Talk about a bad day at the office.

Stephen GrantAs PQ1 (Section A) reached the halfway stage at four venues in England, Scotland, Portugal and Denmark, all 12 Irish hopefuls are outside the qualifying places.

Barrie Trainor is the best of the bunch but a second round 78 at Dundonald Links relegated the Warrenpoint man from fifth to tied 23rd,  one stroke outside the top 20 who will progress to stage two from that venue after four rounds.

At Lübker in Denmark, 39 players are playing for nine Stage Two places but Alan Murray is nine strokes outside the safety zone there.

In Portugal, where 12 places in Stage Two are up for grabs, former soccer star Stephen Grant hit a second successive 75 to sit four strokes outside the qualifying places.

Grant will find it tough to qualify but former amateur star Noel Fox is a daunting nine strokes outside the mark after adding a 76 to his opening 79.

There are 21 spots on offer at Chart Hills but Killarney’s Danny Sugrue needs to go low over the last two rounds after a 78 left him six shots outside the magic number. 

Another 25 Irish players will try their luck in Section B of Stage One next week.

Results

Ribagolfe, Lisbon, Portugal: 12 to qualify

137 J Van Der Vaart (am) (Ned) 68 69, 

139 J Poucher (USA) 68 71, 

140 F Cea (Esp) 67 73, J Bjerhag (Swe) 70 70, 

142 M Bothma (RSA) 71 71, 

143 J Little (Eng) 69 74, 

144 M Ureta (Chi) 70 74, J Carlson (Swe) 73 71, D Hutton (Eng) 71 73, 

145 P Del Grosso (Arg) 71 74, J Pettersson (Swe) 72 73, 

146 L Claverie (Esp) 74 72, H Santos (Por) 74 72, G Pera (Esp) 72 74, 

---------- End of qualifying places 

147 C Nel (RSA) 71 76, D Torne (Esp) 74 73, 

148 J Evans (Eng) 71 77, M Hedegaard (Den) 73 75, M Cobo Arrayas (Esp) 70 78, I Giner (Esp) 72 76, 

149 L Dodd (Eng) 73 76, P Hansen (Den) 74 75, S Salem (Per) 77 72, J Kelly (Nor) 76 73, 

150 R Eriksson (Swe) 76 74, C Cousins (Wal) 71 79, S Grant (Irl) 75 75, P Pinto (Arg) 74 76, K Grud (Den) 75 75, A Gutierrez (Esp) 76 74, 

151 D Carrera (Esp) 75 76, 

152 R Bastard (Eng) 77 75, N Drane (Eng) 74 78, J Billing (Swe) 76 76, B Campbell (am) (NIr) 76 76, 

153 A Finnbjornsson (am) (Isl) 80 73, 

154 I Griffiths (Wal) 78 76, N Stivala (Aus) 79 75, 

155 S Vautier (Eng) 78 77, N Fox (Irl) 79 76, 

156 J Nordstrom (Swe) 79 77, 

157 R Da Silva (am) (Por) 76 81, 

158 D Goldenberg (Isr) 79 79, A Salto (Esp) 78 80, A Rogers (Eng) 78 80, 

159 F Cabrera (Arg) 81 78, 

163 A Pavlov (Rus) 81 82, 

164 M Deboub (Alg) 80 84, A Savage (Irl) 83 81,

165 G Braga (Por) 76 89, 

170 J Garzon Allende (Esp) 87 83

 

