Walker Cup ace Niall Kearney blasted a third round 68 in Germany to keep his tour dream alive at the first stage of the European Tour Qualifying School.

Mervyn Owens is looking good in BerlinWith the top 27 and ties progressing to November’s second stage, the Royal Dublin amateur moved into a share of eighth place on five under at Fleesensee near Berlin with Mallow's Mervyn Owens a shot further back after a 73.

In France, Ulsterman Eddie Barr hit a 70 at Golf de Moliets to move into a share of eighth on eight under par with Limerick’s Cian McNamara well-placed in tied 15th on six under.

But Kildare man Paul O’Hanlon needs a good finish today after a level par 72 left him two shots outside the qualifying places on one-under.

Ulster amateur Ruaidhiri McGee carded a 71 and is just inside the vital top-27 with a round to go at Circolo Golf Bogogno near Milan.

But thick morning fog delayed play at The Oxfordshire and just 76 of the 116 man field managed to finish their third rounds.

Damian Mooney was the best of the Irish finishers with a 71 leaving him provisionally tied for eighth place on two under but Peter O’Keeffe (74), Tim Rice (75), Chris Devlin (73) and amateur Cian Curley (74) all slipped back.

John Kelly, David Higgins and Michael Collins, who were all inside the qualifying places starting the day, will have to complete their third rounds this morning. 

Circolo Golf Bogogno, Italy

Spots available: 27th place (& ties) will qualify

202 M Rominger (Sui) 69 65 68,

206 S Saavedra (Arg) 69 70 67,

208 J Dusson (Fra) 72 70 66,

209 G Rosier (Fra) 70 70 69, H Bacher (Aut) 69 68 72, S Piaget (Mon) 70 73 66, J Kim (am) (Ita) 66 72 71,

210 N Sulzer (Sui) 71 72 67, J Maurer (Aut) 72 69 69, K Sullivan (Wal) 74 68 68, A Maestroni (Ita) 70 71 69,

211 T Weiss (Sui) 68 72 71, G Slabe (Slo) 74 67 70, N Bollini (USA) 69 70 72,

212 P Nilbrink (Nor) 71 73 68, M Soffietti (Ita) 71 73 68, N Bertasio (am) (Ita) 70 70 72,

213 F Ojeda Racioppi (Arg) 70 71 72, C Ford (Eng) 70 73 70, J Fahrbring (Swe) 72 73 68, D Suazo (Esp) 71 72 70, R Swane (Ned) 72 71 70,

214 C Blaesi (Sui) 75 66 73, M Delpodio (Ita) 73 71 70, T Lambert (Aus) 69 73 72, N Ravano (am) (Ita) 73 67 74,

215 A Bruschi (Ita) 72 72 71, A Zanini (Ita) 70 75 70, A Christie (am) (Eng) 74 73 68, Ruaidhri McGee (am) (Irl) 74 70 71

END OF QUALIFYING PLACES

216 A Napoleoni (Ita) 75 71 70, A Bihan (Fra) 75 73 68, S Wiedergruen (Ger) 72 73 71, M Persson (Swe) 70 73 73, P Terreni (Ita) 70 78 68, J Camargo (Esp) 70 76 70, T Sluiter (am) (Ned) 72 75 69,

217 M Novy (Cze) 75 73 69, S Russi (Chi) 73 71 73, P Lepitschnik (Aut) 73 69 75, T Laitto (Fin) 73 71 73, J Foret (Fra) 71 72 74, D Ulrich (Sui) 72 73 72, J Garcia Pinto (Esp) 71 76 70, F Pasqualucci (Ita) 69 71 77,

218 J Parron (Esp) 71 77 70, R Treis (Ger) 80 70 68, P Bech (Esp) 72 73 73, F Figueroa (Esa) 75 73 70, C Pfau (Aut) 74 71 73, K Samooja (am) (Fin) 73 75 70,

219 E Lattanzi (Ita) 79 71 69, A Huber (USA) 75 72 72, I Sanchez-Palencia (Esp) 73 73 73, J Theunis (Bel) 76 74 69, F Svanberg (Sui) 68 76 75,

220 G Andersson (Swe) 74 70 76, S Reale (Ita) 74 72 74, C Prader (Aut) 72 75 73, P Relecom (Bel) 73 72 75, J San Sebastian (Esp) 73 74 73,

221 C Trunzer (Ger) 76 73 72, A Signor (Ita) 76 69 76, J Adarraga Gomez (Esp) 75 71 75, M Choi (Aus) 75 72 74, A Fabietti (Bra) 72 75 74, X Puig (am) (Esp) 72 76 73,

