Vincent Murphy
Dundalk man Vincent Murphy will be teeing off alongside Irish golfer Shane Lowry in today’s Irish Open Pro-Am competition.
The local man won a Discover Northern Ireland competition to partake in the prestigious event and will be joined at Royal County Down Golf Club by his brother Jim.
The pair will be with Offaly man Lowry for the day, who famously won the Irish Open as an amateur when it was held in Baltray six years ago.
Amongst the celebrities confirmed to play today include AP McCoy, Pat Jennings, Stephen Ferris, Shane Warne, James Nesbitt, Jamie Redknapp, Denis Taylor, Patrick Kielty and George Hook.
Vincent is likely to bump into a few of them as well as a list of golfers that includes the likes of Rory McIlroy, Rickie Fowler, Ernie Els, Sergio Garcia, Lee Westwood, Darren Clarke, Graeme McDowell, Padraig Harrington, Miguel Angel Jimenez, Robert Karlsson, Jose Maria Olazabal, Martin Kaymer, Luke Donald, Patrick Reed, Paul Lawrie and holder Mikko Ilonen.
Vincent is a member of Dundalk Golf Club in Blackrock and has a handicap of 15.
He will tee off from the tenth tee at 12.50pm.
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