Gallagher steps up to joint-third place

EUROPRO TOUR Q-SCHOOL: Swanston’s John Gallagher improved by a couple of shots with a four-under-par 68 and a six-under 36-hole aggregate of 138 in the PGA EuroPro Tour Final Qualifying School at Frilford Heath GC, Oxfordshire.

Gallagher will start the final round in joint third place, six shots behind the twin leaders on 12-under-par, Englishman Jack Senior, the Walker Cup hero from Heysham, Lancashire, and Tyrrell Hatton (Harleyford GC). Only five Scots were among the leading 114 players who beat the cut at five-over 149 to play the last 18 holes, which will decide the pecking order for the tour in 2012. The other four were John Henry (Clydebank and District), joint 16th on 141 (70-71), Mark Kerr (Marriott Dalmahoy) and Myles Cunningham (Longniddry), joint 29th on 143 (both 72-71), and Michael Stewart (Troon Welbeck) joint 64th on 146 (72-74).