222 A Chopard (Sui) 74 76 72, A Andersson (Swe) 74 73 75,

CUT

223 A Savolainen (Fin) 75 77 71,

224 J Arnette (USA) 76 71 77, C Schwierz (Ger) 72 77 75, A Zani (Ita) 79 70 75,

225 A Basciu (Ita) 75 72 78, E Penin (Fra) 67 80 78, L Alexandre (Fra) 74 75 76,

226 M Guerisoli (Ita) 78 77 71, C Baunsoe (Den) 77 76 73, R Paolillo (Ita) 81 72 73, M Thorstensen (USA) 75 75 76, F Li Puma (Sui) 77 76 73,

227 David Rawluk (Irl) 77 76 74, G Tonelli (Ita) 78 76 73, J Schmid (Sui) 84 72 71, M Perez Gelma (Esp) 73 78 76, A Campanile (Ita) 74 74 79,

228 J Hedin (Swe) 80 73 75, L Astl (Aut) 77 74 77, D Coughlan (Eng) 77 77 74,

229 S Brizzolari (Ita) 75 78 76, A Giuliani (USA) 76 76 77, J Zednicek (Cze) 75 74 80, A Iurilli (Ita) 79 74 76, D Larrazabal (Ven) 74 75 80, W Rieder (Aut) 72 83 74, N Lombardi (am) (Ita) 74 80 75,

230 M Crespi (Ita) 78 80 72, H Lipsanen (Fin) 78 74 78,

231 E Ravn (Den) 75 79 77, R Furrer (Sui) 78 74 79, A Kristiansen (am) (Nor) 76 79 76,

234 L Vargo (USA) 84 79 71,

236 B Akesson (Swe) 74 83 79, A Rota (Ita) 81 79 76,

243 A Jauretche (Arg) 78 81 84,

244 B James (USA) 83 82 79,

245 J Thureson (Swe) 89 79 77,

** G Grillo (Ita) 77 72 RETD, J Forestier (Fra) 76 77 WD, F Casellini (Sui) 77 77 WD, H Pfaller (Aut) 78 78 WD, K Hallin (Den) 79 78 WD, J Clugnac (Fra) 85 73 WD, A Serrudo (Arg) 95 97 WD,

 

Fleesensee Golf and Country Club, Germany

Spots available: 26th place (& ties) will qualify

207 T Edlund (Swe) 67 70 70, J Gill (Nzl) 68 66 73, M Thorp (Nor) 64 69 74,

208 M Kramer (Ger) 70 70 68, J Hansen (am) (Den) 69 69 70,

209 A Mellor (Eng) 69 69 71,

210 Z Scotland (Eng) 72 71 67,

211 J Sköld (Swe) 74 68 69, R Sjöberg (Swe) 72 70 69, A Rosado (Por) 73 70 68, R Harris (Eng) 74 71 66, A Fischer (Ger) 72 70 69, Niall Kearney (am) (Irl) 71 72 68,

212 Mervyn Owens (Irl) 67 72 73, M Palm (Swe) 72 69 71, L Richard (Bel) 71 72 69, R Saxton (Ned) 72 69 71, M Johansson (am) (Swe) 72 71 69,

213 D Wardrop (Eng) 70 72 71,

214 N Glans (Swe) 71 68 75, T Tuovinen (Fin) 69 73 72, J Drongstrup (Den) 71 72 71, S Gross Jr (Ger) 68 72 74,

215 N Bruzelius (Swe) 74 71 70, T Schuster (Ger) 67 75 73, J Lupprian (Ger) 71 70 74, L Corfield (Eng) 70 74 71, J Martikainen (Fin) 70 74 71, J Ruth (Eng) 73 72 70, M Glauert (Ger) 71 71 73, J Roth (Den) 69 71 75, A Szappanos (am) (Ger) 70 71 74,

END OF QUALIFYING PLACES

216 S Forsstrom (Swe) 73 71 72, R Askstrand (Swe) 69 73 74, R Golding (Eng) 67 76 73, B Mann (Ind) 70 71 75, B Guiney (Sco) 72 74 70,

217 R Steele (Eng) 72 73 72, T Cruz (Por) 71 71 75, T Sundström (Fin) 67 76 74, M Haremza (Ger) 72 74 71, B Oliver (Aus) 72 75 70, R Nielsen (Den) 72 75 70, J Makitalo (Fin) 72 69 76, P Ankersoe (Den) 71 72 74, S Gundorph (Den) 74 69 74,

