Irish pair keep up the chase

European Tour, Pre-Qualifying 1: Jimmy Bolger (Kilkenny) and David Mortimer (Newlands) continue to lead the Irish charge for places in stage two after yesterday's third round of Tour School Qualifying.

Bolger is four shots back in third place at Carden Park while Mortimer shares second place at St Annes Old Links after a 69.

Some 23 places are available at each venues in the race for places in PQ2 in Spain in November.

LEADING SCORES

CARDEN PARK: 204 - G Wright (Wal) 71 68 65, 207 - J Kamte (SA) 72 67 68, 208 - J Bolger (Ire) 68 68 72, G Fox (Sco) 72 71 65, 209 - M Urquhart (Sco) 71 67 71, 210 - G Lockerbie (Eng) 67 73 70, S Acevedo (Arg) 73 66 71, I Parnaby (Eng) 68 69 73, 211 - H Epstein (Aus) 70 69 72, D R James (Eng) 69 69 73, C Moriarty (NIre) 71 70 70, I Ridgway (Eng) 71 71 69, N Reilly (Eng) 68 72 71. Irish: 214 - R Burns 74 71 69, G Bowden 71 70 73, 215 - L Walker 68 75 72, 216 - P McDonald 73 72 71, G McNeill 72 70 74, 217 - M McDermott 72 75 70, D Mooney 71 70 76, 218 - M Collins 74 67 77, 219 - DP Jones 72 72 75, 220 - P Dooley 71 75 74, P Williamson 74 70 76. 221 - M Owens 73 76 72, J Kehoe 72 74 75.

ST ANNES OLD LINKS - 199 - B Akstrup (Den) 65 64 70, 220 - H Bjornstad (Nor) 69 64 67, D Mortimer (Ire) 65 66 69, 201 - G Hamerton (Eng) 66 69 66, 204 - D Sugrue (Ire) 71 63 70, 205 - J Foret (Fr) 71 68 66, G Brown (Sco) 65 71 69, G Murray (Sco) 71 69 65, D Fisher (Eng) 68 63 74, D M Clark (Eng) 70 67 68, A Murray (Ire) 66 70 69. Irish: 207 - M McGeady 67 73 67, J Kelly 70 68 69, 208 - E Brady 68 70 70, S Franklin 72 66 70, 209 - D Crowe 68 70 71, S McTernan 68 71 70, 210 - M Murphy 68 72 70, N Fox 69 71 70, 211 - PT Martin 69 71 71, R Elliott 65 75 71, 212 - M O'Sullivan 66 74 72, 215 - M Campbell 72 69 74, C Mallon 75 70 70, 216 - B Trainor 72 74 70.

GOLF UND LAND CLUB, GERMANY - 201 - M Kaymer (Ger) 67 65 69 205 - M Carlsson (Swe) 67 67 71 208 - S Juul Hansen (Den) 68 68 72, I Van Weerelt (Ned) 71 71 66, J Kirkland (Fra) 70 69 69 209 - P Niederdrenk (Ger) 71 69 69, R Treis (Ger) 70 73 66 211 - R De Sousa (Swi) 67 73 71, P Nilbrink (Nor) 72 71 68.

CIRCOLO GOLF BOGOGNO, ITALY - 206 - A Haig (Rsa) 69 74 73, A Snobeck (Fra) 70 68 68 208 - M Araujo (Spa) 70 71 67 209 - D Edlund (Swe) 70 71 68, F Orest (Swe) 69 68 72, A Sjostrand (Swe) 69 69 71 210 - R Swane (Ned) 70 73 67, P Terreni (Ita) 71 69 70 211 - C Del Moral (Spa) 69 68 74, M Rominger (Swi) 70 74 67

GOLF DE MOLIETS, FRANCE - 205 - M Jurgensen (Den) 68 67 70, J Garrido (Col) 67 69 69, J Grillon (Fra) 65 71 69 206 - F Gomez (Arg) 68 73 65, E De La Riva (Spa) 69 67 70, W Schauman (Swe) 70 67 69, R Guillard (Fra) 68 70 68 207 - H Santos (Por) 68 68 71

CHART HILLS, ENGLAND - 213 - R McGuirk 72 69 72 214 - M Richardson 73 73 68, S Whiffin 69 77 68, J Ruebotham 75 71 68, G Willman 72 74 68, N Korynevsky 75 71 68, J Partridge 70 71 73 215 - T Peacock 75 71 69, J Doherty 75 71 69. Irish: 217 - F Madden 70 76 71.