, B Smith (am) (Eng) 76 72 76, P Scarrett (am) (Eng) 71 79 74
 225 D Narveson (USA) 72 75 78, M Haddock (am) (Eng) 74 75 76
 226 M Nichols (Eng) 79 69 78
 227 T Giles (Eng) 73 78 76, J Buendia (Esp) 72 79 76, P Sheehan (am) (Ire) 74 75 78 
 228 B White (Eng) 75 75 78, M Pyatt (Eng) 76 79 73, T Persson (am) (Swe) 76 75 77, 
 230 M Macara (Wal) 79 77 74, J Binch (am) (Eng) 76 79 75, 
 231 G Harris (Eng) 80 77 74, R Scheffer (Net) 75 80 76
 234 D Shaw  (USA) 78 78 78.
 236 G Banister (Aus) 76 79 81 
 243 M Gallagher (Eng) 81 77 85
 ** C Baron (Eng) 76 77 withdrew.
 ** A Franco (Par) 80 retired, R Gonzalez (Arg) withdrew.

 
EUROPEAN TOUR COMMUNICATIONS

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