GAVIN MOYNIHAN HAS secured his European Tour card after a clutch finish at the Final Stage of the Qualifying School in Spain on Thursday.
Moynihan bogeyed the 12th and 15th holes and needed a birdie on the five-par 18th at Lumine Golf Club’s Lakes Course near Tarragona to secure his place inside the top 25 and on the tour.
“The last 15 minutes were brutal,” the Dublin native told the Irish Times.
“He had a 25-footer down the hill there and I honestly couldn’t watch him. It was a long wait. It felt like an eternity. But now I am very happy.
“To birdie the last there when I needed it to have a chance, was the most pleasing thing.
“It wasn’t that I was nervous today, I was just stressed. People say you don’t really understand what it’s like at Q-School until you’re there, but on that back nine, I knew exactly what they meant.
“From where I was 11 months ago, when I had lost my swing and then had to go to the Europro Tour Q-School in March to where I am now, I couldn’t really have asked for much more.”
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Wouldn’t be the end of the world if he missed out in fairness
Bottom line is we have better alternatives.
Thats decent from Stoke,Everton didn’t even allow Ireland to pass judgement on Coleman and McCarthy before Germany.
Don’t want to be Whelan-bashing, but we came to life when he went off in Gelsenkirchen. Instinct is to play backwards all the time. Suited Trap perfectly but hopefully we have moved on.
If gibson isn’t fit enough, think id like to see mccarthy and hendrick in the centre
Let’s hope he’s not!
Who gives à shit
Mark Hughes said he’s not ready !!! Ireland are entitled to call him up but stokes physios say he’s a couple of weeks away ….