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Ruaidhri McGee, winner of Stage 1 and Walker Cup player Kevin Phelan are the two Irish survivors of European Tour Qualifying Stage Two in Spain on Tuesday, after nine others were casualties of the qualifying process on the four courses in Spain.
Gareth Shaw still in with an outside chance in his weather delayed final round on Wednesday after play was suspended
at Valle Romano on Monday due to high winds.
At Las Colinas Golf & Country Club a final round 71 from McGee
ensured he was well inside the mark with two bogeys and two birdies either side
of the turn his result. Showing consistency from the outset rounds
of 67-70-67-71 kept the Rosapenna golfer within the top five places up until
the final day.
In the end McGee finished
7th and now heads to PGA Catalunya for the Final Stage shootout next week.
Niall Kearney was within
reach of a place at the start of the day but a triple bogey 6 on the 14th
added to the misery of a 76 on his card. Pushing him out to T36 on Tuesday and
well outside the 17th place needed to progress
Damian Mooney matched the
same five over par score as the Royal Dublin player and drifted out to 48th to finish five over
for the tournament. Four bogeys and a double the total damage on the day with
just the single birdie on the 15th the rare bit of good news. The Ulsterman unable to repeat his 2010 feat of making the trip to Catalunya.
Stephen Grant suffered a double
bogey on the 14th to sign for a three over par 74 final round to see
his chances of card this side of the Atlantic fade. He will now return to make another effort of
the PGA Q School Second Stage next week.
David Rawluk's retirement of
yesterday was added to when John Daniel Guiney withdrew at El Saler on Tuesday.
On the course meanwhile at El Saler Alan Dunbar carded a 74 and ended +13 for the week in 47th place.
Colm Moriarty was +7 for
the week with a final round 75 with 6 bogeys and 3 birdies the result of his endeavours on Tuesday.
The Glasson professional finished in T30 and sees the seasonal trip to Q School
end as it has on a number of previous occasions.
But Kevin Phelan kept the Irish
hopes flying with a round of 73. Just enough to drop dangerously close
at 15th to trouble with the one double
bogey on the eighteenth the threat to safety. With final results that news improved and Phelan finished T13.
Play was also suspended on Tuesday at Lumine Beach and Golf Club and so that tournament is not yet completed. Dermot McElroy is currently 25th on five under and seven strokes off the leaders.
Gareth Shaw ended his third
round with a 73 and level in a share of 36th place. But in need of a
four shot minimum on Wednesday to have any hope of being in the mix.
The places available this were El Saler 17; Valle Romano 18; Las Colinas 17 and Lumine 17.
The field for the Final Qualifying Stage will now be made up of 87 exempt players and 69 qualifiers. These are current figures and may change as a result of further withdrawals.
Final Qualifying Stage will tee off on November 10th and run until the15th.
David Higgins will join McGee and Phelan next week in Girona.
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