Irish struggling at Q-School
Stephen Grant and Ross Oliver are three shots outside the qualifying places with a round to go at the First Stage of the European Tour School Section B qualifiers in England and Germany.
Former professional footballer Grant shot at three over 75 at Fleesensee in Germany to slip three shots outside the top 21 and ties on one over par.
Oliver signed for a five over 77 at Wychwood Park on Cheshire where the top 25 and ties progress.
First Qualifying Stage Section B, Fleesensee Golf and Country Club, Germany, par 72.
(The top 21 and ties to progress to the second stage)
204 C Lange (Den) 68 67 69,
207 M Eliasson (Swe) 69 69 69,
208 J Glennemo (Swe) 68 72 68,
209 T Petersson (Swe) 69 73 67,
210 A McLean (Sco) 71 70 69, S Piaget (Mon) 72 69 69,
211 P Mejow (Ger) 69 69 73, D Wuensche (Ger) 72 71 68, C Pfau (Aut) 73 69 69, A Knappe (Ger) 71 73 67,
212 M Larsson (Swe) 70 71 71, D Lokke (Den) 69 73 70, B Miarka (Ger) 72 73 67, J Ruth (Eng) 70 66 76, F Christensen (Swe) 69 69 74, A Kirstein (am) (Ger) 72 69 71,
213 J Lerchedahl (Den) 73 68 72, V Flatau (Swe) 72 70 71, R Mattila (Fin) 70 72 71, D Froreich (Ger) 73 67 73,
214 O Sigurdsson (Isl) 72 73 69, F McGuirk (Eng) 71 69 74, L Corfield (Eng) 72 73 69, R Svensson (Swe) 73 67 74, T Dogil (Ger) 67 75 72,
—-End of qualifying places—-
215 B Wuttke (Ger) 66 72 77, R Hie (Ina) 73 72 70, T Remkes (Ned) 68 74 73, A Fischer (Ger) 71 67 77, S Gross Jr (Ger) 71 77 67, D Küpper (Ger) 71 73 71, J Wahlqvist (Swe) 73 68 74, A Andersson (Swe) 68 72 75, B Reiter (Aut) 75 70 70, L Bjerregaard (Den) 72 69 74,
216 M Haremza (Ger) 73 73 70, F Fihn (Swe) 68 75 73, A Johansson (Swe) 72 72 72,
217 Stephen Grant (Irl) 70 72 75, M Brenner (Ger) 73 72 72, M Johansson (Swe) 67 73 77, D Oakey (USA) 73 74 70,
218 H Lipsanen (Fin) 70 78 70, A Björk (Swe) 72 74 72, W Barnes (Eng) 74 72 72, C Schwierz (Ger) 68 71 79, J Sheffield (Eng) 71 72 75, C Braunig (am) (Ger) 73 72 73,
219 M Novy (Cze) 72 72 75, K Mortensen (Den) 74 75 70, O Tubb (Can) 72 76 71, J Magnusson (Swe) 74 73 72, J Colomo (Esp) 75 72 72,
220 R Askstrand (Swe) 74 74 72, M Salminen (Fin) 70 75 75, C Aronsen (Nor) 71 76 73,
221 J Ryba (Cze) 74 78 69, W Schauman (Swe) 79 71 71,
222 A Hortal (am) (Esp) 75 77 70, T Machleid (Ger) 79 70 73, J Drongstrup (Den) 77 71 74, T Sørensen (am) (Den) 73 75 74, Shane Franklin (Irl) 72 76 74, Cian Curley (Irl) 72 75 75, J Winther (Den) 72 74 76,
224 H Beins (am) (Ger) 75 75 74, M Kramer (Ger) 74 75 75, F Becker (Ger) 76 72 76,
225 S Gundorph (Den) 78 76 71, F Quicker (Swe) 77 74 74, I Griffiths (Wal) 76 70 79,
226 M Merks (am) (Ger) 75 76 75, G Birch Jr (Ger) 76 74 76, M Ervasti (Fin) 74 74 78, M Suursalu (Est) 73 73 80,
227 D Schmieding (am) (USA) 71 78 78,
228 M Palm (Swe) 78 73 77, S Nilsson (Swe) 74 77 77, N Glans (Swe) 73 71 84,
229 E Bertheussen (Nor) 77 76 76, T Gissurarson (Isl) 76 76 77,
230 E Penin (Fra) 79 75 76,
232 O Suhr (Den) 79 71 82,
233 S Schmidt (Ger) 75 76 82,
237 J Neuendorf (Ger) 76 78 83,
239 O Lebl (Cze) 81 80 78,
241 S Forsstrom (Swe) 79 82 80,
242 P Gabsa (am) (Ger) 81 78 83,
249 D Carrera (Esp) 86 81 82,
260 B Sommer (Ger) 89 87 84, ** J Lupprian (Ger) 77 77 WD,
** C Hurter (Ger) 74 79 WD,
First Qualifying Stage Section B, Wychwood Park, England, par 72.
