Grantown golf ace a long shot for Euro Tour place
Strathspey golfing star Duncan Stewart is among a trio of Scots viewed as “long shots” to win European Tour playing rights.
The Grantown man, along with Peter Whiteford and Scott Henry, will need to finish in the top 25 (including ties) tomorrow to take his place on the European Tour 2015.
It looks like he will have to shoot a round in the mid 60s in the sixth and final round of the Final Tour School at PGA Catalunya, Girona near Barcelona, to have any hope of progressing to the top-flight.
None of the trio got near to matching the Stadium Course's par of 72 in the fifth round earlier today with Whiteford returning a 75 and Stewart a 74, both for level par 356 for the five rounds to date.
Henry shot a 75 for two-over 358. Whiteford and Stewart are joint 61st and Henry joint 75th.
Going into the final round, it looks like a five-under-par aggregate is the magic number, which means that Whiteford and Stewart have to score 67 or better at the last time of asking while Henry needs a 65.
Scots’ scores:
Par 356 (3x72, 2x70)
356 Peter Whiteford 77 66 65 73 75, Duncan Stewart 67 76 71 68 74 (T71)
358 Scott Henry 70 72 68 73 75 (T75).
