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Irish Times
9 hours ago
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- Irish Times
Max Kennedy loses in playoff in bid for breakthrough win
Max Kennedy's bid for a breakthrough win on the hotelplanner Tour came up narrowly short after the 23-year-old Dubliner lost out to England's James Morrison in a playoff at the Blot Play9 tournament at Golf Bluegreen de Pléneuf Val André in Brittany. Kennedy – in his first full season as a professional after graduating from the University of Louisville – shared the 54-holes lead with Morrison and held a one-shot advantage playing the 18th, only to incur a double-bogey six for a 70 to Morrison's bogey as both finished on six-under 274. In the playoff, Morrison – a 40-year-old veteran with two wins on the DP World Tour in his career, including the Spanish Open in 2015 – won with a par on the first hole of sudden death. Kennedy moved 52 places from 72nd up to the 20th in the updated Race to Mallorca season-long rankings, from which the leading 20 players will earn DP World Tour cards for next season. READ MORE 'Max played some great golf and my journey to this point has been very different to his and I know his time will come,' said Morrison, who moved to 19th in the R2M standings in his own bid to secure a full European Tour card again.
RTÉ News
4 days ago
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- RTÉ News
Max Kennedy shoots 60 to take the lead in European Challenge Tour event
Dubliner Max Kennedy shot a sensational 10-under-par 60 to storm into the lead after the first round of the Blot Play9 tournament on the European Challenge Tour. Kennedy, 23, was within a whisker of getting home in 59 at Golf Blue Green de Pléneuf Val André in northern France. The Royal Dublin golfer needed one more birdie on the 18th to do it, but he had to settle for par and a four-shot lead ahead of England's James Morrison. Kennedy's card was dotted with six birdies and, remarkably, two eagles, which came on the par-five seventh and 11th. Another Irishman, 24-year-old Mark Power, is in the mix too. The Kilkenny native is four-under after starting with a 66.
