A promising start to European Tour Q School from Glasson’s Colm Moriarty looked assured when he birdied two holes in succession on his back nine only to suffer a double bogey on the tricky par three eighth, his 17th. His round of two over on the tougher Stadium Course leaves Colm with work to do over the next five rounds. Fog and cold have meant the event will run to next Friday.
Simon Thornton finished his first round on level par, Damien Mooney is one under (at time of writing after 12 holes) and Niall Kearney sits on four over. Welshman Liam Bond set the early pace carding a round of four under on the easier Tour course.