O'Briain soars at Q-School
Neil O’Briain made a big move forward at the First Stage of the European Tour Qualifying School when he shot a four-under 68 at The Players Club in Bristol to move up to third place.
The Old Conna professional is on four-under par, six shots behind England’s Haydn McCullen in the race for around 20 spots at the Second Stage [final numbers TBC].
Mount Juliet’s Luke Donnelly continued his climb back up the leaderboard after a triple-double start to round one with a one-under 71 moving him up to tied 30th on four-over with Headfort’s Joe Dillon but Brian McElhinney (74 for nine over) and Brendan McCarroll (82 for 13 over) are well down the leaderboard.
At Fleesensee in Germany, Michael McGeady added a 72 to his 70 share 11th spot on two-under, eight shots behind Sweden’s Per Langfors, as Colm Moriarty improved to tied 22nd after a 70.
European Tour Qualifying School - First Stage
Sep 11-14 — First Stage Europe Section A Fleesensee, Germany
T11 Michael McGeady, 70 72 142
T22 Colm Moriarty, 74 70 144
First Stage Europe Section A The Players Club, Bristol, England
3 Neil O’Briain, 72 68 140
T30 Joe Dillon, 71 77 148
T30 Luke Donnelly, 77 71 148
T62 Brian McElhinney, 79 74 153
T77 Brendan McCarroll, 75 82 157
Sep 18-21 — First Stage Europe Section B Stoke by Nayland
Colin Fairweather
Kieran Lynch
Dermot McElroy
Sep 18-21 — First Stage Europe Section B GolfClub Schloss Ebreichsdorf. Austria
Peter Dallat
Stephen Grant
Sep 25-28 — First Stage Europe Section C Golf Club Bogogno, Italy
Cameron Raymond
Oct 09-12 — First Stage Europe Section D Golf d’Hardelot, France
Peter Williamson
Oct 09-12 — First Stage Europe Section D Bom Sucesso, Óbidos, Portugal
Jonathan Caldwell
David Carey
Conor O’Rourke
Jonathan Yates