SCOTLAND'S Stuart Murray won a play-off yesterday to secure the last
card at the PGA European Seniors Tour Qualifying School at Collingtree
Park, Northampton.
After tying for eighth place on 153, the Hendon professional had to
return to the first tee with Mike Ingham (Cleckheaton) and Kenneth
Magnusson (Sweden). Killarney's Tony Coveney should have joined them,
but he could not be found.
The first was shared and, at the second, Murray hit what he thought
was a perfect drive, but it caught a bunker. He tried to hit a thin
No.6-iron shot to the green, but over-hit it and the ball finished
behind some low trees.
''It was a question of getting it up in the air and trying to land it
close to the pin,'' he said. ''The others were on the green and I was
looking for a half in 4.''
Murray's pitch hit the pin and stopped only a foot from the hole. Both
Ingham and Magnusson three-putted -- and Murray tapped in to secure the
card.
The top four places ensure entry to all 13 events and the other four
are effectively first reserves for tournaments which have restricted
fields.
Murray was the only Scot to obtain a card at the school, but George
Will is qualified in category one and there are several others in
category eight.
The qualifiers were led by Italy's Renato Campagnoli, who finished on
144, three strokes ahead of his World Cup colleague, Albert Croce. Card
winners:
144 -- R Campagnoli (Italy) 76, 68.
147 -- A Croce (Italy) 75, 72.
148 -- R Emery (Sheringham) 76, 72.
149 -- T Squires (Boston) 75, 74.
150 -- R Browne (Ireland) 75, 75; J Donaghue (Hesketh) 73, 77.
152 -- H Jackson (Ireland) 79, 73.
153 -- T Coveney (Ireland) 80, 73.
Other Scottish aggregates:
154 -- F Rennie (Prestwick) 77, 77.
157 -- A Campbell (Carleon) 82, 75; J Frew (Beck Row DR) 79, 78; J
Hamilton (Brickendon Grange) 82, 75.
161 -- W Hector (Seaton Carew) 81, 80.
163 -- M McCrorie (Strathaven) 80, 83.
165 -- D Mills (Lignano) 81, 84.
170 -- B Purdie (Blackpool Park) 86, 84.
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