Walton's hopes still alive

After four failures to win back his European tour card, Philip Walton – match-winning hero of the 1995 Ryder Cup – today kept alive his hopes of making it fifth time lucky, by the skin of his teeth.

The 41-year-old’s four-under-par 68 in the fourth round of the qualifying school at Pals in northern Spain enabled him to survive the cut with nothing to spare.