Heartbreak for Devlin as Tour dream in tatters

The list of illustrious casualties was of no comfort to Ballymena’s Chris Devlin as he limped away from the European Tour Qualifying School facing an uncertain future after a devastating quadruple bogey eight wrecked his tour dream.

It mattered little to him that Waterville’s David Higgins shot a two over 74 on the Stadium Course to qualify with ease in 19th place on five under par and is now just two rounds away from securing one of 25 cards.

The Antrim man could not care less that tour winners such as Welshmen Rhys Davies and Bradley Dredge missed the four-round cut for the top 70 and ties by two strokes or that former Ryder Cup players Paul Broadhurst and Jarmo Sandelin finished miles off the pace, though ahead of Nick Dougherty.