218 D Marmion (Eng) 71 74 73, G Birch Jr (Ger) 71 71 76, F Bredin (Swe) 70 72 76, P Erofejeff (Fin) 73 73 72, B Miarka (Ger) 75 74 69, D Wuensche (Ger) 72 70 76, D Klein (am) (Ger) 76 72 70, A John (am) (Ger) 74 76 68,

219 R Schovanek (Cze) 73 73 73, F Becker (Ger) 76 71 72, K Jorgensen (Den) 71 74 74, P Baunsoe (am) (Den) 76 75 68,

220 P Jacobsen (Den) 75 75 70, Mark Campbell (Irl) 74 71 75, R Svensson (Swe) 71 72 77, J Hall (Eng) 75 73 72,

221 K Mortensen (Den) 75 71 75, P Purhonen (Fin) 74 72 75,

222 S Stefansson (Isl) 72 77 73, F Ruprecht (Aut) 74 72 76, J Fransson (Swe) 79 70 73, B Parker (Eng) 73 71 78, H Satama (am) (Fin) 72 75 75,

CUT

223 P Niederdrenk (Ger) 77 75 71, A Abdullahi (Ngr) 75 72 76, R Eccles (Ned) 75 74 74, M Ervasti (Fin) 76 77 70, M Tschinkel (Ger) 76 72 75, J Blanks (Eng) 79 72 72, A Chamberlain (Eng) 78 75 70,

224 D Froreich (Ger) 73 76 75, J Boerdonk (Ned) 73 75 76, R Gruber (Aut) 75 74 75, S Chad (Den) 75 77 72, F Fihn (Swe) 76 73 75, B La Roche (Esp) 75 77 72, B Reiter (Aut) 73 77 74, M Tottey (Wal) 76 75 73,

225 H Uhlenbeck (Ned) 75 78 72, A Persson (Swe) 74 80 71, J Espelund (Den) 73 79 73,

226 C Engel (Ger) 75 76 75, C Aronsen (Nor) 76 75 75, P Skopovy (Cze) 69 80 77, F Eibl (Ger) 73 76 77, S Alvang (Den) 75 78 73,

227 J Kucera (Cze) 75 73 79, R Gonzalez (Arg) 76 79 72,

228 Justin Brink (Irl) 78 72 78, A Hofvander (Swe) 77 74 77,

230 S Schaefer (Ger) 76 77 77, T Sistonen (Fin) 78 77 75, R Hahn (Hun) 74 77 79, M Larusson (Isl) 78 77 75, P Gabsa (am) (Ger) 72 76 82,

231 R Zwahlen (Fra) 78 75 78,

233 A Rosswag (Ger) 80 75 78,

235 M Aspernas (Swe) 83 72 80, J Hommel (Den) 79 80 76,

236 J Friessnegg (Aut) 77 80 79,

237 R Sarközi (Hun) 77 79 81,

238 J Peters (Ger) 76 80 82,

242 R Throssell (Aus) 81 81 80,

265 P Mina (Ita) 92 90 83,

** L Lizanek (Cze) 79 75 WD,

** C Kaya (Tur) 82 RT 0, 

 

Golf de Moliets, France

Spots available: 26th place (& ties) will qualify

200 R Quiros (Esp) 65 67 68, C Balmaseda (Esp) 69 63 68,

203 M Galdos (Esp) 66 69 68, B Etchart (Esp) 66 68 69,

206 T Fournier (Fra) 67 69 70, E De La Riva (Esp) 68 67 71,

207 P Bocian (Swe) 67 70 70,

208 J Van Hauwe (Fra) 71 67 70, Eddie Barr (Irl) 68 70 70, D Quiros (Esp) 71 69 68, J Legarrea (Esp) 66 69 73, P Oriol (Esp) 67 69 72,

209 O David (Fra) 64 71 74, C Garcia (Esp) 68 70 71,

210 Cian McNamara (Irl) 71 68 71, E Dubois (Fra) 72 68 70, B Fowles (am) (Eng) 74 66 70,

211 G Watremez (Bel) 68 73 70, B Mannix (Eng) 72 67 72, A Belt (Eng) 69 69 73, J Mommo (Fin) 73 73 65, T Leon (USA) 66 70 75,

