First there were 12. Then there were four. But in the end none of the Irish hopefuls came through Stage One (Section A) of the European Tour Qualifying School. Here's hoping for better luck for the 25 heading for Section B next week.

Barrie Trainor came closest to progressing but a final round 74 left him three strokes outside the qualifying mark at Dundonald Links on 296.

Former British Amateur champion Brian McElhinney also closed with a 74 to finish a shot further back with Michael Lavelle on 302 after a 78.

In Portugal, former soccer star Stephen Grant missed out by four strokes at Ribagolfe after a 74 gave him a 297 total for 72 holes.

Lübker Golf Resort, Nimtofte, Denmark: (13 players qualified)

Qualifiers

285 L Johansen (Den) 73 70 71 71,

287 L Johansson (Swe) 74 75 67 71,

288 V Almstrom (Swe) 71 74 69 74,

290 M Bliss (Can) 73 73 72 72,

291 N Lemke (Swe) 73 74 72 72,

293 T Norret (Den) 72 73 73 75,

294 M McQuillan (Can) 76 72 71 75,

296 A Axelsson (Swe) 78 75 68 75,

297 M Warenius (Swe) 74 74 72 77, F Ohlsson (Swe) 77 75 69 76, C Lange (Den) 76 73 74 74, B Ahlenback (Swe) 73 73 74 77, D Lokke (am) (Den) 73 77 75 72,

Non-qualifiers

299 T Nielsen (Den) 75 74 72 78,

301 K Storgaard (Den) 75 75 73 78,

304 P Malmgren (Swe) 78 75 72 79, B Akstrup (Den) 79 76 69 80 

 

Ribagolfe, Lisbon, Portugal (13 qualified)
Qualifiers

281 J Van Der Vaart (am) (Ned) 68 69 72 72,

282 J Bjerhag (Swe) 70 70 71 71,

283 J Pettersson (Swe) 72 73 70 68,

284 M Bothma (RSA) 71 71 70 72,

286 J Poucher (USA) 68 71 72 75,

287 L Claverie (Esp) 74 72 72 69, F Cea (Esp) 67 73 77 70,

288 J Little (Eng) 69 74 74 71, P Del Grosso (Arg) 71 74 71 72,

289 M Ureta (Chi) 70 74 71 74,

291 P Pinto (Arg) 74 76 73 68,

293 H Santos (Por) 74 72 74 73, A Gutierrez (Esp) 76 74 75 68,

Non-qualifiers

294 R Eriksson (Swe) 76 74 72 72, J Kelly (Nor) 76 73 75 70, C Cousins (Wal) 71 79 72 72, M Cobo Arrayas (Esp) 70 78 74 72, L Dodd (Eng) 73 76 72 73, R Bastard (Eng) 77 75 72 70,

295 C Nel (RSA) 71 76 73 75, P Hansen (Den) 74 75 75 71, D Torne (Esp) 74 73 69 79,

296 J Evans (Eng) 71 77 72 76,

297 Stephen Grant (Irl) 75 75 73 74, D Hutton (Eng) 71 73 82 71,

298 J Billing (Swe) 76 76 74 72,

299 M Hedegaard (Den) 73 75 76 75, N Drane (Eng) 74 78 75 72,

300 J Carlson (Swe) 73 71 80 76,

303 D Carrera (Esp) 75 76 76 76, K Grud (Den) 75 75 73 80,

 

Dundonald Links, Ayrshire, Scotland: (24 players qualified)

Qualifiers

279 C Lee (Sco) 78 70 65 66,

284 J Elson (Eng) 69 69 70 76,

286 T Dykes (Wal) 69 73 73 71,

287 C Kelly (Sco) 73 73 73 68,

288 J McCreadie (Sco) 74 75 66 73, G Cowan (Eng) 73 70 70 75, L De Jager (RSA) 69 70 72 77,

289 J Ablett (Eng) 74 74 72 69,

290 S Doherty (Eng) 73 73 74 70, K McAlpine (am) (Sco) 67 73 69 81, M Hillson (am) (Sco) 75 72 71 72,

291 P O'Hara (Sco) 75 76 68 72, M Quiros (Esp) 71 76 73 71, R Lee (Eng) 71 74 71 75, M Kerr (Sco) 72 71 77 71,

292 L Harper (Sco) 78 72 70 72, O Whiteley (Eng) 74 74 69 75, D Belch (Eng) 71 75 72 74, S Henderson (Sco) 72 76 75 69,

293 S Gray (Sco) 72 75 72 74, I Keenan (Eng) 74 72 75 72, J Axgren (Swe) 76 75 70 72, I Ridgway (Eng) 75 72 71 75, W Bowe (am) (Eng) 73 70 74 76,

