Ireland's 1995 Ryder Cup hero Philip Walton needs a huge recovery to make it third time lucky at the European Tour qualifying school in southern Spain.
A second successive 74 left Walton in 108th spot on four over. With only the leading 35 players in the 168-strong field earning cards for next year's circuit - and just the top 75 surviving the cut after two more rounds - it was no surprise Walton made straight for the practice ground after today’s second round.
He said: "I've got a few more days to get it right."
It could have been so much better for the former English and French Open champion had he not went out of bounds at Sotogrande's long 12th for a seven, and after coming back with two birdies in the next three holes had another double bogey at the 388-yard 16th, driving into a divot and putting his approach into water.
Waterville’s David Higgins leads the Irish challenge after two rounds, a 71 today moving him to one-under par and a share of 33rd spot. Paddy Gribben is three strokes further back (joint 77th) while Gary Murphy joins Walton on four over.
Sweden’s Magnus Persson heads the field on seven-under par.
Collated scores after the second round of the European tour qualifying school at San Roque & Sotogrande, Spain. Both courses par 72 (Irl & Gbr unless stated, Irishin bold):
137M Persson (Swe) 66 71
138M Cort 65 73, A Sherborne 70 68, D Edlund (Swe) 70 68
139D De Vooght (Bel) 69 70, I Hutchings (Rsa) 69 70
140N Cheetham 69 71, A Atwal (Ind) 73 67, N Price 72 68, S Luna (Spa) 69 71
141D Drysdale 69 72, A Hogh (Den) 66 75, R Claydon 70 71, K Ferrie 71 70, S Walker 69 72, O Edmond (Fra) 71 70, B Hafthorsson (Swe) 70 71, P Purhonen (Fin) 71 70, I Taylor 71 70, M Florioli (Ita) 70 71, S Drummond 71 70, N Vanhootegem (Bel) 67 74
142W Huget (Ger) 69 73, E Simsek (Ger) 71 71, S Richardson 70 72, D Park 69 73, C Richardson 70 72, F Andersson (Swe) 76 66, G Fox 73 69, S Webster 68 74, P Nilbrink (Swe) 67 75, B Vaughan (Rsa) 72 70 143S Wakefield 70 73, F Guermani (Ita) 72 71, A Kang (Kor) 71 72, C Suneson (Spa) 72 71, J Robinson 72 71, J Gronhagen (Swe) 73 70, M Knight (Swi) 72 71, P Fowler (Aus) 71 72, M Eliasson (Swe) 71 72, D Higgins72 71, M Santi (Ita) 72 71, A Mednick (Swe) 73 70, C Pottier (Fra) 74 69, A Kankkonen (Fin) 68 75
144I Pyman 71 73, P Magnebrant (Swe) 72 72, B Teilleria (Fra) 73 71, S Kammann (USA) 72 72, G Hutcheon 72 72, Y Nilsson (Swe) 72 72, T Havemann (Den) 71 78, A Roestoff (Rsa) 70 74, F Cea (Spa) 74 70, J-M Lara (Spa) 73 71, J Skold (Swe) 71 73, V Phillips 70 74, P Broadhurst 69 75, O Bergman (Swe) 72 72, J Bevan 72 72, M Blackey 72 72
145N Dougherty 69 76, R Winchester 72 73, O David (Fra) 73 72, S Bebb 71 74, A Salto (Spa) 70 75, R Coles 74 71, M Siem (Ger) 72 73, N Kalouguine (Fra) 70 75, P Sherman 74 71, A Renard (Den) 75 70, A Butterfield 68 77, M Nilsson (Swe) 72 73, I Goroneskoul (Fra) 77 68, J Hawkes (Rsa) 71 74
146D Patrick 73 73, G Rojas (Arg) 69 77, F Delamontagne (Fra) 72 74, A Binaghi (Ita) 70 76, P Nyman (Swe) 70 76, R Fenwick 72 74, A Carey 71 75, R Dinsdale 74 72, M Reale (Ita) 75 71, P Gribben72 74, A Forsyth 74 72, M Scarpa (Ita) 69 77, M Ilonen (Fin) 72 74, A Bossert (Swi) 73 73, G Storm 73 73, S Khan 72 74
147E Fernandez (Spa) 75 72, J Hepworth 73 74, D Lucas 72 75, A Canete (Arg) 69 78, G Baruffaldi (Ita) 74 73, W Riley (Aus) 73 74, L Petersson (Swe) 71 76, M Higley 76 71, T Munoz (Spa) 74 73, N Henning (Rsa) 75 72, I Giner (Spa) 76 71, U Van den Berg (Rsa) 72 75, A Crawford (Aus) 76 71, O Sandys (Rsa) 76 71, P Malmgren (Swe) 75 72
148B Mason 77 71, Y Fukuzawa (Jpn) 72 76, M Tunnicliff 70 78, D McGuigan 77 71, M Pendaries (Fra) 73 75, J-F Lucquin (Fra) 73 75, P Walton74 74, L James 77 71, J Saari (Fin) 73 75, G Murphy74 74
149A George 77 72, JM Arruti (Spa) 75 74, F Widmark (Swe) 77 72, M Jonzon (Swe) 80 69, A Johl (Ind) 77 72, T Schuster (Ger) 75 74, M Maritz (Rsa) 75 74, G Muller (Rsa) 77 72, N Joakimides (Fra) 75 74, J Rask (Swe) 71 78, S Farrell (Zim) 73 76, B Nicolay (Fra) 75 74
150E Little 76 74, G Rankin 74 76, J Lupton 78 72, E Boult (Nzl) 73 77, H Walters (Rsa) 77 72, C Nilsson (Swe) 77 73, R McGuirk 72 78, T Moore (Rsa) 74 76, M Sanders 76 74, N Marin (Fra) 77 73, J Van Hauwe (Fra) 72 78, D Nunez (Arg) 77 73, C Quevedo (Spa) 79 71
151D Dixon 73 78, E Canonica (Ita) 69 82, M Smith 71 80, D Nouailhac (Fra) 76 75
152L Thompson 74 78, A Maestroni (Ita) 74 78, R Beames 75 77, M Hazelden 75 77, F Orest (Swe) 79 73
153A Tadini (Ita) 79 74, B Barham 76 77, O Rojahn (Nor) 75 78, P Streeter 78 75
154B Sigurbergsson (Ice) 75 79, M Hilton 74 78, K Baraka (Ger) 76 78, JM Kula (Fra) 73 81, N Kraaij (Ned) 75 79, C Challen 80 74, J Evans 74 80
155J Annerfelt (Swe) 78 77, D Podlich (Aus) 82 73
157F Bisazza (Ita) 75 82, M Ruiz (Par) 80 77, M Norgren (Swe) 80 77
162B Cornut (Fra) 82 80