McGee tops as another five Irish progress at School

Rosapenna’s Ruaidhri McGee topped the qualifiers at Wychwood Park. Picture © PGAEuroproTour..comAnother five Irish golfers are through to November’s Second Qualifying Stage of the European Tour School in Spain.

Rosapenna’s Ruaidhri McGee topped the 27 qualifiers from Wychwood Park near Crewe, carding a final round 74 to finish on three under par, two shots ahead of Rathmore’s Alan Dunbar, who closed with a two under 70. Wychwood Park scores

Glasson’s Colm Moriarty was tied fourth at the English venue on one-over following a final round 70 while Ballymena amateur Dermot McElroy shot a 73 to make it in 13th spot on five over.

With the top 22 and ties going on to the Second Stage, the magic number turned out to be nine over par.

But there was no luck for Portstewart’s Paul Cutler, who ended up bogeying his last five holes for a 78 to miss out by five shots on 14 over.

Just one of the three Irish hopefuls made it through Section B at Fleesensee Golf and Country Club in northern Germany.

Dubliner Niall Kearney finished tied for ninth on 11 under after a final round 71 at a venue where exactly 24 players progressed. Fleesensee scores

American John Hahn (69) was the top qualifier on 19 under par, five shots clear of the rest.

With the top 24 and ties to advance, exactly 24 players finished on seven under or better, eliminating Simon Ward and Cian McNamara.

McNamara had seven birdies, adding 69 to his third round 68. But opening rounds of 72 and 78 proved to be too much of a handicap as he missed out by six strokes in joint 43rd on one under.

Ward finished on three over after a 74 to share 56th on three over.

Damian Mooney and David Rawluk were the only Irishmen to come through Section A last week.

The First Qualifying Stage Section C takes place at Ribagolfe from September 24 - 27 with Knock’s Nicky Grant and amateur Reeve Whitson joined by Waterford Castle’s Kevin Phelan, who made his professional debut in the KLM Open last week. There are no Irish entered at the other Section C venue, Circolo Golf Bogogno in Italy.

Another eight Irish players are entered for Section D at Frilford Heath from October 1 - 4 (Brian Casey, Thomas Concra, Shane Franklin, John Daniel Guiney and Mike Kelly) and Hardelot in France (Richard Kilpatrick, Tim Rice and Niall Turner).

Final scores from Golf & Country Club Fleesensee – 24 players progressed on 281 (-7) and better:
 
269 J Hahn (USA) 67 65 68 69,

274 G Axell (Swe) 67 67 72 68, P Mejow (Ger) 69 70 68 67, P Fendt (Aut) 67 69 72 66, K Thompson (USA) 69 70 67 68,

275 M Soegaard (am) (Den) 68 67 69 71,

276 H Hilford Brander (Swe) 72 64 70 70, S Schwind (am) (Ger) 66 67 72 71,

277 N Kearney (Irl) 69 68 69 71, S Heisele (Ger) 67 72 71 67, G Adell (Swe) 67 74 69 67,

278 C Aronsen  (Nor) 74 69 69 66, B Hafthorsson (Isl) 68 72 70 68, C Dammert (am) (Ger) 73 71 67 67,

279 F Jahn (Ger) 70 74 65 70,

280 C Bouniol (Fra) 73 70 71 66, N Nissen (Den) 67 71 71 71, M Van Dijk (Ned) 73 70 66 71,

281 P Reed (Eng) 68 70 74 69, M Salminen (Fin) 71 69 72 69, T Cruz  (Por) 70 68 71 72, N Henriques  (Por) 72 69 72 68, T Petersson (Swe) 74 69 71 67, D Wuensche  (Ger) 69 74 67 71,

DNQ

282 R Askstrand (Swe) 78 69 68 67, A Knappe (Ger) 71 70 70 71, R Armour (USA) 70 70 75 67, B Hellgren  (Swe) 68 75 68 71, A Mason (USA) 69 75 69 69,

283 T Gissurarson (Isl) 71 69 71 72, B Miarka (Ger) 73 72 71 67, F Osther (Ned) 67 70 71 75, Z Lombard (am) (RSA) 71 69 71 72, M Keskari (am) (Ger) 68 72 72 71,

284 J Wilson (Eng) 70 73 72 69, K Le Sager  (Fra) 68 75 70 71, T Bakker (am) (Fin) 72 72 70 70,

285 F Becker (Ger) 72 69 68 76,

286 D Wright (Eng) 71 77 68 70, V Hielte (Swe) 73 72 70 71, M Roehrig (am) (Ger) 74 72 67 73, A Eckhardt (am) (Fin) 70 72 72 72,

287 A Giuliani (USA) 77 70 68 72, C McNamara (Irl) 72 78 68 69, S Spallone (USA) 74 70 72 71, S Hale (USA) 72 75 68 72, N Norman (Den) 70 73 73 71,

