Mark Energy wants a miraculous closing spherical to win his DP World Tour card however nonetheless has quite a bit to play for on the Qualifying Faculty in Spain.
The Kilkenny star (25) made an eagle and three birdies in a two-under 69 on the Lakes Course at Infinitum in Tarragona to share 54th on eight-under-par after 5 rounds of the six-round marathon.
He is seven strokes exterior the highest 20 and ties, who will win playing cards, which suggests he probably wants a spherical within the low sixties to win his full card.
However ought to he fail to make that soar and end inside the highest 40 and ties, he’ll get a robust Class 9 card on the HotelPlanner Tour subsequent yr.
Ending exterior the highest 40 would imply fewer begins in Class 13, which suggests he has lots at stake within the closing spherical on the Lakes Course.
On the high of the leaderboard, South Africa’s Zander Lombard appears to be like set to regain his card after extending his result in seven pictures.
Six clear in a single day, he completed birdie-eagle to card a seven-under 64 and lead by seven strokes from Australian Connor McKinney on 29 beneath.
“It was actually strong stuff tee to inexperienced,” Lombard stated. “Ending birdie-eagle was a pleasant strategy to cap off the day.”
He added: “It is proving to me that I should not have been right here within the first place. It is good to see that I am nonetheless able to this kind of golf, and hopefully I could make my manner again into that high 100 on this planet.”
American Davis Bryant and Zimbabwe’s Benjamin Follett-Smith share third place on 21 beneath par, with Portugal’s Daniel Rodrigues, India’s Shubhankar Sharma and Frenchman Quentin Debove two pictures additional again in fifth.
McKinney is considered one of 4 gamers alongside Rodrigues, Argentina’s Andres German Gallegos (tied thirteenth) and Brazil’s Frederico Biondi Figueiredo (tied seventeenth) bidding to return by all three phases of Q-Faculty to win playing cards
