Ashton Turner's Open hopes dashed at final qualifying round
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Three spots at golf’s third major of the year were up for grabs at final qualifying at Notts Hollinwell, played over two rounds last week.
But a six-over par opening round effectively ended the Kenwick Park golfer’s hopes.
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Hide AdTurner started badly with a double-bogey six at the second hole, bur birdied the fifth and sixth to reach the turn at level par.
But a triple-bogey seven at the 12th sparked a disastrous back nine, with a second double-bogey at 15 and further bogey at the 16th to card a round of 78 and trail the leaders by 11 strokes.
Things improved in round two with a level-par 72 as birdies at six, eight and 17 were handed back with dropped shots at two, 15 and 18 for an aggregate total of six-over and a tie for 48th.
Englishmen Mark Foster and Joe Dean both carded 10 under to qualify, while seven-under was good enough to send Laurie Canter to Royal Birkdale.