288 M Wendel (Swe) 71 73 74 70, S Cairns (Ger) 75 71 71 71, A Johansson (Swe) 69 73 71 75,

289 N Meitinger  (Ger) 79 68 70 72, P O’Neill (Den) 75 75 68 71,

290 M Johansson  (Swe) 70 70 78 72, S Wolters (Ger) 70 76 70 74, R Lloyd (am) (Ger) 70 75 73 72,

291 A Rosswag (Ger) 71 74 73 73, S Ward  (Nir) 74 73 70 74,

292 M Laier (Ger) 76 70 72 74, H Beins (am) (Ger) 78 74 66 74,

294 J Wahlqvist (Swe) 73 75 70 76,

** J Colomo  (Esp) 75 65 74 DQ, A Kirstein (Ger) 76 69 68 WD, N Bruzelius  (Swe) 68 70 70 WD,

CUT

219 M Suursalu (Est) 77 72 70 0, B Staben (Ger) 73 73 73 0,

220 S Gross Jr (Ger) 73 71 76 0, D Alonso (Esp) 78 69 73 0, S Forsstrom (Swe) 73 73 74 0, K Liu (Hkg) 79 72 69 0, Y Bludau (Ger) 68 76 76 0, P Rasmussen (am) (Den) 78 76 66 0,

221 T Sheppard (USA) 77 69 75 0, A Schwartz (Fra) 72 79 70 0, F Keenan  (Eng) 73 79 69 0, M Cabrera - Bello (am) (Esp) 75 72 74 0,

222 J Lauridsen (Den) 74 75 73 0, S Gundorph (Den) 76 76 70 0, S Sorg (am) (Sui) 76 75 71 0,

223 R Jonasson (Swe) 76 72 75 0, F Kolberg (am) (Tur) 75 72 76 0,

224 R Edginton (Eng) 71 73 80 0, V Almstrom (Swe) 74 78 72 0,

225 H Sayin (Tur) 73 74 78 0, S Piaget  (Mon) 74 77 74 0,

226 K Kemmler (Ger) 75 76 75 0,

227 T Marshall (Nzl) 78 80 69 0, N Chaudhuri  (Eng) 74 78 75 0,

228 A Siemers (am) (Ger) 73 77 78 0,

231 X Ruiz Fonhof  (Ned) 76 76 79 0, T Findeisen (Nor) 80 75 76 0, C Vivolo (USA) 80 74 77 0,

232 S Schmidt (Ger) 79 78 75 0, N Ladefoged (Den) 78 76 78 0,

236 M Pickel (Ger) 81 78 77 0, J Wang (am) (Hkg) 78 79 79 0,

241 P Mary (am) (Fra) 77 83 81 0,

** C Kaiser (Ger) 82 83 DQ  0, C Hurter (Ger) 72 74 WD  0,

** B Barrack (Can) 80 RT  0 0, J Hearn (Eng) 79 RT  0 0, C Kaya (Tur) RT  0 0 0,
 

Final scores from Wychwood Park – 27 players progressed on 297 (+9) and better:

285 R McGee (Irl) 66 74 71 74,

287 A Dunbar (Nir) 73 73 71 70,

288 D Lloyd (RSA) 70 72 77 69,

289 C Moriarty (Irl) 72 67 80 70, J Frazer (Wal) 75 74 72 68,

291 E Saltman  (Sco) 76 75 71 69, S Hodgson (Eng) 77 73 72 69,

292 J Robinson (Eng) 78 71 72 71, G Cunningham (am) (USA) 75 70 72 75, R Prophet (Eng) 73 75 72 72, T Smith (USA) 73 75 68 76, J Fly (USA) 73 77 72 70,

293 D McElroy (am) (Nir) 75 73 72 73,

294 T Lee (USA) 70 77 76 71, A Björk (Swe) 72 73 76 73, W Roebuck (Eng) 71 76 75 72,

295 R Harris  (Eng) 74 75 75 71, T Whitehouse  (Eng) 71 73 77 74,

296 W Harrold (Eng) 69 78 71 78, C Hinton (Eng) 71 75 75 75, S Forgan (Eng) 75 70 77 74,

297 N Fenwick (Sco) 70 80 74 73, S Fallon (Eng) 72 78 77 70, L Bedford (USA) 75 72 73 77, B Newman (USA) 76 75 78 68, S Robertshawe (Eng) 76 77 72 72, D Balin (USA) 77 71 75 74,

