England’s Brian Davis made up for his Ryder Cup disappointment by winning the PGA TOUR Qualifying Tournament in California.

But there was bitter disappointment for Ireland’s Richie Coughlan and Keith Nolan as they finished well down the field.

Davis missed out on a Ryder Cup place by less than €100,000 earlier this season.

But he made amends by hanging on to win the pressure packed Q-School after a sixth round 74 at PGA West Stadium.

Despite a double bogey at the 17th, his 17 under par total was good enough to edge out American Bob Rashell for the top card by a single stroke.

Davis was one of 35 players to earn full cards for next season, but it was a week to forget for Coughlan and Nolan at the desert resort.

Playing at the Nicklaus Tournament Course, Coughlan finished on six over par in 126th place after a 74 with Nolan in 163rd on 28 over after a 73.

The cut-off for PGA TOUR cards came at seven-under par with England’s Greg Owen and Welsh Ryder Cup star Phillip Price also coming through.

Owen finished joint fourth on 12 under, just seven months after undergoing back surgery while Price’s 71 left him in a tie for 13th place.

Final
PGA Tour Qualifying School,California (USA unless stated, Par 72)

415 Brian Davis (Gbr) 72 65 67 69 68 74
416 Rob Rashell 68 68 70 67 74 69
419 Danny Briggs 74 73 69 66 69 68
420 John Elliott 70 73 65 71 68 73, Bill Glasson 72 71 68 70 68 71, Sean O'Hair 70 71 68 72 71 68, Paul Claxton 71 70 71 71 70 67, Greg Owen (Gbr) 72 64 70 69 72 73
421 Jason Bohn 71 74 71 66 69 70, Roland Thatcher 73 70 66 71 71 70
422 Matt Davidson 73 71 65 70 72 71, DJ Trahan 67 69 73 72 74 67
423 Joey Snyder III 70 72 69 73 65 74, Dean Wilson 68 70 69 73 71 72, Carl Paulson 72 72 69 66 72 72, Jim Carter 70 72 71 67 70 73, Jeff Brehaut 71 68 61 72 78 73, Phillip Price (Gbr) 67 69 71 72 73 71, Jason Allred 71 69 73 71 70 71, DJ Brigman 69 79 74 66 69 66
424 Omar Uresti 68 68 68 75 73 72, Hideto Tanihara (Jpn) 72 70 69 75 70 70, Mario Tiziani 70 67 72 76 68 71, Bob Heintz 69 71 72 76 64 72, David Hearn (Can) 73 64 73 70 67 77
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438 Richie Coughlan 73 71 74 74 72 74
460 Keith Nolan 76 82 83 73 73 73