Niall Kearney and Niall Turner are outside the top 40 entering the final round of the Asian Tour Qualifying School at Sprinfgield Royal Country Club near Hua Hin in Thailand.Irish hopefuls Niall Kearney and Niall Turner must break par on the final day if they are to win their Asian Tour cards at Qualifying School finals in Thailand.

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Play moves from Imperial Lakeview (above) to Springfield Royal Country Club for the last two rounds of the Asian Tour Q-School.Niall Turner is just inside the vital top 40 who will get cards but Niall Kearney has work to do after making the halfway cut with nothing to spare at the Asian Tour Qualifying School final stage in Thailand.

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Springfield Royal Country Club in Thailand is the venue for the final stage of the Asian Tour Qualifying School.Niall Turner made a strong start in his bid to retain his Asian Tour card but there was bad news for Tara Delaney as she missed the cut at the LET Q-School in Spain.

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Springfield Royal Country Club is one of the venues for next week’s Asian Tour Qualifying School final stage.Dubliner Niall Kearney cruised into next week’s final stage of the Asian Tour Qualifying School when he finished third in his qualifier in Thailand.

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Dubliner Niall Kearney fired a four under par 68 to move up to tied fourth entering the final round of the first stage of the Asian Tour Qualifying School in Thailand.

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Niall Kearney in action at last year’s Irish PGA. Photo by Jenny Matthews/www.golffile.ieNiall Kearney added a second round 69 to his opening 71 to put himself in a strong position to qualify for the final stage of the Asian Tour Qualifying School next week.

The former Walker Cup player, 23, is tied for seventh place on four under par in his stage one qualifier at Royal Springfield Country Club in Thailand.

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Niall Kearney chips to the sixth in the second round of the Irish PGA Championship at Seapoint last year. Photo Jenny Matthews/www.golffile.ieNiall Kearney made a positive start to his bid for an Asian Tour card when he opened with a one under 71 in the first stage in Thailand.

The Dubliner, 23, finished the opening day tied for 16th place at Springfield Royal Country Club, one of four qualifying venues for next week’s final stage.

The top 20 percent from each venue will progress to will qualify for next week’s Final Stage, where the top-40 and ties will earn playing rights on the 2012 Asian Tour.

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David Higgins is closing in on his tour card. Picture Eoin Clarke/www.golffile.ieClandeboye’s Jonny Caldwell survived a three-hole playoff to keep his European Tour dream alive and give Ireland four runners in the Q-School finals from December 10-15.

Waterville’s David Higgins and Limerick’s Cian McNamara qualified with a shot to spare at Las Colinas Golf and Country Club in Alicante while Ballymena’s Chris Devlin fired a brilliant, four under 67 to finish two shots inside the mark at El Valle in Murcia.

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Simon Thornton is well aware that things are tight on the Challenge Tour. Picture Fran Caffrey/www.golffile.ie Simon Thornton confessed that his tour card ambitions are being tempered by fear in the Roma Golf Open.

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Simon Thornton in action in June’s Italian Open. Photo Eoin Clarke/Golffile 2011Simon Thornton kept his cool in Rome to take another giant step towards regaining his European Tour card.

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Colm Moriarty needs a top-3 in Rome to make the Challenge Tour Grand Final and avoid Stage Two of Q-School. Photo Jenny Matthews/www.golffile.ie Colm Moriarty will bring nothing but aggression to this week’s Roma Golf Challenge where he needs at least a top three finish to qualify for the Challenge Tour Grand Final in two weeks’ time.

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Padraig Harrington is targeting victory in the Portugal Masters. Photo Eoin Clarke/www.golffile.iePadraig Harrington has played in 38 World Golf Championship events - more than any other player. But if he doesn’t win the Portugal Masters this week or add the Andalucia Masters to his schedule and win that instead of playing in a clashing, $5 million invitational for 30 players in China, he’s unlikely to make it 39 appearances in next month’s WGC-HSBC Champions.

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Tommy Fleetwood with the Kazakhstan Open trophy. Picture by Phil Inglis.Simon Thornton was rocked by a double bogey at the first but hopes that the closing birdie that gave him a share of third in the Kazakhstan Open could prove to be priceless at the end of the season.

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Simon Thornton shot a 66 to move two strokes clear of the field in the Kazakhstan Open. Picture by Phil Inglis.Simon Thornton built on a hot start to fire a superb 66 and open up a two-shot lead in €400,000 Kazakhstan Open on the European Challenge Tour.

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Simon Thornton made an excellent start in the Kazakhstan Open. Picture by Phil Inglis.Simon Thornton and Colm Moriarty were the only two players in the field to fire bogey-free rounds as they kept their tour dreams alive in the Challenge Tour’s Kazakhstan Open.

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