212 G Gresse (Bel) 67 72 73, J Ocejo (Esp) 68 71 73,

213 G Canizares (Esp) 72 72 69, P Menjibar (Esp) 68 73 72, J Rosillo (Esp) 71 72 70, T Stewart (Aus) 73 71 69, B Lecuona (Fra) 67 71 75, C Aguilar (Esp) 69 71 73,

END OF QUALIFYING PLACES

214 J Guillet (Fra) 71 69 74, M Cantero (Esp) 72 70 72, D Perrier (Fra) 76 69 69, V Blazquez (Esp) 70 74 70, M Mills (Eng) 71 71 72, X Guzman (Esp) 73 72 69, M Saiz (Esp) 71 73 70, T Reid (Eng) 66 75 73,

215 P Hendriksen (Eng) 69 72 74, J Lorca (Esp) 68 68 79, K Le Sager (Fra) 70 73 72, D Alonso (Esp) 69 71 75, J Daudignon (Fra) 71 75 69, F Lagarto (Esp) 77 69 69, Paul O'Hanlon (Irl) 71 72 72, L Portela (Esp) 67 72 76, N Walker (Eng) 72 71 72, F Hammarberg (Swe) 73 72 70,

216 C Bell (Eng) 74 73 69, J Belliard (Fra) 75 71 70,

217 N Soto (Eng) 74 69 74, B Welch (Eng) 74 69 74, M Bosse (Ger) 71 72 74, I Del Castillo (Esp) 71 72 74, S Arnold (Aus) 73 73 71, M Raven (am) (Eng) 72 72 73,

218 A Matallana (Esp) 75 73 70, S Seijo (Esp) 74 75 69, S Mason (Eng) 71 77 70, E Dominguez (Arg) 74 74 70, R Thuillier (Fra) 75 72 71, D Antonelli (am) (Fra) 71 71 76,

219 S Haywood (Eng) 76 73 70, C Perez Barberan (Esp) 72 73 74, B Hemstock (am) (Eng) 75 73 71,

220 R Schilperoord (Ned) 76 73 71, F Vallet (Fra) 75 71 74, F Keenan (Eng) 74 72 74, J Palmer (Eng) 75 71 74, N Singer (am) (Fra) 71 79 70,

CUT

221 J Mancebo (Esp) 74 70 77, M Duque (Esp) 74 75 72,

222 M Dearden (Wal) 73 77 72, P Herreria (Esp) 76 71 75,

223 M Jonsson (Swe) 71 71 81, M Sell (Eng) 73 75 75, I Irazusta (Esp) 77 77 69, C Trahan (am) (Sco) 75 77 71,

224 J Raveloarison (Mad) 74 76 74, J Bragulat (Esp) 76 76 72, G Vicente Elena (Esp) 75 77 72, J Estevez (Arg) 68 73 83, A Johnsson (Swe) 71 77 76,

225 J Chang (Esp) 70 72 83, A Hedlund (Swe) 75 75 75, A Claesson (Swe) 74 75 76, M Mauret (Fra) 79 75 71,

226 S Gutierrez (Esp) 75 76 75, J Jankowski (Eng) 71 78 77, C Scott (Eng) 75 75 76,

227 S Rodriguez (Esp) 76 80 71, V Thorstensen (Nor) 74 78 75, S Casado (Mex) 77 74 76, J Eerdmans (Ned) 76 77 74, A Cuenca (am) (Esp) 74 76 77, O Serres (am) (Fra) 77 76 74,

229 J Dannesboe (Den) 78 75 76,

230 Brendan McCarroll (Irl) 76 78 76,

231 Shane Franklin (Irl) 78 77 76,

232 D Moreno (Esp) 74 80 78,

233 P Ellerstrom (Swe) 76 75 82, M Figueroa (Arg) 75 79 79,

234 J Buenestado (Esp) 78 81 75,

235 J Schiele (Fra) 73 84 78,

** F Hasson (Bra) 74 76 DQ, X Valere (Fra) 73 73 WD, J Lee (Esp) 76 85 WD, A Paolillo (Ita) 79 83 WD, N Murtagh (Eng) 76 76 WD,

** S Kumar (USA) 88 RT 0, D Noh (Esp) 73 RT 0, R Sullivan (USA) WD 0 0,

 

