Chris Devlin made it to Stage Two of the PGA Tour School. So did Seamus Power. Seamus Power and Chris Devlin made it through the first stage of the PGA Tour Q-School. But there was disappointment for Mark Murphy and Stephen Grant.

Seamus Power fired a third round 68 in North Carolina and looks certain to progress to the second stage of the PGA Tour Q-School.

But Mark Murphy, Chris Devlin and Stephen Grant need to go low in the final round of their stage one qualifiers in Texas and Florida today to keep their US Tour dreams alive.

Who’s that practising with Chris Devlin during the 2008 US Open at Torrey Pines?Ballymena’s Chris Devlin and Waterford’s Seamus Power are the only Irish players inside the qualifying positions at the first stage of the PGA Tour Q-School.

Keith Nolan begins his quest for a PGA Tour card tomorrow.Former Shamrock Rovers ace Stephen Grant is chasing his US PGA Tour dream this week.

The winger turned pro swinger tees it up in the first stage of the American Q-School in Florida today.

Grant, 34, is already through to December’s second stage of the European Tour school. But he’s trying his luck on both sides of the Atlantic after coming through US pre-qualifying last week.

The Birr ace is one of six Irishmen in action Stateside…

Mark Murphy lets ripWaterville’s Mark Murphy made a sub-par start to his bid for a PGA Tour card in Texas. But the former amateur international was just one of five Irishmen in action in the Q-School First Stage qualifier at Lantana Golf Club.

Former Walker Cup star Keith Nolan will be leading a triple life this year - assistant golf coach for a college team, part-time PGA Tour caddie and Nationwide Tour player.

The Bray man will be battling to win back his PGA Tour card through the Nationwide Tour, though he is guaranteed no more than fives starts as he is relying on a medical exemption.

Barring disaster, Chris Devlin will cruise into the second stage of the PGA Tour Q-School in Florida today.

But while Mark Murphy needs a hot final round to join him, Sean McTernan and Keith Nolan fell at the first hurdle in Texas.

Ballymena born Devlin had two eagles and four birdies in a third round 68 and is just a shot off the lead with a round to play at St. Johns Golf & Country Club in St Augustine.

Keith Nolan and Sean McTernan will need two sensational rounds to keep their PGA Tour dreams alive.

But Ulsterman Chris Devlin roared out of the blocks at the first stage of the PGA Tour Qualifying School with a first round 67.

 

Keith Nolan’s PGA Tour dream has been put on ice by a painful hand injury.

The Bray man, 35, will undergo surgery for ligament damage to his left hand in Johnson City, Tennessee today.

Keith Nolan slithered to 42nd in the Fort Smith Classic in Arkansas as former US Amateur champion Colt Knost grabbed his maiden Nationwide Tour victory.

Keith Nolan is just four shots off the lead thanks to a second round 66 in the Nationwide Tour's Fort Smith Classic in Arkansas.

Keith Nolan must have felt like Nick Faldo as he carded 18 straight pars in a level par 72 to miss the cut in the South Georgia Classic.

A double bogey at his penultimate hole proved costly for Keith Nolan in the Nationwide Tour's Henrico County Open at the Dominion Club in Virginia.

 

Keith Nolan had a nightmare 81 in the second round of last week's Athens Regional Foundation Classic in Georgia.

Here, the Bray man gives a blow-by-blow account of exactly what happened.

Hold on to your hats.

Keith Nolan spectacularly imploded with a second round 81 to miss the cut by six shots in the Nationwide Tour's Athens Regional Foundation Classic in Georgia.

Bray's Keith Nolan opened with a three under par 69 to share 16th place after the first round of the Athens Regional Foundation Classic in Georgia.

Chances are there is a Nationwide Tour tournament somewhere in your future in 2008, considering it will stage 24 events and visit 21 states and Canada before the curtain comes down on the season.

Keith Nolan got his Nationwide Tour season off to a bright start in California.

Bray battler Keith Nolan won't get a cent in grant aid from the Team Ireland Golf Trust this year.

But the frustrated Nationwide Tour player plans to prove the Irish Sports Council wrong by letting his clubs do the talking in the US this season.