Cutler in danger of early exit at Q-School

Mick MGeady (above), Chris Devlin, Brendan McCarroll, Mark Staunton and David Higgins are all going well at Q-School. Photo Eoin Clarke/www.golffile.iePaul Cutler is six shots outside the top 25 and ties who progress to Stage Two from the European Tour School Section D qualifier at Frilford Heath after adding a second round 76 to his opening 77.

The former Walker Cup star is tied for 69th on nine over and in danger of missing the 54-hole cut as only those within seven shots of the qualifying mark - currently three over par - will contest the final round.

There are no such worries for two of the Irishmen in action at the Oxfordshire venue with Castleknock Golf Club’s Mark Staunton just four shots behind leader Dale Whitnell after a four under 68 left him tied for fifth on four under 140.

Waterville’s David Higgins is just three shots further back in joint ninth after a 69 moved him up to one under in his bid to win back his tour card.

Mark Staunton during this year’s Irish PGA at Seapoint. Photo by Jenny Matthews/www.golffile.ieMike Kelly is two shots outside the top 25 who will go through to December’s second stage on five over while the Castle’s Dara Lernihan (79) is a shot behind Cutler and in real trouble on 10 over.

At Ribagolfe in Portugal, three of the sixth Irish hopefuls are inside the top 25 and ties who qualify.

Derry’s Mick McGeady is tied for third after a fine 69 left him just three shots off the lead on five under par 139 with Ballyliffin’s Brendan McCarroll (71) and US-based Ballymena man Chris Devlin (72) well-placed inside the top 25 on two under.

St Margaret’s John Kelly slipped a shot outside the qualifying mark on one-over after a second round 75 while Ulsterman Fergal Rafferty has work to do on five over after a second round 76.

European Tour Qualifying School – First Qualifying Stage Section D, Ribagolfe, Lisbon, Portugal, par 72.

(After 36-holes)

 136 R De Sousa (Sui) 68 68,

137 B Pettersson (Swe) 72 65,

139 B McDonald (Zim) 70 69, Michael McGeady (Irl) 70 69,

140 J Adarraga Gomez  (Esp) 71 69, B Vaughan (RSA) 73 67,

141 V Blazquez (Esp) 67 74, T Shadbolt (Eng) 70 71, B Detweiler (USA) 72 69, D McGuigan (RSA) 69 72,

142 Chris Devlin (Nir) 70 72, P Cassagne (Fra) 70 72, N Ledesma (Arg) 73 69, Brendan McCarroll  (Irl) 71 71, T Rodrigues (am) (Por) 64 78,

143 J Van Der Vaart (Ned) 75 68, M Azcue (Mex) 71 72, R Bastard (Eng) 71 72, R Furrer (Sui) 70 73,

144 A Long (USA) 71 73, M Bey (Fra) 72 72, A Sjöstrand (Swe) 70 74, G Vicente Elena (Esp) 76 68, R Quiros  (Esp) 72 72, J Gibb (Eng) 72 72, J Kelly (USA) 72 72, D Noh (Esp) 75 69,

—-End of top 25 and ties —-

145 J Billing (Swe) 71 74, I Van Weerelt (Ned) 72 73, J Mommo  (Fin) 75 70, S Wolters (Ger) 74 71, D Coughlan (Eng) 72 73, O Bekker (RSA) 70 75, John Kelly (Irl) 70 75, X Poncelet  (Fra) 71 74, X Guzman (Esp) 73 72, P Rasmussen (am) (Den) 74 71, P Croonquist (am) (USA) 73 72,

146 T Sundström (Fin) 74 72, N Bermudo (Esp) 76 70, C Balmaseda  (Esp) 74 72, P Menjibar (Esp) 74 72, C Perez Barberan (Esp) 73 73,

147 G Jackson (Eng) 78 69, S Garcia Rodriguez (Esp) 73 74, F De Haas (Ned) 73 74,

148 J Chevallier (Fra) 76 72, C Orozco (Esp) 74 74, O Fraustro  (Mex) 74 74, J Fernandez (Esp) 75 73,

149 N Floren (Swe) 75 74, T Murphy (USA) 75 74, Fergal Rafferty (Irl) 73 76, J Little  (Eng) 75 74, A Sagar (Eng) 76 73, H Santos  (Por) 78 71, J Gallegos (am) (Esp) 75 74,

150 A Hedlund (Swe) 73 77, J Byrne  (Sco) 74 76, B Houle (Can) 76 74,   Campbell (Eng) 73 77, K Sullivan (Wal) 75 75, A Castineira Marcos (Esp) 78 72, J Foret (Fra) 76 74, J Kennegard  (Swe) 72 78,

151 J Ochoa (Esp) 74 77, N Chaudhuri  (Eng) 78 73, J Fransson (Swe) 78 73,

152 E Barry-Walsh (Eng) 76 76, S Gutierrez (Esp) 79 73, J San Felix (Esp) 77 75, S Abreu (Aus) 72 80, L Johansen (Den) 74 78,

153 R Lantsoght (Esp) 76 77, F Adarraga (Esp) 76 77, H Dobson (Eng) 78 75, C Cousins  (Wal) 78 75, R Thomas (Wal) 75 78, S Franky (Col) 75 78,

154 Thomas O’Flynn (Irl) 77 77, A Rosado  (Por) 78 76, D Renfro (USA) 76 78,

155 P Simard (Esp) 77 78, M Antona (Eng) 78 77, S Boyd (Imn) 78 77, T Kogler  (Aut) 80 75, P Ellerstrom (Swe) 79 76, P Ceron  (Mex) 78 77,

