BLACKWOOD’S Bradley Dredge is still in contention to reclaim his European Tour card, writes Michael Pearlman.

The 40-year old, who spent 14 out of the past 15 years as a regular fixture on the European Tour, lost his card in 2012 by a matter of less than £5000 in earnings.

An injury blighted 2013 means Dredge has returned to the European Tour only five times since, but he’s in reasonable shape at the halfway mark of the Qualifying School Final Stage at PGA Catalunya Resort in Spain.

The former World Cup winner shot 70 yesterday to go with opening rounds of 68 and 71 to lie three under par overall, a tie for 40th.

The top 25 after six rounds earn European Tour cards for next year and at three under Dredge is three strokes off breaking into the top five.

However, things look a lot bleaker for Newport’s Phillip Price who is slipping out of contention.

Price is at three over par, tied 96th overall and needs a significant improvement before Friday’s final round, his form extremely contrasting with two 74s sandwiched by a sublime 67.

Things are even worse for Bridgend’s Rhys Davies whose golfing descent shows no signs of abating.

It was only a few hundred pounds that cost Davies his tour card in 2012, but he’s failed to recapture any of the magic that had previously seen him climb into the World’s top 50.

At four over and tied for 104th, Davies appears to be destined for another 12 months on the Challenge Tour.

However, both Davies and Price can take heart from the efforts of England’s James Morrison who climbed into a share of the lead on the third day at The European Tour’s Qualifying School Final Stage thanks to a superb best-of-the-day 63 at.

The 28 year old Surrey native defied swirling winds to post eight birdies and just the one bogey to reach ten under par for the week as the leading half of the draw played the Tour Course at the stunning resort just outside of Girona, in north-eastern Spain.

However, one Welshman is currently on course to reclaim a Tour card, Stuart Manley currently at six under, good enough for a share of tied 20th, inside the magical cut-off point.