Dunne and Kearney under pressure after round three at Asian Tour Q-School
Kyungnam Kang (Korea). Picture by Paul Lakatos
Paul Dunne and Niall Kearney have work to do to make the 72-hole cut and keep their card hopes alive at the Final Stage of the Asian Tour Q-School in Thailand.
Only the top 35 after Saturday’s fifth round will be awarded cards and Lake View Resort and Golf Club in Hua Hin.
But Dunne finds himself sitting on the projected cut line on three-under-par after making three birdies and three bogeys in a level par 71 on the A and B nines in today’s third round.
He’s tied for 64th, two shots outside the top 35.
Kearney lies four strokes outside the top 70 and ties and six shots outside the top 35, tied for 110th on one-over after carding a one-under 70 on the more challenging C and D nines in the race to make Saturday’s final round.
Korean veteran Kyungnam Kang (41) eagled the 15th before making a 40-foot birdie putt on the 18th on Lake View Resort's A and B course to open up a three-shot lead after the third round.
He fired a six-under-par 65 to sit at 16-under with two rounds remaining in the battle to win one of 35 cards for 2025.
American Christopher Hickman (65), Japan’s Takumi Murakami (66) and Taiki Yoshida (67) are tied for second, with India’s Ajeetesh Sandhu (68) and second-round leader Australian Jack Thompson (70) a shot further back.
They will play the more difficult C and D nines tomorrow when the top 70 and ties will make the second and final cut of the week.
Notable players with work to do tomorrow to be around for Saturday are Scotland’s Marc Warren, American Berry Henson, England’s Sam Broadhurst – son of former Ryder Cup star Paul Broadhurst – Spain’s Alejandro Canizares, son of another Ryder Cup hero, Jose-Maria Canizares, and American Jason Knutzon, who are all two under and in a tie for 76th.
The A and B nines, considered the easier track, will be used for the final round when the pressure will be at its highest.
