WORCESTER Golf and Country Club professional Ollie Farr is dreaming of this year’s Open Championship after sailing through his regional qualifier.

The 24-year-old has his sights set on claiming a place in the famous tournament — one of golf’s four Majors which is this year being held at Royal Lytham and St Annes — after tying for the lead with a superb 68 in the qualifying round at Coventry.

Farr, whose dad Graham is head professional at Worcester’s Boughton Park base, is in his first year as a professional.

He claimed his maiden victory earlier this month with a one-shot Jamega Tour triumph at Hereford’s Burghill Valley.

The former Walker Cup player, who has also played international golf for Wales, is now waiting to find out which course out of Hillside, Southport and Ainsdale, St Annes Old Links and West Lancashire he will be allocated for final qualifying next Tuesday.

He said: “Open qualifying is always a big thing in your schedule and one of the first things you look out for.

“It was good to get on the first tee and try and work my way into playing in the Open.

“I played nicely on the day, but I wouldn’t say I was playing well going into the regional qualifier — I was a little bit scrappy in the tournament before — but I started off fantastically by opening up with four birdies in a row.

“That settles you down a bit and it was a relatively easy opening few holes, but I still played them well and holed some good putts.

“You are always happy to be four under through four holes — especially in Open qualifying.

“It is a bit of a shoot-out really and you have to go out and make some birdies, which I did as I had nine in total.

“It’s obviously nice to qualify but then to do it at the top of the leaderboard is even better.”

Farr added: “I had been struggling with my game a little bit and my confidence was probably at the lowest it has been this year going into the qualifier, but I had a good practice round on my own which helped a lot.

“It’s really difficult to get through to this stage, but it gets even more difficult now. It’s two rounds of golf, though, so I just have to try and play well and you never know.”

Meanwhile, Jamie Dunster, from The Worcestershire club in Malvern Wells, faces an anxious wait to see if anybody drops out as he is on the reserve list for final qualifying after carding a 71 at Coventry.

Ravenmeadow pro Tommy Robinson narrowly missed out after a 72, while Kidderminster amateur Henry James shot 76.