Quinlan has eye on golf course

DEREK QUINLAN, the former tax inspector who heads one of the country’s largest property groups, has joined the fray for the prestigious Wentworth golf course.

The Savoy Hotel group, which was acquired by Mr Quinlan’s firm earlier this year, is a minority shareholder in the Surrey course and it has exercised its pre-emption right to join the bidding war for Wentworth.

He is the second Irishman to express an interest in the club.