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Sat 11 Nov 2009Kearney ready for professional debut
EUROPEAN TOUR QUALIFYING SCHOOL FINALS: IT WASN’T quite the way one wag described it: white-belt brigade member meets wizened pro. But the generation gap was visible here at PGA Golf de Catalunya as two Irishmen crossed paths on the eve of the dreaded European Tour Qualifying School finals.
While 20-year-old Niall Kearney will make his professional debut today, 37-year-old Kilkenny man Gary Murphy has earned over €2 million from 257 European Tour starts over the past decade.
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