156 D Borda (Esp) 80 76, A Wilson (USA) 77 79, R Lopez Perales (Esp) 76 80, J Monroy (Arg) 81 75, N Gillespie (Nzl) 78 78,

157 A Columbia (USA) 78 79, M Lester (Eng) 80 77, A Cuenca (Esp) 82 75, J Asikainen (Fin) 80 77,

158 H Yamac (Tur) 83 75,

160 J Martikainen (Fin) 79 81, M Bosse (Ger) 80 80,

161 J Fuentes (Esp) 83 78,

163 J James (Esp) 77 86,

165 G Seegmuller  (Bel) 78 87, A Arjona (Esp) 82 83,

169 J Lee (Esp) 84 85,

175 Y Shin (am) (Kor) 88 87,

176 P Sikkelee (USA) 90 86,

** C Chapa (USA) 108 WD, M Pilkington (Wal) WD  0, B Rollinson (Eng) RT  0,

European Tour Qualifying School – First Qualifying Stage Section D, Frilford Heath, Abingdon, par 72.

(After 36-holes)

136 D Whitnell  (Eng) 67 69,

137 M Lemesurier (Eng) 68 69,

139 R Karlberg  (Swe) 68 71,

140 T Hatton (Eng) 71 69, Mark Staunton (Irl) 72 68,

142 E Pepperell (Eng) 73 69, S Hodgson (Eng) 73 69, S Lilly (Eng) 71 71,

143 David Higgins (Irl) 74 69,

144 M Jager (Aus) 72 72, M Sell  (Eng) 70 74,

146 J Cunliffe (RSA) 70 76, S Matton (Eng) 71 75, L O’Neill (Eng) 72 74, J Watts (Eng) 71 75, J Kavanagh (Eng) 72 74, L Noott (am) (Eng) 71 75, C Hinton (am) (Eng) 71 75,

147 J Banbury (Eng) 72 75, T Burden (Eng) 74 73, J Poulton (Eng) 75 72, R Harrison (Eng) 76 71, N Jones (Ber) 73 74, W Harmston (Eng) 75 72, T Adcock (am) (Eng) 75 72, M Allen (am) (Eng) 75 72,

—-End of top 25 and ties—-

148 S Fallon (Eng) 74 74, T Denton (USA) 74 74, M Smith (Eng) 76 72, R Laino (Eng) 73 75, D Seymour (Eng) 76 72, G Woodman (Eng) 74 74, M Allen (Eng) 75 73, W Bennett (Eng) 73 75, J Evans (Eng) 76 72, G Paterson (am) (Sco) 74 74, R Kellett (am) (Sco) 75 73,

149 D Law (Sco) 77 72, Mike Kelly (Irl) 75 74, M Mackman (Eng) 76 73, N Cheetham (Eng) 75 74, W Johnson (Eng) 72 77, T Vickers (Eng) 75 74,

150 D Griffiths  (Eng) 70 80, N Howell (Eng) 76 74, C Gill (Eng) 72 78, J Westwood (Eng) 72 78, A Wootton  (Eng) 74 76, L Robinson (Eng) 70 80, S McDonagh  (Eng) 74 76, T King (am) (Eng) 71 79,

151 L Bangerter (Eng) 77 74, K Pratt (Aus) 72 79, J Oliphant (Eng) 72 79, J Webber (Eng) 74 77, P Woodbury (USA) 74 77, B Phillips (Wal) 73 78, E Porter (Aus) 74 77, A Butterfield (Eng) 75 76, R Tipping  (RSA) 74 77, T Boys (Eng) 76 75, I Brown (Eng) 73 78, B Stow(am) (Eng) 73 78,

152 J Feather (Eng) 78 74, S McAnally (Eng) 74 78, K Crossland (Eng) 76 76, L Burns (Eng) 75 77, D Thomas (Eng) 75 77,

153 A Carson (Eng) 76 77, D Perrett (Eng) 74 79, A Mawji (Eng) 78 75, B Vongvanij (USA) 78 75, I Redford (Sco) 78 75, L Mason (Eng) 75 78, C Von Borsig (USA) 78 75, L Canter (Eng) 78 75, Paul Cutler (Nir) 77 76,

154 S Mitchell (Eng) 73 81, W Roebuck (Eng) 80 74, B O’Dell (Eng) 79 75, Dara Lernihan (Irl) 75 79, G Gancedo Onieva (Esp) 80 74,

155 D Thomas (Wal) 75 80, S Dhaduk (Pak) 73 82, S Grewal  (Eng) 77 78, F Jewsbury (Eng) 78 77, J Horn  (Eng) 78 77, H Sayin (am) (Tur) 75 80,

156 P Newman (Eng) 79 77, D White (Eng) 77 79,

157 M Hodgson (Aus) 81 76, J Galante (Esp) 78 79, M McCormack (Eng) 81 76, K McNicoll (Sco) 77 80, R Gurney  (Eng) 83 74, M Smith (am) (Eng) 79 78,

158 M Chamberlain (Eng) 78 80, M Davenport (Eng) 77 81, Nicky Brennan (Irl) 78 80,

159 B Cummings (Eng) 81 78, P Bannon (Can) 80 79, N Smith (Eng) 83 76, R Carter (Eng) 83 76, M Hillson (Sco) 82 77,

160 J Ashton (Eng) 79 81, M Floyd (Eng) 82 78, R Edwards (Aus) 76 84,

162 D Rickwood (am) (Eng) 77 85,

163 J Carter (Eng) 80 83,

164 D Gwilliam (Eng) 80 84,

181 M Packard (Eng) 95 86