EURO TOUR QUALIFYING STAGE 1
EUAN LITTLE AND BARRY HUME MAKE IT WITH EASE
BUT GRAHAM GORDON AND GRAEME LORNIE MISS OUT
Former Scottish amateur champion Graham Gordon from Aberdeen has said farewell for another year to his hopes of playing on the European Tour.
At Chart Hills Golf Club on Friday, on the last day of the First Qualifying Stage Section A of the Tour Qualifying School, Gordon missed out by one shot. He had rounds of 70, 68, 72 and 72 for a six-under-par total of 282 ... very good scoring but not quite good enough.
To make the cut for the Second Stage, you had to shoot seven-under-par or better for the 72 holes.
Graeme Lornie (Aspire Golf Centre) also failed to qualify at this venue . He had 69, 72, 73 and 72 for two-under-par 286.
Expectant father Francis McGuirk of England delivered a stylish four rounds of golf to seal victory in the First Qualifying Stage Section A of The European Tour Qualifying School.
The 32 year old produced scores of 65-68-68-66 to finish 21 under par at Chart Hills, four strokes ahead of his nearest challenger, fellow Englishman James Ruebotham.
The EuroPro Tour player estimates he has made ten appearances at The European Tour Qualifying School without ever making it past the Second Qualifying Stage, a statistic he hopes to right when he heads to Spain for four more rounds at the beginning of November.
In total, 92 players made it through from the three Section A courses and will take their places in the Second Qualifying Round at four Spanish venues from November 1 to 4.
From there it is on to the Final Q School at San Roque, also in Spain, from November 9 to 14.
Thirty-three progressed from Chart Hills where the cut came at seven under par, while at The Oxfordshire 31 made it through on two under or better.
England’s David Porter led from the first round to the last at The Oxfordshire after opening his Q. School account with a 64, eight under par.
He followed this up with rounds of 67-69-70 for a winning total of 18 under par 270, one better than Scotland’s Euan Little, twice a winner on the Challenge Tour at the 2003 Telia Grand Prix and the 2001 Segura Viudas Challenge de España.
In third place, on 14 under par, was former Scottish amateur hampion Barry Hume, while Seve Ballesteros’s nephew Raul Ballesteros successfully made it through on ten under par.
A total of 28 players progressed from the par 71 Arlandastad Golf Club in Sweden, where scoring proved very tough. After 72 holes the winning total was level par 280 achieved by Austrian Martin Wiegele.
Alfonso Gutierrez of Spain, the overnight leader, closed with a two over par round of 73 to finish in second place on one over.
The leading qualifiers at The Oxfordshire were:
270 David Porter (Eng) 64 67 69 70.
271 Euan Little (Sco) 69 69 65 68.
274 Barry Hume (Sco) 67 70 65 72.
Other Scots qualifiers at this venue:
281 (am) Scott Jamieson 70 69 69 73 (jt 13th).
283 Paul Doherty 71 69 72 71 (jt 17th).
Non-qualifiers (287 and over) included:
293 Callum Nicoll 74 73 72 74.
294 Mark Loftus 74 75 70 75.
At Chart Hills, the leading qualifiers were:
287 Francis McGuirk (Eng) 65 68 68 66.
271 James Ruebotham (Eng) 68 67 65 71.
272 Nick Jones (US) 69 68 67 68.
274 Paul McKechnie (Sco) 68 67 70 69.
Scottish non-qualifiers:
282 Graham Gordon 70 68 72 72 .
286 Graeme Lornie 69 72 73 72.
BUT GRAHAM GORDON AND GRAEME LORNIE MISS OUT
Former Scottish amateur champion Graham Gordon from Aberdeen has said farewell for another year to his hopes of playing on the European Tour.
At Chart Hills Golf Club on Friday, on the last day of the First Qualifying Stage Section A of the Tour Qualifying School, Gordon missed out by one shot. He had rounds of 70, 68, 72 and 72 for a six-under-par total of 282 ... very good scoring but not quite good enough.
To make the cut for the Second Stage, you had to shoot seven-under-par or better for the 72 holes.
Graeme Lornie (Aspire Golf Centre) also failed to qualify at this venue . He had 69, 72, 73 and 72 for two-under-par 286.
Expectant father Francis McGuirk of England delivered a stylish four rounds of golf to seal victory in the First Qualifying Stage Section A of The European Tour Qualifying School.
The 32 year old produced scores of 65-68-68-66 to finish 21 under par at Chart Hills, four strokes ahead of his nearest challenger, fellow Englishman James Ruebotham.
The EuroPro Tour player estimates he has made ten appearances at The European Tour Qualifying School without ever making it past the Second Qualifying Stage, a statistic he hopes to right when he heads to Spain for four more rounds at the beginning of November.
In total, 92 players made it through from the three Section A courses and will take their places in the Second Qualifying Round at four Spanish venues from November 1 to 4.
From there it is on to the Final Q School at San Roque, also in Spain, from November 9 to 14.
Thirty-three progressed from Chart Hills where the cut came at seven under par, while at The Oxfordshire 31 made it through on two under or better.
England’s David Porter led from the first round to the last at The Oxfordshire after opening his Q. School account with a 64, eight under par.
He followed this up with rounds of 67-69-70 for a winning total of 18 under par 270, one better than Scotland’s Euan Little, twice a winner on the Challenge Tour at the 2003 Telia Grand Prix and the 2001 Segura Viudas Challenge de España.
In third place, on 14 under par, was former Scottish amateur hampion Barry Hume, while Seve Ballesteros’s nephew Raul Ballesteros successfully made it through on ten under par.
A total of 28 players progressed from the par 71 Arlandastad Golf Club in Sweden, where scoring proved very tough. After 72 holes the winning total was level par 280 achieved by Austrian Martin Wiegele.
Alfonso Gutierrez of Spain, the overnight leader, closed with a two over par round of 73 to finish in second place on one over.
The leading qualifiers at The Oxfordshire were:
270 David Porter (Eng) 64 67 69 70.
271 Euan Little (Sco) 69 69 65 68.
274 Barry Hume (Sco) 67 70 65 72.
Other Scots qualifiers at this venue:
281 (am) Scott Jamieson 70 69 69 73 (jt 13th).
283 Paul Doherty 71 69 72 71 (jt 17th).
Non-qualifiers (287 and over) included:
293 Callum Nicoll 74 73 72 74.
294 Mark Loftus 74 75 70 75.
At Chart Hills, the leading qualifiers were:
287 Francis McGuirk (Eng) 65 68 68 66.
271 James Ruebotham (Eng) 68 67 65 71.
272 Nick Jones (US) 69 68 67 68.
274 Paul McKechnie (Sco) 68 67 70 69.
Scottish non-qualifiers:
282 Graham Gordon 70 68 72 72 .
286 Graeme Lornie 69 72 73 72.
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