Walker walking on air at Las Colinas

Sam Walker produced a course record eight under par 63 on day two of the Second Stage of The European Tour Qualifying School at Las Colinas Golf & Country Club to lead by one shot in Spain.

The Englishman, who also enjoyed a hole in one on the fifth hole during his first day round of 68, played a cracker at the par 71 course to storm up the leaderboard and reach 11 under par for the tournament. His glowing scorecard was made up of eight unanswered birdies.

Lurking one stroke back are a pair of Walker’s compatriots. Richard McEvoy and Chris Paisley carded a six under par 65 and a five under par 66 respectively to move their campaign totals to ten under par.

Meanwhile, overnight leader, Jaakko Makitalo, failed to reproduce his day one form and fell back to six under par with a one over par round of 72. Yet the Finn will not be too disheartened as he is still in a promising position for progression to the Final Stage.

The number of qualifying spots available to the Final Stage from the field at Las Colinas is 17, with 68 progressing across all four events.

The Final Stage – which returns to European Tour Destination, PGA Catalunya Resort - will ultimately allocate the 25 European Tour cards that are on offer for Qualifying School hopefuls.