Joy for trio; heartache for Collins and Murphy

Michael Collins. (Photo Jenny Matthews/www.golffile.ie) Jonny Caldwell, Aaron O’Callaghan and Noel Fox made the top 15 who came through the European Tour Qualifying School First Stage at Dundonald Links.

But there was heartbreak for Cork’s Michael Collins, who was ninth overnight but slipped one shot outside the seven over par qualifying mark after a final round 77.

It was an even tougher day for former European Tour stalwart Gary Murphy as he crashed to an 80 to miss out on a place in Stage Two by five shots, slipping from 13th overnight to 18th place.

Caldwell (73) topped the class with Englishman Darren Wright on five under par 283 with O’Callaghan’s closing 71 good enough for sixth place on two over 290.

Former Walker Cup star Fox had an excellent final 36 holes as he followed his third round 69 with a 74 to make it in eighth place on four over.

European Tour Qualifying School – First Section A. Fourth round Scores from Dundonald Links, Scotland, par 72.

*The top 15 players qualified for Second Stage.

283 D Wright (Eng) 75 71 66 71; J Caldwell  (Nir) 69 73 68 73;

284 P McLean (am) (Sco) 69 70 71 74;

285 P McKechnie (Sco) 72 77 67 69;

289 M Penny (Eng) 71 72 75 71;

290 A O’Callaghan (Irl) 74 72 73 71;

291 J White (am) (Sco) 69 73 73 76;

292 N Fox  (Irl) 76 73 69 74;

294 M Kerr  (Sco) 71 78 72 73; K Nicol (Sco) 73 78 74 69;

295 N Fenwick (Sco) 74 74 72 75; D Smith (Eng) 77 73 71 74; S McAllister (Sco) 76 73 70 76; G Fox (Sco) 73 77 70 75; M Lowe (Eng) 73 76 66 80;

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296 M Collins (Irl) 76 71 72 77;

299 L Clarke  (Eng) 74 77 68 80;

300 M Hooper  (Eng) 77 72 74 77; S McMonagle (Irl) 71 74 80 75; G Murphy (Irl) 72 75 73 80; T Sherreard  (Eng) 75 75 70 80;

302 J Housby (Eng) 80 74 70 78; M Lavelle  (Irl) 76 75 72 79;

303 K McAlpine (Sco) 74 76 76 77; G Brown (Sco) 73 76 78 76; J Jeong (Kor) 77 78 72 76; E Ramsay  (Sco) 76 75 76 76; B Struthers (am) (USA) 75 75 76 77;

305 R Dixon (Sco) 70 79 77 79; D Clark (Eng) 72 81 74 78;

306 M Bush (Eng) 77 77 73 79; D Schultz (USA) 78 75 73 80;

307 D Sugrue (Irl) 75 74 74 84;

308 M Dowling (am) (Aus) 69 78 76 85;

309 E Gibbs (USA) 78 80 69 82;

European Tour Qualifying School – First Section A. Fourth round Scores from Golf Schloss Ebreichsdorf, Austria, par 72. *The top 30 players qualified for Second Stage.

268 J Habig (USA) 69 68 64 67;

269 D Slott Mogensen (Den) 64 69 68 68;

272 M Molina (Arg) 69 71 64 68; I Giner (Esp) 67 71 65 69; S Hong (Kor) 68 67 70 67;

274 J Choi (Kor) 71 67 67 69; J McLister (USA) 65 71 73 65; N Taylor (Can) 69 69 71 65; E Grillo (Arg) 76 70 65 63; D Geminiani (am) (Ita) 67 69 70 68;

275 U Weinhandl (Aut) 66 69 71 69;

276 T Leon (USA) 74 65 72 65; M Veijalainen (am) (Fin) 67 66 77 66;

277 J Walters (RSA) 71 72 67 67; A Parr (Can) 73 69 69 66;

278 M Johnston (Can) 71 70 69 68; J Kucera (Cze) 71 70 68 69; M Hill (Can) 67 69 70 72; H Bacher (Aut) 73 68 71 66;

279 M Prihoda (Cze) 74 69 67 69; N Johansson (Swe) 69 68 72 70; J Maurer  (Aut) 72 72 66 69; A Signor  (Ita) 73 72 69 65; M Dearden (Wal) 74 71 66 68; L Tintera  (Cze) 69 70 68 72; A Bruschi  (Ita) 72 69 68 70; N Henriques  (Por) 72 71 69 67; M Hu (Chn) 67 72 71 69; K Eriksson (Swe) 69 69 68 73; R Goger (am) (Aut) 71 72 69 67;

280 C Aguilar  (Esp) 72 70 69 69; P Erice Ibanez  (Esp) 66 70 71 73; H Norlander (Swe) 70 69 73 68;

281 J Bragulat  (Esp) 71 69 71 70; J Gallagher  (Sco) 74 72 69 66; C Garcia Simarro (Esp) 67 73 71 70; F Gustavsson (Swe) 72 70 67 72; J Fahrbring (Swe) 70 69 72 70; R Surber (USA) 75 69 70 67; T Pulkkanen (am) (Fin) 69 69 74 69;

282 J Choi (Kor) 73 70 68 71; T Curtis (Eng) 75 69 67 71; P Karantzias (Gre) 70 70 72 70; J Legarrea (Esp) 74 67 71 70; N Bruzelius  (Swe) 68 71 70 73; R Sebastian (am) (Esp) 70 70 76 66;

283 K Brink (Swe) 71 75 66 71; N Lombardi (Ita) 73 68 70 72; M Gojcic (Slo) 72 70 71 70;

284 P Relecom  (Bel) 74 72 70 68; I Urquizu (Esp) 75 70 70 69; E Chaudouet (Fra) 71 70 73 70; R Han (Chn) 71 66 69 78; M Tschinkel (Ger) 72 72 69 71; J Kaske (Fin) 68 75 71 70;

285 D Alonso (Esp) 73 70 73 69;

286 L Astl (Aut) 72 71 71 72;

287 J De Lope (Esp) 74 73 68 72; M Cobo (Esp) 72 71 68 76; R Harris  (Eng) 71 74 72 70; V Crous (am) (Esp) 73 73 68 73;

288 C Godson (Ger) 73 71 70 74;

289 P Gal  (Cze) 73 69 72 75; B Neumayer (am) (Aut) 70 73 74 72;

290 T Reid (Eng) 71 74 72 73;

291 P Svajlen (Svk) 71 74 71 75;

292 N Murtagh (Eng) 76 71 69 76;

293 F Pogatschnigg (Aut) 75 68 72 78; S McHenry (Aus) 70 76 70 77;

 ** C Rodiles (Esp) 73 71 72 RT;