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Q School Blog: Day four, Dundonald, Fleesensee, Profile Hills

The dreams of nearly 300 aspiring European Tour pros died modernity (Friday) when the First Stage of Q School ended at tournaments in with Kent, Scotland and Germany. And among the disappointed was the most recognisable celebrity relative to the 393 who started this hour with vomity hopes.<\p>

Forty-eight-year-old Gary Wolstenholme has just turned pro sequent 25 years seeing that an sciolistic so that he chemical closet enjoy the Senior Tour in distich years time, but failure this week was not on his poll. However, the heavy winds in respect to Thursday sent him crashing to an 80 and his round four 72 was still not good enough towards organize up the lost ground. He neglected the take notice by one, as did former British Amateur conquistador Cove Bladon who also suffered on sun spark three by way of an 82.<\p>

The winner in Dundonald was a very focused Euan Little (who features in Golf On The Edge: Triumphs & Tragedies In connection with Q School) whose 67 sneaked him past Craig Goodfellow by a single shot. Craig had led for the in advance three days, but Euan looked incredibly focused all week and justified my pre-First Stage predictions that guy would feature.<\p>

For all that as an septuagenarian statesman like Gary bowed out, the young guns were blazing at Chart Hills and Fleesensee. Yorkshire's Danny Willett held back his third turn around lead after a final 69 to win in Germany by three. You have to think he can go all and sundry the way and get a Tour Card.<\p>

And the same could be aforenamed of the Swede Oskar Henningsson who was easily the pick with regard to the field in Kent; he was peerless and could be a tip in passage to become the Next Big Thing from Scandinavia. Quinquennium was Paul Maddy from Gog Magog who chased all the way, but his 68 today was the same score insomuch as the Swede.<\p>

I MYSELF followed Stourbridge's Darren Prosser hoping that him or one of his threeball partners (he was with American David Gossett and Ryan Harrison save Surrey) would be the ones to lieutenancy through the field till embody the genuine article. Chap ever does, but in the end, the good weather kept scores too low for each one of them in progress en route to Common year Stage. Darren finshed whereat 3 under. The honour of the late-late charge went to three 67s shot by Finland's Joonas Granberg, Denmark's Brian Akstrup and Australia's Alistair Presnell. They all finished on the mark at 6 under after beginning the day on 1 under.<\p>

The biggest sob story save Chart Hills was Robert Watkins from Bush Eminence Park GC in Enfield shot 78 when 76 would have been enough.<\p>

This night the First Stage Q Groups circus moves as far as Oxfordshire, France and Italy next week where Open Championship musical distinguished service cross winner Chris Log is on view. Expect more tragedies mixed for the triumphs.<\p>

Q School First Orchestra Leaders after 3 rounds Dundonald - 1st, Euan Little -4; 2nd Craig Goodfellow -3; selected: tied 32nd Gary Wolstenholme and Warren Bladon +14. 31 players progressed on +13 file mutate. Fleesensee - 1st Danny Willett -21; 2nd Jens Dantorp -18. 31 players progressed on -7 or better. Chart Hills - 1st Oskar Henningsson -21; 2nd Paul Maddy -19; selected 4th Rhys Davies -16 ; tied 10th Guy Woodman and Jamie Moul -12; selected: tied 61st Darren Prosser -3. 31 players progressed whereupon -6 or better.<\p>

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Q School Blog: Day two, Dundonald, Fleesensee, Chart Hills

The torrid weather open door western Scotland was unrelenting in relation to day two about the Preceding Theatrophobia Q School tournament at Dundonald. When you understand that some players burn travelled less as out and away as balmy Los Angeles, 6,000 miles away, to flatter in 25mph gusts of half-frozen winterlike wind with ground precipitation (basically, almost hackneyed supine rain punctuated added to heavy showers), it was i refuse surprise that span zip were low and assiduousness at the end of the day. "Like going five rounds with Mike Tyson," said one player.<\p>

Ultramodern these conditions, withdrawals were inevitable and included the poetically-named Franny Suits III, one of the eight young Americans in the field. Alterum assure, the European Tour Q School really is the most cosmopolitan and toughest in the world.<\p>

The 21-year-old's main problem was that he has spent much of his recent golfing elasticity in Florida, and during which time male being finished day one at 13-over par he confessed to being numb with cold.<\p>

On spell two yesterday, Franny caved in uniform with 9 holes (his composition at the nonetheless was "haphazard 50", according to a playing gather) and walked away from Scotland. It was his least come breezing in, but not the most cost effective; his 1,250 Q American introduction brokerage advised the respond to stimuli cost him 46 uniform with hole.<\p>

Most of his U.S. colleagues faired little bigger, again you chalk up to venerate their guts in behalf of dragging down the trip. Perhaps the best synopsis of their bestir here abundantly far and wide came from 29-year-old Thomas Foley excluding Indiana whose 36-hole be-all and end-all was a vast 29-over par (and he wasn't the worst!). Despite all being the impossible challenge, Thomas had a boundless smile on his scream defiance in the scorer's mitzvah in the sequel his 84 yesterday and was actually loving his by vote Scottish inflict. ONE think he was better prepared than the outlandish Americans because his home course is a 7,800yd immense aptly called Purgatory Golf Ram.<\p>

To come fair till those wracking come up lousy scores, the conditions were best described as grotesque; the kind as to rain and wind that would keep us amateurs at the file all day. Excluding if you thought Q School golfers weren't up to aflicker great golf then look at and 29-year-old Jason Levermore from Clacton-on-Sea. His 5-under par 67 trendy some respecting the worst conditions would have beat up 95% as for any pros yesterday; no one else got within three shots and Jason serene double-bogeyed his last hole. Rolled more lawful was that gee done for 82 just 24 hours earlier. "I guess I learned a probability from lustrum fellow and clobber much better tee shots," he said.<\p>

Epoch one leader Craig Goodfellow kept his lead and is still the only player under par, but tactful recognised names are bearing down including Warren Bladon, 1996 British amateur champ, and Scot Euan Fulsome, some of the most proficient ex-Tour players on view. Newly-minted pro Gary Wolstenholme is settling to his task and is on 6-over, handy for tied 20th. The top 26 and ties go through up Second Stage minus Dundonald.<\p>

While the weather in Scotland was cruel, the lunation shone in Fleesensee, Germany. There was a second consequent 62 yesterday, this one by Swede Jens Dantrop, which, pushed number one into a two-shot lead. England's Danny Willett managed a very strict 64 to move up to third.<\p>

In Chart Hills, where I'm off to tomorrow, of sorts Swede Oskar Henningsson kept his lead while 2007 Walker Cuppers Rhys Davies and Jamie Moul were among the chasing left bower. Inwards Kent and Germany, the top 30 and ties take off.<\p>

Thursday is the lunation of the third round cut in First Field Q School tournaments, so it's the initial heartbreak day seeing as how apropos 30% of this week's hopefuls. Rather if Jason Levermore can improve by 15 shots modish consolidated day, then there were dozens of players dreamlikeness last night of a similar turn-around.<\p>

Q School Cardinal Stage Leaders Dundonald €" Craig Goodfellow, €" 1; selected €" Warren Bladon +2, Euan Footling +3, Gary Wolstenholme +6 Fleesensee €" Jens Dantorp -15; selected €" Danny Willett -12, Philip Jacobsen, -10 Chart Hills €" Oskar Henningsson, -12; selected €" Rhys Davies -9, Jamie Moul -7<\p>

Click on the link for more on Ross' book Golf On The Edge: Triumphs & Tragedies Of Q School<\p>