Irish going strong in Euro qualifying

IRISH golfers involved at St Anne’s Old Links, Lancashire, yesterday played themselves into excellent positions to progress to the second qualifier for the European Tour.

Competition for the 20 places available at PQ1 is intense but David Mortimer from Galway, Killarney’s Danny Sugrue and North-West amateur star Michael McGeady are among those who need only a solid final round today to progress to PQ2 in Spain later in the season.

Mortimer is tied for second place on 16 under par, one shot behind the Dane Brian Akstrup.