Irish golf may have simply three gamers at this week’s Remaining Stage of the DP World Tour Qualifying College after Paul Dunne, Niall Kearney, Liam Nolan, and Jonny Caldwell missed out in a Monday end in Almeria.
West Waterford’s Gary Hurley and Ballymena’s Dermot McElroy certified for the six-round marathon by ending the season between twenty third and forty seventh within the closing Problem Tour rankings.
They are going to be joined at Infinitum Golf by Royal Dublin novice Max Kennedy, who was the one one of many 11 Irish hopefuls to return by the Second Stage of the Qualifying College held at 4 venues in Spain over the previous 5 days.
Kennedy (23) certified in 14th place at Isla Canela Hyperlinks in Huelva on Sunday, however not one of the remaining 4 Irish hopefuls got here by their weather-delayed Second Stage qualifier after they returned to Desert Springs Resort in Almeria to finish their closing rounds on Monday.
Royal Dublin’sl Kearney closed with a five-under 67 and Galway’s Nolan shot a 68 to get to 10-under.
However they completed a shot outdoors a seven-man playoff for the final three spots, tied for twenty seventh within the race for 23 locations on the Remaining Stage as Czech Jiri Zuska topped the qualifiers on 20-under.
Former DP World Tour winner Caldwell, who was tied for tenth with a spherical to play, shot 74 to overlook out by two strokes on nine-under whereas a degree par 72 from former British Masters winner Dunne left him 5 photographs outdoors the mark on six-under.
Kennedy, Hurley and McElroy head to the six-round Remaining Stage bidding to complete within the prime 20 and ties who will probably be awarded “conditional” DP World Tour membership after six rounds.
It’s a harder check than ever because the bar for the 72-hole reduce has been raised from the highest 70 and ties to the highest 65 and ties with the variety of “playing cards” out there additionally down from the highest 25 and ties to the highest 20 and ties.
A “card” doesn’t present “fully-exempt standing” on the DP World Tour that means that it’s going to present little or no alternative to play in Rolex Collection or reduced-field occasions.
A Q-College card will supply “fully-exempt standing” on the Problem Tour, offering alternatives when graduates don’t qualify for the DP World Tour on any given week.
The 153-strong subject for the Remaining Stage, which begins on the Lakes and Hills Programs at Infinitum on Friday, options 18 former DP World Tour winners, together with Eddie Pepperell, Adri Arnaus, Justin Harding, Ashun Wu, Gonzalo Fernandez Castaño and former Ryder Cup gamers Oliver Wilson, Edoardo Molinari, Chris Wooden and Stephen Gallacher.
