European Tour Final Qualifying School at San Roque

DAVID DRYSDALE LONE SCOT AMONG
TOUR CARD WINNERS FOR NEXT SEASON

David Drysdale from Dunbar was the only Scot to win playing rights on next season’s European Tour at the conclusion of the six round Final Qualifying School at San Roque on the Costa del Sol.
Drysdale was well placed with one round to go and he made no mistakes on the last day with a one-under-par 71 for a 10-under-par final total of 422. He finished third behind joint winners Alexandre Rocha (Brazil) and Carlos Rodiles (Spain) who finished at 15-under-par 417.
Walker Cup teenager Oliver Fisher, who had entered as an amateur, will be playing his next event as a pro having finished fifth on seven-under-par.
Euan Little from Portpatrick, the only other Scot apart from Drysdale with a chance of making it going into the final round, failed to get inside the limit mark of level par 432 for the six rounds.
Euan signed off with a 74 for a one-over-par total – agonisingly close to playing on the European Tour next season.
Former Scottish amateur champion George Murray from Earlsferry Thistle will, presumably, be staying in the unpaid ranks after finished tied 45th with a three-over-par total after a closing score of 72. A starting round of 77 had him trying to play catch-up golf for the remainder of the tournament.
One shot behind George Murray was West Linton-based Welshman Gareth Wright who was well in contention through the first three or four rounds but fell away with closing efforts of 77 and 76.
Former PGA champion Andrew Oldcorn finished tied 64th on nine-over-par after finishing with his worst round of the six – a six-over 78.
Scott Henderson, the 1997 European Tour Rookie of the Year, came joint 73rd with a 76 for a 12 over par total.
EUROPEAN TOUR CARD WINNERS
417 (-15) Alexandre Rocha (Bra) 74 72 65 66 69 71, Carlos Rodiles (Spa) 70 64 69 75 70 69.
422 (-10) David Drysdale (Sco) 73 68 69 68 73 71.
424 Fredrik Andersson Hed (Swe) 71 70 70 72 70 71.
425 (am) Oliver Fisher (Eng) 68 70 68 74 74 71.
426 Notah Begay (US) 72 69 71 67 71 76, Patrick Sjoland (Swe) 68 73 70 70 70 75, Sven Struver (Ger) 76 75 68 68 69 70.
428 Warren Bennett (Eng) 69 67 72 71 76 73, Julien Foret (Fra) 74 71 70 71 69 73, Sam Little (Eng) 73 67 71 72 70 75, Carl Suneson (Spa) 71 69 74 72 73 69.
429 Sion E Bebb (Wal) 74 76 67 70 678 74, Eirik Tage Johansen (Nor) 65 71 72 72 74 75, Santiago Luna (Spa) 72 70 70 71 73 73, Wade Ormsby (Aus) 74 72 71 69 69 74.
430 Steve Alker (NZ) 76 73 69 72 67 73, Jesus Maria Arruti (Spa) 71 71 71 72 75 70, Alex Cejka (Ger) 73 71 74 70 70 72, Richard McEvoy (Eng) 73 69 73 67 74 74, Henrik Nystrom (Swe) 70 71 69 71 76 73, Taichi Teshima (Jap) 72 70 75 70 71 72, Matthew Zions (Aus) 75 70 72 68 72 73.
431 Francois Calmels (Fra) 72 74 73 71 71 70l Pelle Edberg (Swe) 76 69 68 74 69 75, Birgir Hafthorsson (Ice) 69 72 75 71 75 69, Andrfew Raitt (Eng) 73 74 70 74 71 69, Matthew Richardson (Eng) 73 71 68 74 69 76, Andrew Tampion (Aus) 71 71 75 69 71 74.
432 (level par) Jose Manuel Carriles (Spa) 74 71 70 72 72 73, Luis Claverie (Spa) 69 69 71 73 74 76, Alvaro Quiros (Spa) 73 69 73 73 70 74, Manuel Quiros (Spa) 70 73 68 68 70 73, Edward Rush (Eng) 70 69 71 76 75 71, Daniel Vancsik (Arg) 75 73 70 72 69 73.
NON-QUALIFIERS INCLUDED
433 Antti Ahokas (Fin) 68 72 76 71 71 75, Euan Little (Sco) 74 74 73 67 71 74.
435 (am) George Murray (Sco) 77 71 69 72 74 72.
436 Gareth Wright (Wal) 73 72 70 68 77 76.
441 Andrew Oldcorn (Sco) 75 70 73 73 72 78.
444 Peter Baker (Eng) 74 73 69 75 75 78, Scott Henderson (Sco) 74 70 72 73 79 76.
446 Robert Dinwiddie (Eng) 76 72 73 70 79 76.