Irish on the brink after brutal day at Q-School

The four Irish players competing in the final stage of the European Tour Qualifying School at PGA Catalunya Resort in Girona are all in real danger of missing today’s cut after a brutal day yesterday.

With the top 70 and ties advancing to an additional two rounds tomorrow and Thursday, Ballymoney’s Michael Hoey is best placed on one-over despite a disastrous six-over round of 76 on the supposedly easier Tour Course.

Indeed, on a day where blue and black numbers to denote bogeys and doubles (or worse) congested the leaderboard, Hoey haemorrhaged a staggering six shots in four consecutive front-nine holes to see his five-under score wiped out in an hour.