(The top 25 and ties will progress through to the Second Qualifying Stage)
208 S Uzzell (Eng) 66 70 72,
212 S Brown (Eng) 70 71 71, D Kemmer (USA) 67 72 73,
213 P Reed (USA) 67 73 73, I Ridgway (Eng) 72 71 70,
214 J Morgan (Eng) 72 72 70, B Ahlenback (Swe) 64 78 72, A Versfeld (RSA) 70 73 71, C Kelly (Sco) 69 74 71, A Cooley (am) (Eng) 70 72 72,
215 H Leon (Chi) 70 74 71, J Timmis (am) (Eng) 70 72 73, J Senior (Eng) 71 71 73,
216 I Pyman (Eng) 71 72 73,
217 T Mordt (RSA) 71 74 72, L Ferreira (RSA) 74 68 75, G Woolgar (Eng) 70 74 73, P Kaensche (Nor) 69 75 73, D Wardrop (Eng) 73 72 72,
218 R Gildersleeve (USA) 70 74 74, G Hutcheon (Sco) 72 73 73, B Martin (Eng) 69 79 70, J Bartlett (am) (Eng) 73 68 77,
219 D Palm (Swe) 71 77 71, B Briscoe (Wal) 76 71 72, D Marmion (Eng) 71 75 73, A Stott (Eng) 72 76 71, J Dransfield (Eng) 68 76 75, A Chesters (am) (Eng) 72 71 76,
—-End of qualifying places—-
220 P Maddy (Eng) 74 74 72, K Harper (Eng) 70 76 74, J Howarth (Eng) 72 73 75, P Grannell (Eng) 73 75 72, P Doherty (Sco) 72 75 73, P Richardson (Eng) 70 73 77, A Palmer (Eng) 73 74 73, A Georgiou (RSA) 71 76 73,
221 M Ureta (Chi) 72 73 76, S Merry (Tri) 72 77 72, J Shepherd (Eng) 75 72 74, Z Scotland (Eng) 75 74 72, R Wallis (Eng) 73 74 74,
222 I Winstanley (Eng) 78 72 72, S Arnold (Aus) 71 79 72, D Stewart (Sco) 72 77 73, R O’Neill (Eng) 75 75 72, Z Saltman (Sco) 75 73 74, J White (Eng) 73 73 76, Ross Oliver (Nir) 76 69 77, A Jones (Eng) 75 74 73,
223 S Henderson (Sco) 76 73 74, N James (Wal) 72 80 71, J Hendry (Sco) 72 76 75, J Need (Eng) 73 78 72, D Lloyd (RSA) 72 77 74, Matt McAlpin (am) (Nir) 73 77 73,
224 J McCreadie (Sco) 75 78 71, C Elliot (Eng) 74 78 72, S Gray (Sco) 74 75 75, S Griffiths (Eng) 76 76 72, O Farr (am) (Wal) 75 75 74, R Bentham (am) (Wal) 72 75 77,
225 G Parker (Eng) 73 77 75, B Fowles (Eng) 76 72 77, A Shakespear (Eng) 71 76 78, A Hodkinson (Eng) 76 74 75, D Coupland (am) (Eng) 75 74 76,
226 D James (Eng) 79 76 71, A Laing (Imn) 71 79 76, Y Ali (Eng) 76 75 75, A Evans (Eng) 72 74 80, L Harper (Sco) 74 74 78, S Tooth (Eng) 77 76 73, Damian Mooney (Nir) 72 77 77, M Stewart (am) (Sco) 70 83 73,
227 K Garwood (Eng) 73 75 79, S Jackson (Eng) 75 79 73, R Leonard (Eng) 78 75 74, T Higson (Sco) 74 78 75, R Newman (Eng) 76 74 77,
228 S Maurits (Ned) 80 74 74, R Tagg (Eng) 75 77 76, M Armitage (Eng) 79 74 75, N McCarthy (Eng) 75 76 77, N Els (RSA) 81 75 72,
229 G Benson (Eng) 70 83 76,
230 C Lutton (Sco) 73 81 76, R Whitelock (Eng) 78 75 77, Chris Hughes (Nir) 76 80 74, David Rawluk (Irl) 78 78 74,
231 Andrew Hogan (am) (Irl) 78 78 75,
232 O Smith (Eng) 80 78 74,
233 C Farrelly (Eng) 74 82 77, J Burns (Eng) 78 80 75,
234 R Hearty (Eng) 74 78 82, M Pearson (Eng) 79 78 77,
236 N Redfern (Eng) 77 80 79,
237 J Bland (Eng) 77 82 78,
238 J Mumford (Eng) 80 78 80, A Seve Ruia (Eng) 78 85 75,
240 A Runcie (Wal) 79 78 83,
241 J McCormick (am) (Eng) 79 82 80,
244 A Vergari (Ita) 82 82 80,
245 J Mason (Eng) 79 88 78,
** C Durnian (Eng) 78 81 WD, H Macleod (am) (Aus) 91 91 WD, M Swales (Eng) 77 85 WD, M Sparrow (Eng) 81 84 WD,
** B Paterson (am) (Eng) DQ 0 0,