ClickHEREfor Golf de Moliets final scores where 26 players on 283 (-5) and better are qualified for second stage.
ClickHEREfor Circolo Golf Bogogno final scores where 30 players on 286 (-2) and better qualified for the second stage
ClickHEREfor Fleesensee G & CC final scores where 31 players on 285 (-3) and better qualified for the second stage
ClickHEREfor Oxfordshire Golf Club final scores where 28 players on 284 (-4) and better qualified for the second stage
A total of 186 of the 715 competitors who teed up at The European Tour Qualifying School First Qualifying Stage have progressed to Stage Two.
Following last week’s Section A of the First Qualifying Stage, when 71 players qualified, another four venues across Europe – The Oxfordshire Golf Club in England, Golf de Moliets in France, Circolo Golf Bogogno in Italy and Fleesensee Golf and Country Club in Germany – hosted aspiring professionals from around the world looking to win a dream ticket to The 2010 European Tour.
In Germany, a brilliant seven under par 65 from Ally Mellor saw the Englishman charge through the field to win on 14 under 274, with Norwegian Marius Thorp taking second spot. With the top 26 (plus ties) players from Fleesensee winning places at Stage Two, the qualifying mark came at three under par with 31 players making it through.
There was a mini Spanish invasion in France at the Golf de Moliets as the top three spots on the leaderboard going to Carlos Balmaseda, who carded a final round 66 to post a winning score of 266 win by five from compatriot Raul Quiros and six from Borja Etchart. There were 26 players who qualified at Moilets with the cut-off point falling at five under par.
The Swiss Martin Romminger took the honours at Circolo Golf Bogogno in Italy with a 14 under par winning aggregate giving him a two stroke cushion over second placed Sebastian L Saavedra of Argentina. There were 30 qualifiers on two under par or better in Italy.
Of the 28 qualifiers at the Oxfordshire making it through to Stage Two on scores of four under par or better, American Ryan Blaum led the way with 17 under par 271 aggregate, three strokes clear of Englishman Graeme Clark.
With the First Stage complete, the next hurdle for the successful qualifiers is the Second Stage over four venues in Spain in November, before the Final Stage at PGA Golf de Catalunya in Girona, Spain, where the top 30 players (plus ties) will win a coveted place on The 2010 European Tour International Schedule.