The Oxfordshire

27th place (& ties) will qualify ** 11 groups to finish third round on Friday

1 Peter RICHARDSON ENG 73 68 68 209 -7

2 Andrew JOHNSTON ENG 73 69 68 210 -6

3 Leif WESTERBERG SWE 70 72 70 212 -4

4 Johnny BLOOMFIELD JAM 79 68 66 213 -3

Peter JAMES ENG 72 74 67 213 -3

Billy BRITTON (AM) ENG 73 69 71 213 -3

Stiggy HODGSON (AM) ENG 73 70 70 213 -3

8 Damian MOONEY NIR 73 70 71 214 -2

Steven PARRY ENG 74 69 71 214 -2

Matt HAINES (AM) ENG 72 71 71 214 -2

11 Crue ELLIOT ENG 74 73 68 215 -1

Brett A TAYLOR ENG 70 76 69 215 -1

Peter O'KEEFFE IRL 72 69 74 215 -1

14 Chris DEVLIN NIR 73 70 73 216 0

Matthew CRYER ENG 73 70 73 216 0

Graeme LORNIE SCO 70 73 73 216 0

James S MASON ENG 71 71 74 216 0

18 Edward THOMSON SCO 80 70 67 217 1

Tim RICE IRL 72 70 75 217 1

James CONTEH ENG 75 67 75 217 1

Scotty HOWARTH ENG 71 73 73 217 1

Cian CURLEY (AM) IRL 74 69 74 217 1

Adam CARSON (AM) ENG 71 76 70 217 1

24 Jonathan GIDNEY ENG 73 74 71 218 2

Josh CUNLIFFE RSA 72 70 76 218 2

Kevin CROSSLAND ENG 74 70 74 218 2

Darren BLAIR (AM) RSA 74 73 71 218 2

28 Robert WRAGG ENG 74 74 71 219 3

Alex HAMILTON USA 77 72 70 219 3

Keir MCNICOLL SCO 76 71 72 219 3

Zack SALTMAN SCO 75 73 71 219 3

Steven COWLE ENG 74 73 72 219 3

Adam WOOTTON (AM) ENG 74 73 72 219 3

Steven UZZELL (AM) ENG 75 74 70 219 3

35 Jamie HOWARTH ENG 76 71 73 220 4

David STEIN AUS 75 75 70 220 4

37 Mark RUMMINGS ENG 76 73 72 221 5

Mark STAUNTON IRL 73 74 74 221 5

Richard KILPATRICK NIR 75 73 73 221 5

40 Paul M REED ENG 75 72 75 222 6

Will ROEBUCK (AM) ENG 77 74 71 222 6

42 Mark HOOPER ENG 72 71 80 223 7

Mark RAMSDALE ENG 76 75 72 223 7

Craig MATHESON SCO 76 72 75 223 7

Darren MCWILLIAMS NIR 78 70 75 223 7

Himmat SINGH RAI IND 83 72 68 223 7

Scott FALLON (AM) ENG 79 73 71 223 7

Luke COLLINS (AM) ENG 79 70 74 223 7

49 Ryan THOMAS WAL 73 75 76 224 8

Jason DRANSFIELD ENG 76 73 75 224 8

Graham FOX SCO 75 73 76 224 8

52 Steven PALMER ENG 75 79 71 225 9

53 Bennie VAN DER MERWE RSA 76 73 77 226 10

54 Ed MORTON ENG 78 75 74 227 11

Nicholas MATEUSZCZYK (AM) AUS 76 76 75 227 11

56 Johan DU BUISSON RSA 81 74 73 228 12

Carl WAKELY WAL 75 77 76 228 12

58 Greg PETERS ENG 74 74 81 229 13

Nathan TREACHER ENG 77 73 79 229 13

60 Giles BRYAN ENG 78 78 74 230 14

Greg BOWDEN IRL 73 80 77 230 14

62 Joe FEATHER ENG 78 77 76 231 15

Ben O'DELL ENG 79 73 79 231 15

64 Sean ELLIOT ENG 76 74 82 232 16

Andrew HANCOX ENG 80 75 77 232 16

66 Jonas HAGLUND (AM) FIN 76 81 76 233 17

67 Glen ROBINSON IRL 80 77 77 234 18

Michael EVANS ENG 79 80 75 234 18

69 Alex BECKETT ENG 80 77 78 235 19

70 Aaron HOWARD (AM) SCO 79 81 76 236 20

71 Ben PATERSON (AM) ENG 82 77 78 237 21

72 Alain VERGARI ITA 85 74 81 240 24

73 David SCOTT AUS 85 80 76 241 25

74 Mark MCGEEHAN ENG 80 85 78 243 27

Richard CHALLONER ENG 83 76 84 243 27

76 Nick CASSINI USA 78 70 RT 999 4