Mervyn Owens top of the 25 Irish at qualifying school.

MERVYN OWENS made a great start at FLEESENSEE GOLF CLUB in GERMANY in the first round of qualifying school.He fired a 5 under par round of 67 and finds himself 3 shots behind Norway's MARIUS THORP who shot a brilliant 64.
At the OXFORDSHIRE,former tour player DAVID HIGGINS got of to a fine start with a 4 under par 68 and in joint 2nd place behind GAVIN DEER who opened with a 67.
Young amateur RUAIDHRI MC GEE now living in RODA GOLF CLUB in SPAIN shot a 2 over par 74 at CIRCOLO GOLF CLUB in ITALY and finds himself 8 shots behind the leader,amateur JOON KIM.
EDDIE BARR from Warrenpoint now living in Austrailia and leading the Queensland PGA order of merit,leads the Irish challenge at GOLF DE MOLIETS in FRANCE when he hit a 4 under par 68.The leader is DAVID OLIVER with a super round on -8,64.

IRISH SCORES
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THE OXFORDSHIRE.ENGLAND PAR 72.
DAVID HIGGINS 68.
MICHAEL COLLINS,JOHN KELLY 70.
GREG BOWDEN,PETER O KEEFFE,TIM RICE 72.
DAMIEN MOONEY,CHRIS DEVLIN,MARK STAUNTON 73.
CIAN CURLEY(AM) 74.
RICHARD KILPATRICK 75.
DARREN MC WILLIAMS 78.
PAUL MCDONALD 79.
GLEN ROBINSON 80.
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GOLF DE MOLIETS FRANCE PAR 72.

EDDIE BARR 68.
CIAN MCNAMARA,PAUL O HANLON 71.
BRENDAN MC CARROLL 76.
SHANE FRANKLIN 78.
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FLEESENSEE GOLF CLUB GERMANY PAR 72.

MERVYN OWENS 67.
NIALL KEARNEY(AM) 71.
MARK CAMPBELL 74.
JUSTIN BRINK 78.
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CIRCOLO GOLF CLUB ITALY PAR 72.

RUAIDHRI MCGEE(AM) 74.
DAVID RAWLUK 77.