Lübker Golf Resort, Nimtofte, Denmark: Nine to qualify

143 L Johansen (Den) 73 70, O Suhr (Den) 69 74, 

145 V Almstrom (Swe) 71 74, T Norret (Den) 72 73, 

146 B Ahlenback (Swe) 73 73, M Bliss (Can) 73 73, 

147 N Lemke (Swe) 73 74, 

148 M McQuillan (Can) 76 72, M Warenius (Swe) 74 74, 

---------- End of qualifying places 

149 L Johansson (Swe) 74 75, C Lange (Den) 76 73, T Nielsen (Den) 75 74, 

150 K Storgaard (Den) 75 75, D Lokke (am) (Den) 73 77, 

152 F Ohlsson (Swe) 77 75, J Dantorp (Swe) 78 74, 

153 F Gustavsson (Swe) 79 74, P Malmgren (Swe) 78 75, A Axelsson (Swe) 78 75, 

154 K Edberg (Swe) 75 79, 

155 M Olsen (Den) 76 79, K Nielsen (Den) 77 78, B Akstrup (Den) 79 76, M Eberhard (am) (Ger) 80 75, 

156 A Jacobsson (Swe) 79 77, 

157 M Dam (Den) 82 75, J Lykke-Kjeldsen (Den) 79 78, A Murray (Irl) 79 78, J Glennemo (Swe) 78 79, M Hansen (Den) 76 81, 

158 J Lerchedahl (Den) 84 74, O Haraldson (Swe) 83 75, 

159 A Werner (Den) 82 77, 

160 A Johansson (Swe) 80 80, 

162 A Kali (Den) 79 83, 

164 J Vinther (Den) 79 85, M Thistleton (am) (Eng) 82 82, 

165 D Jonsson (Swe) 82 83, 

168 C Petersson (Swe) 86 82

 

Dundonald Links, Ayrshire, Scotland: 20 to qualify

138 J Elson (Eng) 69 69, 

139 L De Jager (RSA) 69 70, 

140 K McAlpine (am) (Sco) 67 73, 

142 T Dykes (Wal) 69 73, 143 G Cowan (Eng) 73 70, M Kerr (Sco) 72 71, W Bowe (am) (Eng) 73 70, 

145 G Plumet (Fra) 71 74, S McAllister (Sco) 76 69, R Lee (Eng) 71 74, 

146 S Mackie (Sco) 73 73, I Keenan (Eng) 74 72, D Belch (Eng) 71 75, C Kelly (Sco) 73 73, S Doherty (Eng) 73 73, C Wilson (am) (Eng) 73 73, 

147 M Quiros (Esp) 71 76, R Cameron (Sco) 72 75, S Gray (Sco) 72 75, P McKechnie (Sco) 73 74, I Ridgway (Eng) 75 72, M Hillson (am) (Sco) 75 72, 

---------- End of qualifying places

(T23 )148 O Whiteley (Eng) 74 74, A Lockhart (Sco) 74 74, B Trainor (Irl) 70 78, C Lee (Sco) 78 70, G King (Eng) 76 72, J Ablett (Eng) 74 74, S Henderson (Sco) 72 76, A Hodkinson (Eng) 76 72, E Little (Sco) 75 73, G Yates (am) (Sco) 76 72, K Nicol (am) (Sco) 76 72, 

149 S Jackson (Eng) 77 72, S Garcia-Grout (Esp) 76 73, J McCreadie (Sco) 74 75, S McEwan (am) (Sco) 75 74, 

150 L Harper (Sco) 78 72, J Housby (Eng) 77 73, D Astin (Eng) 77 73, S Capper (Eng) 77 73, J Findlay (am) (Sco) 74 76, 

151 G Marks (Eng) 74 77, J Axgren (Swe) 76 75, P O'Hara (Sco) 75 76, L McNaughton (Aus) 75 76, S Hume (Sco) 76 75, R Carter (am) (Eng) 78 73, 

152 L Matthews (Wal) 78 74, S Henry (Sco) 76 76, D Holloway (Nzl) 77 75, J Fallon (Eng) 78 74, L Clarke (Eng) 76 76, J Fox (am) (Irl) 75 77, 

153 J Harper (Eng) 75 78, M Lavelle (Irl) 78 75, P Cormack (Sco) 79 74, C Campbell (Sco) 79 74, B McElhinney (Irl) 78 75, O Arvidsson (am) (Swe) 74 79, 

154 B Howlett (Eng) 83 71, J Ashton (Eng) 77 77, B Hume (Sco) 74 80, C Nilsson (Swe) 78 76, 

155 J Senior (Eng) 76 79, J Need (Eng) 81 74, S Hemming (Eng) 75 80, 

156 P Pujalte (Esp) 77 79, M Griffiths (Wal) 80 76, N O Briain (am) (Irl) 78 78, C Harkins (am) (Sco) 78 78, 

157 D Chapman (Eng) 78 79, P McLean (am) (Sco) 79 78, 

158 H Robertson (Nzl) 81 77, P Badawy (USA) 77 81, 

159 M Evans (Eng) 82 77, S Havelock (Eng) 76 83, 

160 J Cheetham (Eng) 81 79, 

161 C McCalman (Sco) 83 78, G Hall (Irl) 86 75, 

164 A Hanekom (RSA) 81 83, 

167 R Mestre (am) (Esp) 86 81, 

** S Fitzgerald (Eng) 87 RT, N Horrocks (Eng) 83 RT

 