Non-qualifiers

294 P McKechnie (Sco) 73 74 70 77, G King (Eng) 76 72 71 75,

295 A Lockhart (Sco) 74 74 72 75, G Marks (Eng) 74 77 71 73, G Yates (am) (Sco) 76 72 75 72,

296 Barrie Trainor (Irl) 70 78 74 74, S Jackson (Eng) 77 72 74 73, S McAllister (Sco) 76 69 73 78, E Little (Sco) 75 73 74 74,

297 Brian McElhinney (Irl) 78 75 70 74, J Harper (Eng) 75 78 73 71, A Hodkinson (Eng) 76 72 78 71,

298 S Capper (Eng) 77 73 72 76, S Mackie (Sco) 73 73 73 79, G Plumet (Fra) 71 74 77 76, D Holloway (Nzl) 77 75 72 74,

299 D Astin (Eng) 77 73 71 78, B Howlett (Eng) 83 71 72 73, R Carter (am) (Eng) 78 73 72 76, K Nicol (am) (Sco) 76 72 77 74,

300 C Campbell (Sco) 79 74 71 76, R Cameron (Sco) 72 75 75 78, S Garcia-Grout (Esp) 76 73 74 77,

301 L McNaughton (Aus) 75 76 75 75,

302 J Fallon (Eng) 78 74 71 79, P Cormack (Sco) 79 74 73 76, Michael Lavelle (Irl) 78 75 71 78,

303 J Housby (Eng) 77 73 74 79, S Hume (Sco) 76 75 74 78, J Findlay (am) (Sco) 74 76 75 78,

304 C Wilson (am) (Eng) 73 73 80 78,

306 O Arvidsson (am) (Swe) 74 79 71 82,

 

Chart Hills Golf Club, England (21 players qualified)
Qualifiers

272 J Busby (Eng) 67 68 71 66,

274 M Baldwin (Eng) 69 67 68 70,

280 S Maurits (am) (Ned) 69 72 74 65,

281 O Turnill (Eng) 70 71 73 67,

283 M Vandenberg (Eng) 71 70 71 71, B Jones (Eng) 74 69 69 71,

284 J Ruebotham (Eng) 74 71 71 68, N Chaudhuri (Eng) 76 74 68 66, J Hendry (Sco) 71 75 71 67, R Surber (USA) 78 72 70 64, M Laskey (Wal) 71 71 76 66, A Tarchetti (Eng) 70 73 71 70, J McLean (Aus) 72 72 71 69, J Watts (am) (Eng) 74 71 70 69,

285 M Lowe (Eng) 75 74 65 71, J Abbott (am) (Eng) 72 75 69 69,

286 W Hefferman (Can) 69 75 72 70, M Ford (Eng) 69 77 69 71, K Harper (Eng) 75 73 69 69, F McGuirk (Eng) 71 73 75 67, G Povey (am) (Eng) 70 76 71 69,

Non-qualifiers

287 R Watkins (Eng) 71 76 71 69, D Lloyd (RSA) 70 74 75 68, G Davies (Eng) 72 73 72 70, B St John (Eng) 73 78 67 69, J Barnes (Eng) 73 74 74 66,

288 T Prowse (Aus) 72 73 69 74, N Redfern (Eng) 69 73 72 74, B Banks (Eng) 71 75 72 70, Y Ali (Eng) 74 72 71 71,

289 M Feuerstein (USA) 73 76 71 69, M Searle (Eng) 73 73 74 69, S Lee (am) (Eng) 72 74 70 73, I Winstanley (am) (Eng) 73 77 69 70,

290 J Kavanagh (Eng) 75 73 73 69, J Gallagher (Sco) 76 72 70 72, R Jones (Eng) 71 78 69 72,

291 C Lockwood (Eng) 74 75 73 69, R Edginton (Eng) 77 74 71 69, K Staunton (Eng) 72 76 72 71, P Maddy (Eng) 73 74 77 67, C Gill (Eng) 77 71 71 72,

292 D James (Eng) 76 73 74 69,

293 J Smith (Eng) 76 73 71 73, D Thomas (Eng) 76 75 70 72,

294 G Woodman (Eng) 75 72 75 72, P Appleyard (Eng) 71 70 79 74, R Neil-Jones (Eng) 76 72 72 74, M Bush (Eng) 72 78 74 70, J Clarke (Eng) 74 73 77 70, J Webber (am) (Eng) 71 71 76 76,

295 J Hearn (Eng) 74 71 77 73, B O'Donoghue (Aus) 73 77 72 73, S McCance (Eng) 73 77 73 72,

296 C Simpson (Eng) 73 78 73 72,

297 R Whitelock (Eng) 72 74 76 75, R Buxton (Eng) 70 75 75 77,

302 K Shepherd (Eng) 77 74 73 78, S Kemp (Bah) 78 75 71 78.