Nine Scots in scramble for Tour cards

NINE Scots will be among the hopefuls when the final stage of the European Tour Qualifying School tees off at PGA Catalunya in Girona this weekend.
By The Newsroom
Published 7th Dec 2011, 01:50 BST

Callum Macaulay, Alan McLean and Elliot Saltman secured their spots in the six-round marathon after successfully negotiating the second stage earlier this week.

Already exempt for the final test were Chris Doak, Scott Drummond, Alastair Forsyth, Steven O’Hara, Gary Orr and Lloyd Saltman. The latter finished 12th at the same venue last year, when his older brother was the only other Scot to secure a card as he claimed 28th spot. Lloyd finished his rookie campaign in 133rd on the money-list while Elliot was down in 203rd.

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Joining the nine Scots in the scramble for cards, which starts on Saturday, will be two-time European Tour winner Nick Dougherty, who slipped to 282nd on the money-list after making one cut in 34 events this year.

He’ll be hoping for a better end to his season than a number of former major winners experienced in the PGA Tour’s Qualifying School at La Quinta in California – where David Duval, Lee Janzen, Shaun Micheel and Rich Beem all missed out.