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Hume and Dunne inside qualifiers after round one at Q-School

Jack Hume blasts out of a bunker on the seventh hole during an afternoon singles match at the 2015 Walker Cup at Royal Lytham & St. Annes.  (Copyright USGA/Chris Keane)

Jack Hume and Paul Dunne put their Walker Cup exploits behind them and made excellent starts in the First Qualifying Stage of the European Tour Q-School in Austria.

Naas amateur Hume, who will not contemplate turning professional unless he secures a card for the European Tour or the Challenge Tour, made six birdies and two bogeys in his first 12 holes, then closed with six pars for a four 68 and an eight-way share of second, two shots off the lead at Golfclub Schloss Ebreichsdorf.

Playing in the group behind, rookie professional Dunne was three under par playing the 18th but signed off with a bogey for a 70 worth a share of 17th on two under par — just inside the top 21 and ties who, after four rounds, will progress to the Second Stage of the Q-School at four Spanish venues in November.

The Greystones man's new management company, 4Sports & Entertainment, confirmed via Twitter on Tuesday that they have signed Dunne on "a long term,exclusive representation contract."

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Sweden's Oscar Lengden shot a six under par 66 to head the 94 hopefuls with Hume and American Dodge Kemmer, who secured a top 20 finish in the M2M Russian Open at the start of the month, amongst a group of eight players in a share of second, two shots behind.

Meanwhile, over at Collingtree Park, in England, torrential rain led to a lengthy delay, with less than half the field able to finish before nightfall.       

Of the players who did manage to complete their first rounds before darkness descended in Northampton, it was the English duo of Sam Crowther and Paul Reed and the 2014 Amateur Champion Bradley Neil of Scotland who fared best, shooting rounds of 70 to sit on two under par.  

Clontarf club professional Eamonn Brady is provisionally tied 11th after carding three birdies and three bogeys in a 72 with Killeen Castle's Richie Weldon (74) tied 20th and Peter McGibney (77) tied 39th.

The first round will resume at 8am on Wednesday morning with Reeve Whitson, JD Guiney, and Ciaran Boggan in action.  

EUROPEAN TOUR QUALIFYING SCHOOL 2015 - IRISH ENTRIES FOR FIRST STAGE

SEP 15-18  FIRST QUALIFYING STAGE SECTION A THE ROXBURGHE HOTEL & GOLF COURSE, KELSO, UK

  1. Richard BRIDGES DID NOT QUALIFY
  2. Jonathan CALDWELL Clandeboye GC Qualified
  3. Colm CAMPBELL JNR (AM) Qualified
  4. Brian CASEY Headfort GC  Qualified
  5. Alan DUNBAR Team Ireland Qualified
  6. Gary HURLEY (AM) West Waterford GC Qualified
  7. Richard KILPATRICK Banbridge GC  Qualified
  8. Dermot MCELROY (AM) Ballymena GC DID NOT QUALIFY
  9. Rory MCNAMARA La Cala Resort  Qualified
  10. Richard O’DONOVAN Lucan GC DID NOT QUALIFY
  11. Simon WARD Belvoir Park DID NOT QUALIFY

SEP 15-18 FIRST QUALIFYING STAGE SECTION A FLEESENSEE, GERMANY

  1. Stephen GRANT Mount Juliet GC DID NOT QUALIFY

SEP 22-25 FIRST QUALIFYING STAGE SECTION B COLLINGTREE PARK, NORTHAMPTON, UK

  1. Ciaran BOGGAN Co Meath Golf Club
  2. Eamonn BRADY Clontarf GC
  3. JD GUINEY Ballybunion GC
  4. Peter MCGIBNEY
  5. Richard WELDON Killeen Castle GC
  6. Reeve WHITSON Royal County Down G.C

SEP 22-25 FIRST QUALIFYING STAGE SECTION B EBREICHSDORF, GOLFCLUB SCHLOSS EBREICHSDORF, AUSTRIA

  1. Paul DUNNE (AM)
  2. Jack HUME (AM) Naas GC

SEP 29-OCT 02 FIRST QUALIFYING STAGE SECTION C GOLF D’HARDELOT, FRANCE

  1. Michael McGEADY Northwest GC

SEP 29-OCT 02 FIRST QUALIFYING STAGE SECTION C RIBAGOLFE, LISBON, PORTUGAL

  1. David CAREY
  2. Johnathan MALLON
  3. Brendan McCARROLL Team Ireland
  4. Gavin MOYNIHAN (AM) The Island GC
  5. Tim RICE Limerick GC

OCT 06-09 FIRST QUALIFYING STAGE SECTION D FRILFORD HEATH RED, ABINGDON, UK

  1. John Ross GALBRAITH (AM) Whitehead
  2. David RAWLUK The Island GC

OCT 06-09 FIRST QUALIFYING STAGE SECTION D CIRCOLO GOLF BOGOGNO, ITALY

  1. No Irish