Chart Hills Golf Club, England: 21 to qualify

135 J Busby (Eng) 67 68, 

136 M Baldwin (Eng) 69 67, 

141 P Appleyard (Eng) 71 70, O Turnill (Eng) 70 71, M Vandenberg (Eng) 71 70, S Maurits (am) (Ned) 69 72, 

142 M Laskey (Wal) 71 71, N Redfern (Eng) 69 73, J Webber (am) (Eng) 71 71, 

143 B Jones (Eng) 74 69, A Tarchetti (Eng) 70 73, 

144 J McLean (Aus) 72 72, F McGuirk (Eng) 71 73, D Lloyd (RSA) 70 74, W Hefferman (Can) 69 75, 

145 R Buxton (Eng) 70 75, G Davies (Eng) 72 73, T Prowse (Aus) 72 73, J Ruebotham (Eng) 74 71, J Hearn (Eng) 74 71, J Watts (am) (Eng) 74 71,

---------- End of qualifying places

146 Y Ali (Eng) 74 72, B Banks (Eng) 71 75, M Ford (Eng) 69 77, R Gurney (Eng) 71 75, M Searle (Eng) 73 73, R Whitelock (Eng) 72 74, J Hendry (Sco) 71 75, G Povey (am) (Eng) 70 76, S Lee (am) (Eng) 72 74, 

147 A Thorpe (Eng) 70 77, P Maddy (Eng) 73 74, G Woodman (Eng) 75 72, J Barnes (Eng) 73 74, R Watkins (Eng) 71 76, J Clarke (Eng) 74 73, J Abbott (am) (Eng) 72 75, 

148 K Harper (Eng) 75 73, C Gill (Eng) 77 71, J Gallagher (Sco) 76 72, B Collins (Eng) 77 71, J Kavanagh (Eng) 75 73, R Harrison (Eng) 71 77, K Staunton (Eng) 72 76, R Neil-Jones (Eng) 76 72, 

149 D James (Eng) 76 73, M Lowe (Eng) 75 74, R Jones (Eng) 71 78, J Smith (Eng) 76 73, C Lockwood (Eng) 74 75, C Wainwright (Eng) 72 77, M Feuerstein (USA) 73 76, 

150 R Surber (USA) 78 72, B O'Donoghue (Aus) 73 77, M Bush (Eng) 72 78, N Chaudhuri (Eng) 76 74, T Coulson (Eng) 71 79, S McCance (Eng) 73 77, I Winstanley (am) (Eng) 73 77, 

151 B St John (Eng) 73 78, D Thomas (Eng) 76 75, D Sugrue (Irl) 73 78, C Simpson (Eng) 73 78, K Shepherd (Eng) 77 74, R Edginton (Eng) 77 74, 

152 T Wood (Aus) 74 78, 

153 S Kemp (Bah) 78 75, S Weale (Eng) 78 75, 

154 B Cummings (Eng) 78 76, M Barber (Eng) 77 77, J Horn (Eng) 76 78, K McDonald (Eng) 76 78, 

155 W Wray (Eng) 75 80, I Brown (Eng) 76 79, 

156 M Bell (Eng) 78 78, R Leonard (Eng) 75 81, K Tilbury (Eng) 77 79, 

157 J Lamb (Eng) 81 76, R Wistow (Eng) 76 81, G Parker (am) (Eng) 77 80, J Winer (am) (Eng) 80 77, 

158 K Rawal (am) (USA) 80 78, 

159 A Mayer (Aut) 80 79, M Colman (Eng) 83 76, 

162 A Lauss (Aut) 80 82, 

164 C Kares (Aus) 79 85, 

175 A Graham (Eng) 84 91, 

** J Shock (Ger) 91 RT,