Peter O’Keeffe is going well at Stage One of the Q-School. Picture: Fran Caffrey www.golffile.iePeter O’Keeffe and Damian Mooney remained on course to progress to Stage Two of the European Tour Qualifying School after solid second rounds in their Stage One qualifier in Scotland.

Scores

Douglas native O’Keeffe added a two under 70 to his opening 72 to share eighth place at the First Qualifying Stage Section A qualifier at The Roxburghe Hotel and Golf Course in Kelso where the top 17 and ties after four rounds will qualify for the second stage in Spain next month.

O’Keeffe is four shots adrift of Sweden’s Philip Eriksson, who shot a bogey free 66 to lead by two shots from overnight leader Adam Wootton and Matthew Daley on six under par.

Ballyliffin’s Damien Mooney is a shot further back, tied for 11th on one under after a 71 with The Island’s David Rawluk just outside the qualifying places on one over after a 72.

The rest of the Irish have work to do with Mark Murphy (76-72) tied for 34th on four over with Mark Staunton (78-72) tied for 42nd.

Gary Murphy recovered from his opening 81 with a 73 featuring a one under par back nine but was still tied for 56th on 10 over alongside Daniel Sugrue (78-76).

Newlands’ Andrew Hogan is tied 66th on 12 over after rounds of 77 and 79.

Qualifying School First Stage Section A - The Roxburghe Hotel and Golf Course

138 P Eriksson (Swe) 72 66;

139 M Daley (Eng) 69 70; A Wootton  (Eng) 68 71;

140 J Moul  (Eng) 71 69; P Ferrier (Sco) 69 71; J White (am) (Sco) 69 71;

141 Z Scotland  (Eng) 71 70;

142 A Cheese (Eng) 69 73; Peter O’Keeffe  (Irl) 72 70; G Wright  (Wal) 73 69;

143 S Ronold (Nor) 74 69; J Bell (Eng) 73 70; Damian Mooney (Nir) 72 71; Z Blair (am) (USA) 71 72; S Crichton (am) (Sco) 74 69;

144 C Kresge (USA) 75 69; M Clemens (Mex) 69 75; I Gregory (Eng) 73 71;

<Top 17 and ties, above, progress to Stage Two>

145 J Housby (Eng) 71 74; David Rawluk (Irl) 73 72; C Lutton (Sco) 73 72; G Robertson (am) (Sco) 75 70;

146 S O’Hara  (Sco) 72 74; B Fowles (Eng) 72 74; S Archibald (Eng) 72 74; B Melton (USA) 75 71; A Smith (Eng) 72 74; A Wrigley (Eng) 71 75;

147 J Barnes (Eng) 76 71; J Westwood (Eng) 74 73; R Phillips (Eng) 73 74; C Corbin (am) (Eng) 76 71; O Curry (am) (Eng) 75 72;

148 Mark Murphy  (Irl) 76 72; S Reed (USA) 75 73; J Gallacher (Sco) 73 75; P Cormack  (Sco) 77 71; C Trahan (Sco) 77 71; J Henry (Sco) 75 73; J Chevallier (Fra) 75 73;

149 O Franck (Swe) 78 71;

150 B Herbert (Eng) 77 73; T Higson (Sco) 77 73; C Eberl (USA) 77 73; R O’Neill (Eng) 76 74; T Hunt (Wal) 72 78; P McLean (Sco) 77 73; B Gielow (USA) 76 74; Mark Staunton (Irl) 78 72; D Seymour (Eng) 77 73;

151 A Smith (Eng) 74 77;

152 D Spalding (Eng) 72 80; K Nicol (Sco) 77 75; J Byrne  (Sco) 77 75;

153 J Hendry (Sco) 78 75;

154 I Griffiths (Wal) 80 74; Daniel Sugrue (Irl) 78 76; Gary Murphy (Irl) 81 73; R Crowe (Eng) 79 75; B Askew (USA) 75 79;

155 S McAllister (Sco) 77 78; C Sutherland (Sco) 81 74; C Cole (Wal) 77 78; T Innes Ker (Sco) 85 70; G Duncan (Sco) 77 78;

156 B McDonough (USA) 77 79; J McGhee (Sco) 77 79; B St John (Sco) 80 76; Andrew Hogan (Irl) 77 79; A Palmer (Eng) 78 78;