DNQ

298 M Edge (Eng) 73 76 80 69,

299 L Ferreira (RSA) 72 77 78 72, P Bradshaw (Eng) 74 76 76 73, L Rooke (Wal) 77 73 76 73, A Wilkin (Nzl) 77 71 76 75,

301 S Hak (Hkg) 76 72 76 77,

302 B Hemstock (Eng) 73 75 77 77, D Walker (Eng) 74 74 79 75, P Cutler (Nir) 71 81 72 78, M Haines  (Eng) 70 82 75 75, J Shufflebotham (Wal) 73 80 73 76, J Marin (Esp) 73 77 79 73, L Renolds (Can) 73 73 82 74, M Swales (Eng) 72 79 79 72,

303 H Dobson (Eng) 77 75 77 74, W Bailey (Eng) 83 71 74 75, J Smith (am) (Eng) 73 79 76 75,

304 M Webb  (Eng) 76 79 75 74, P Nessling (Eng) 72 80 77 75, A Andrews (Eng) 75 77 78 74, J Mancebo (Esp) 76 73 80 75,

305 D Gwilliam (Eng) 75 73 79 78, M Cort (Eng) 71 78 80 76,

311 R Booth (Eng) 79 77 74 81,

CUT

227 R Carter (USA) 77 76 74 RT,

231 W Johnson (Eng) 75 80 76 0, A Chauhan (Eng) 75 79 77 0, A Kasprzak (Den) 77 76 78 0, O Browne (USA) 74 79 78 0,

232 A Gronkvist (Swe) 82 75 75 0, J Sims  (Eng) 78 78 76 0, D Jones (Nir) 77 76 79 0, A Mason (Eng) 76 76 80 0, J San Felix (Esp) 76 75 81 0, A Evans (Eng) 72 78 82 0,

233 K Flack (am) (USA) 75 81 77 0, M Stewart (Sco) 78 76 79 0, M McAlpin (am) (Nir) 76 78 79 0, J Titlow (am) (Eng) 75 77 81 0, J Carlson (Swe) 74 76 83 0,

234 S Watts (Eng) 82 74 78 0,

235 D Osbaldeston (Eng) 80 80 75 0,

236 P Kaensche  (Nor) 79 78 79 0, D Aldridge (Eng) 75 80 81 0, C Greyling (RSA) 77 77 82 0,

237 S Towndrow (am) (Eng) 81 77 79 0, M Moore (Eng) 77 75 85 0,

238 M Saunders (am) (Eng) 82 83 73 0, R I’Anson (Eng) 79 82 77 0,

239 E Forbes (Eng) 78 81 80 0,

240 T Mordt  (RSA) 83 80 77 0, C Whatham (Eng) 79 80 81 0,

241 N Taylor (Eng) 76 81 84 0,

242 F Macleod (am) (Eng) 86 77 79 0, C Durnian (Eng) 78 81 83 0, R Fisher (USA) 77 80 85 0,

243 A Weir (Sco) 81 79 83 0, J Swallow (Eng) 76 83 84 0, M Frost (Eng) 77 77 89 0,

244 M Collins (Eng) 83 77 84 0,

250 D Littlefield (USA) 82 83 85 0,

253 J Ferraby (Eng) 84 89 80 0,

155 S Merry  (Tri) 78 77 DQ  0,

163 J White (Eng) 83 80 WD  0,

161 C Osborne (Nzl) 79 82 WD  0,

160 O Sigurdsson (Isl) 81 79 WD  0,

0 A Rai (Eng) WD  0 0 0, J Michaels (Eng) WD  0 0 0,

Irish at the European Tour Qualifying School 2013

• Brian CASEY Headfort GC
• Thomas CONRAN
• Paul CUTLER Portstewart GC
• Alan DUNBAR Team Qualified for Second Stage
• Shane FRANKLIN
• Nicholas GRANT Knock GC
• Stephen GRANT The Heritage Exempt for Second Stage
• John-Daniel GUINEY Ballybunion GC
• Andrew HOGAN (AM) Newlands GC
• David P JONES Bushfoot GC
• Niall KEARNEY Royal Dublin/ Team Ireland Qualified for Second Stage
• Mike KELLY
• Richard KILPATRICK Banbridge GC
• Matt MCALPIN (AM) Royal Portrush
• Brendan MCCARROLL Ballyliffin Exempt for Second Stage
• Dermot MCELROY (AM) Ballymena GC Qualified for Second Stage
• Ruaidhri MCGEE Rosapenna Qualified for Second Stage
• Cian MCNAMARA Monkstown GC
• Colm MORIARTY Glasson Golf Hotel & CC Qualified for Second Stage
• Damian MOONEY Ballyliffin GC Qualified for Second Stage
• Gary MURPHY
• Mark MURPHY    Waterville GC
• Peter O’Keeffe
  
• Kevin PHELAN Waterford Castle
• David RAWLUK The Island GC Qualified for Second Stage
• Tim RICE Limerick GC
• Mark STAUNTON Ballinasloe GC
  
• Niall TURNER Team Ireland
• Simon WARD (AM) Belvoir Park
• Reeve WHITSON (AM) Mourne GC