IAN Walley goes into the final round in Turkey tomorrow needing to produce his best golf.
After two days of the Titleist PGA Play-Offs, the Kedleston Park professional still has a good chance of a top-10 finish, though the biggest prizes in the end-of-season event for the highest-ranked PGA pros in the country are surely beyond him.
Walley got off to a good start in the competition, played on the PGA Sultan course at Antalya Golf Club, with a two-under-par score of 69, which included a bogey-free back nine with two birdies.
That left him in seventh place overnight but he could not maintain that standard and three bogeys dropped him down the leaderboard before his first birdie of the second round, on the 16th, left him with a 73 and even par for the tournament.
Walley heads into the third and final round in a share of 12th place but only two shots adrift of eighth.
Ireland has dominated the tournament so far, with Niall Kearney (Royal Dublin) leading the way just ahead of countryman Colm Moriarty (Drive Golf Performance).
Kearney had a flawless 67, doing all of his scoring on the front nine before coming home in 11 consecutive pars to ease to 10-under for the £15,000 tournament, ahead by two shots.
The top three eligible players will qualify to represent Great Britain and Ireland in the PGA Cup team to face America in CordeValle, California, next September.
There are also a range of invites for European Tour and Challenge Tour events, including 10 spots to play in the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth for the leading finishers.
