Spectators look on as Niall Kearney chips on to the eighth hole during the first round of the Horizon Irish Open at Mount Juliet in Thomastown, Co Kilkenny. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PAFour-month-old twins and an appreciably curtailed tournament schedule represent a significant playing handicap, but Niall Kearney made light of external distractions with an excellent four-under 68 in the opening round of the Horizon Irish Open at Mount Juliet on Thursday.
He explained: “It’s been very annoying to be honest because I just missed out on a card last year and I ended up with a card now that’s worse in terms of my category based on the [change in] structure that they [the DP World Tour] put in last year [as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic]. He continued: “There is the English swing [of tournaments] coming up which is four weeks [long], hopefully I will get into that. But after that, it’s hard to see getting another start,” thereby handing an advantage to players in higher categories who will have the chance to play more events. The timing of the rule change has been unfortunate.
“If you play well, things will look after themselves. I swung it well last year, had a lot of really strong weeks and I know what my ball is going to do relatively speaking, you know what I mean, I know how far it’s going to go.
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