157 M Downes (Eng) 79 78;

158 M Ramsdale (Eng) 80 78;

159 A McCabe (Eng) 86 73;

Qualifying School First Stage Section A - Golfclub Schloss Ebreichsdorf:

132 R Cazaubon (Mex) 67 65;

135 A Pavlov (Rus) 68 67; A Zemmer (Ita) 69 66;

136 A Hansen  (Den) 68 68;

137 M Schneider (Ger) 70 67; K Samooja (Fin) 68 69; J Billing (Swe) 69 68;

138 U Weinhandl (Aut) 68 70; G Schultes (Ger) 65 73; R Han (Chn) 72 66; O Lieser (Cze) 72 66; A Engell  (Nor) 68 70; L Astl (Aut) 67 71;

139 D Lokke (Den) 70 69; J Scrivener (Aus) 70 69; C Dennis (USA) 71 68; F Praegant (Aut) 70 69;

140 C Lange  (Den) 71 69; M Decott-Lafon (am) (Fra) 69 71;

141 J Lupprian (Ger) 72 69; F Gustavsson (Swe) 69 72; S Matus  (Cze) 71 70; S Wiedergrün (Ger) 73 68; M Wolf (am) (Ger) 70 71; R Goger (am) (Aut) 70 71; S Pitoni (am) (Ita) 73 68;

<Top 22 and ties, above, progress to Stage Two>

142 J Shepherd  (Eng) 71 71; L Nemecz (Aut) 73 69; M Veijalainen (Fin) 69 73; K Eriksson (Swe) 74 68; J Quiros (Esp) 75 67; D Mogensen (Den) 72 70;

143 B Neumayer (Aut) 72 71; J Kim (Ita) 70 73; H Lipsanen (Fin) 67 76; O Zetterwall (Swe) 70 73; M Novy  (Cze) 70 73;

144 B Reiter (Aut) 75 69; K Svanum  (Nor) 72 72; J Maurer  (Aut) 72 72; A Pazzeschi (Ita) 71 73;

145 F Lagarto (Esp) 75 70; K Ichihara (Jpn) 72 73; W Rieder  (Aut) 76 69; M Hansen (Den) 71 74; M Prihoda (Cze) 71 74; R Gruber (Aut) 72 73; J Agren (Swe) 74 71;

146 G Kotnik (Aut) 72 74; M Amtkjaer (Den) 75 71; S Cronin (Eng) 75 71; J White (Eng) 74 72; H Amin  (Aut) 74 72; W Schauman  (Swe) 73 73; S Jeppesen  (Swe) 70 76;

147 N Viuff (Den) 74 73; S Fernandez (Arg) 75 72; M Schachner (USA) 74 73; M Cantero Balbas (Esp) 76 71; S Whiffin (Eng) 74 73; S Kannler (Ger) 74 73; A Funk (Can) 75 72;

148 J Steiner (Aut) 71 77; M Azcue (Mex) 73 75; C Schwierz  (Ger) 77 71; N Wimmer (am) (Aut) 71 77;

149 C Cannon (Eng) 76 73; N Thommen (Sui) 75 74; J Orozco (Esp) 76 73; A Altuntas (am) (Tur) 73 76; S Wittmann (am) (Aut) 75 74;

150 L Tupa (Cze) 76 74; P Nic (Cze) 76 74;

151 F Pogatschnigg (Aut) 74 77; T Mou (USA) 74 77; T Toivo (Fin) 80 71;

152 R Hahn (Hun) 79 73; H Yamac (Tur) 79 73; M Mayrhauser  (Aut) 80 72; A Leitmannstetter  (Ger) 73 79; N Lombardi (Ita) 79 73;

154 M Eliasson (Swe) 78 76; K Varli (am) (Tur) 78 76; P Oswald (am) (Aut) 74 80;

155 M Carroll (USA) 80 75;

156 F Mruzek (Cze) 83 73; D Clarkson (Eng) 80 76;

157 A Lange (Ger) 77 80;

158 D Suchan (am) (Cze) 83 75;

160 A Werner (Den) 83 77;

163 F Kök (am) (Tur) 85 78;

165 N Engel (Den) 82 83;

177 G Steel (Eng) 89 88;