Gavin Moynihan didn’t want to watch.

He might have lost his European Tour card but Waterford’s Kevin Phelan is feeling so good about himself after a strong finish to his rookie season that he can’t wait to get to the European Tour Qualifying School.

JUST because you’ve been there, done that and bought the tee shirt, doesn’t mean you have any right to cruise through the six-day “prison sentence” they call the European Tour Qualifying School final stage.

Former champions Henrik Stenson and Andrew Coltart share a slender one-stroke lead at the Qatar Masters with Miguel Angel Jimenez after the opening round in Doha.