Niall Kearney is bidding to make the top 15 at the DP World Tour Qualifying School Final Stage (file photo). Alamy

Ireland's Kearney looks set to miss out on DP World Tour card

Kearney is the last Irishman still bidding for a spot on the tour

NIALL KEARNEY’S HOPES of earning a DP World Tour card for next season are hanging by a thread at Final Stage Qualifying School.

Dublin’s Kearney was the only Irish hopeful to make the cut for the final two rounds in Spain, and shot three-under par on Tuesday to move to 15-under for the tournament.

But with only the top 15 finishers earning 2027 cards, Kearney sits seven shots outside the cut-off point ahead of Wednesday’s final round.

Kearney, who secured his card for the secondary HotelPlanner Tour by virtue of making the cut, tees off for his final round on Wednesday morning at 9.39am. Fellow Irishmen Ronan Mullarney and Gary Hurley, who were also in action at Q-School this week, failed to make the cut.

England’s Tom Lewis and Denmark’s Marcus Helligkilde are tied for first place on 27-under par heading into the final round.

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