Mooney four shy of Legends Tour card at Q-School

Damian Mooney

Lough Erne Resort’s Damian Mooney closed with a one-under 71 to finish four strokes outside the cards at the Final Stage of the Legends Tour Qualifying School in Turkey.

The big-hitting Belfast professional made two birdies and two bogeys in his first seven holes but he could pick just one more stroke at the par-four 16th on the Old Course at Gloria Golf Resort in Belek to finish tied 12th on three-under par.

Scores

South Africa’s Keith Horne took the top card, closing with a two-under 70 to win by two strokes on 11-under from England’s Sean Whiffing (68).

Scotland’s Greig Hutcheon (69) and France’s Lionel Alexandre (69) tie for third on eight-under as Argentina’s Gustavo Acosta shot 68 to claim the fifth card on seven-under.