After three gruelling days, it all came down to the final few holes of the fourth and final round but Cameron Clark did enough to secure one of the four full Legends Tour cards on offer at Q-School in Turkey.
The Northern Irishman held the 36-hole lead by a slender margin after back-to-back rounds of 69 on the Old and New Courses at Gloria Golf Resort in Belek, but after the field was reduced to the leading 72 and ties, a one-over 73 back at the New Course saw him relinquish top spot but go into the final round on course to qualify.
A nervy start to the final round saw him bogey the third and sixth holes, and a further bogey on 10 saw him briefly drop outside the top four. But elsewhere on the course, the pressure was taking its toll and a run of six consecutive pars saw Clark climb back into the top four before a superb iron shot on the par-3 17th found the island green and he rolled home a birdie putt to give himself a two-stroke cushion coming to the last.
And a par was enough to see him finish in solo fourth place, earning full playing rights for the 2026 campaign. It was a case of redemption for the current Head Pro at Moor Hall Golf Club in England, having double bogeyed the final hole in 2025, costing him a place in what would’ve been a two-for-one playoff for the final card.
Sweden’s Michael Jonzon led after 54 holes and three early birdies left him comfortably in charge before a triple bogey on the 14th, followed by a bogey on 15 saw him surrender the lead. He regained it with an eagle on the last, finishing one clear of England’s Paul Streeter with Anthony Grenier of France in solo third at -5, two ahead of Clark.
Damian Mooney, the only other Irishman to make the 54-hole cut, needed to produce something special in the final round to put himself back in contention. Starting the day at +6 and on the 12th tee, the Lough Erne Head Pro got it to four-under thanks to birdies on 15, 16, 18 and four, but as he continued to push the boat out, a bogey on the seventh and a double bogey on eight put an end to his challenge and he closed out with a level-par 72 leaving him tied for 26th.
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