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Email me if you want on the Golf Ping List:
Visit PGA.com, an excellent site.
Oh good, another young Irishman. BUT, according to SBNation.com:
“Paul Dunne is tied for the 54-hole lead at The Open, but his bank account won’t receive a six, or seven-figure deposit regardless of how he plays in the final round. The 22-year-old Dunne is an amateur and ineligible to receive any prize money this week, including $1.8 million if he were to win.
“Every now and then, an amateur plays well in a major and misses out on a significant payday. Those are usually in low six-figures, however, and not nearly $2 million. No amateur has won a major championship since Johnny Goodman won the U.S. Open in 1933. The last amateur to win the British Open was Bobby Jones in 1930.”
I hope he wins. I love this sport for many reasons, one big one is that newcomers can change the game very quickly. Exciting.