KENNETH FERRIE WINS US PGA

TOUR CARD FOR NEXT YEAR

Kenneth Ferrie, 29-year-old European Tour player from Ashington, Northumberland, has come through six gruelling rounds on the US PGA Tour Final Qualifying School at Winter Garden, Florida - and won a place alongside Tiger Woods & Co in 2008.

Ferrie, pictured right, had rounds of 69, 70, 70, 71, 69 and 67 for 16-under-par 416.

He finished joint 14th of the 26 players with final totals of 418 or better who won playing rights on the most luctrative golf circuit in the world by far.

Compatriot Greg Owen missed out. A gallant final round of two-under-par 70 was too little too late. He finished in joint 62nd place on 423.

LEADING FINAL TOTALS

Par 432 (6 x 72)

403 F Lickliter 62 62 68 72 68 71.

407 B Rumford 66 70 68 65 68 70.

409 C Stroud 69 68 69 68 64 71.

410 J Park 70 66 71 67 68 68.

411 J Allred 66 67 64 70 72 72.

412 Yong-Eun Yang 70 68 70 68 67 69, T Ridings 68 69 67 69 67 72.

Other card winners with today's final round:

413 T Demsey 64.

414 B Adamonis 69, T Perkins 74.

415 P McLachlan 72, K Jones 72, C Freeman 74.

416 K Ferrie (England) 69 70 70 71 69 67, T Wilkinson 68, K Streelman 73, D Johnson 74, D Waldorf 66.

417 R S Johnson 68, J McGovern 71, C Franco 70, T Gainey 77.

418 B Sowards 68, J Merrick 67, A Canizares 72, D Lutterus 74.

JUST MISSED OUT

419 B May 69, P Tomasulo 70, G Chalmers 71, B Dickerson 71, D McKenzie 68, M A Carballo 73.

OTHERS WHO FAILED

423 G Owen (England) 70 (jt 62nd).

426 N Begay III (US) 70 (jt 85th).

441 K Nolan (Ireland) 75 (jt 156th).