Browne hopes for tour card

With just three events of the European Challenge Tour season remaining, Ireland’s Stephen Browne arrives at the Attijari Wafa - Tikidi Beach Moroccan Classic at Golf du Soliel, Agadir, knowing that a second victory of the season can thrust him into the top 15 of the Challenge Tour Rankings and secure a European Tour Card for 2005.

The 30 year old Dubliner, who scored his maiden victory in the Norwegian Challenge Open earlier this season, is currently 32nd on the Rankings with €30,987.

“I need a victory, or two top three finishes, to have a chance of getting to the top 15 the way things stand at the moment,” said Browne who would come very close to securing a place if he could win the Golf du Soliel this week.