Offaly golfers miss out on qualification for The Open

Two Offaly golfers have missed out on qualification for The Open.

Daingean's Brian McCormack and Tullamore's Stuart Grehan failed to come through the final qualifying event in Scotland where four places for the prestigious event were on offer. 

At the event in Dundonald over two rounds, Grehan was in the hunt for the all important top four finish early in his second round but he fell back to finish in a tie for 17th place after rounds of 73 and 71.

After rounds of 78 and 74, McCormack finished the two rounds on eight over par in a tie for 42nd place. 

The four qualifiers from the event in Dundonald were Michael Stewart, Marco Penge, Conor McKinney and Graeme Robertson.