Ross Biddiscombe talks us through the latest developments at Q School...
Q School Final Stage - halfway in or halfway out?
The young guns were still firing. Austria’s Lukas Nemecz is now joint leader alongside the incredibly impressive 19-year-old Swede Marcus Kinhult.
I watched the two men come to the finish of their 3rd rounds on Monday and both looked cool, despite the traditional Q School pressure, but it was the Swede who seemed to shine brightest. With his mum watching, this lad is such a talent and his fabulous approach on his last hole to within 12ft of a “sucker pin” near a deep front bunker was stunning.
To play aggressively at Q School is difficult and not all the clear-minded young hopefuls of European golf can do it successfully all the time. For example, England’s Walker Cup player Jimmy Mullen is now struggling on +4 and amateur teammate Ashley Chesters is +2, although Irishman Paul Dunne is steady on -3 which is right on the cut mark.
But winning this week at Q School is not the ultimate prize here – it’s winning ‘tomorrow’ on the European Tour with one of the 25 Tour Cards that will count.
Ross Biddiscombe is author of Cruel School: The 40th Anniversary of Golf’s European Tour Q School. This book will be available in hardback and eBook formats from mid-December. For more details, go to www.golfontheedge.co.uk
