DEFENDING champion Alan Dunbar hopes his batteries will be recharged when he tees it up at Royal Dublin this morning and takes on six of his fellow Walker Cup squad members in the Irish Amateur Open.

PAUL CUTLER continued his rich vein of form yesterday to grab a place among the first-round leaders in the European Amateur Individual Golf championship in Denmark.

Scotland beat England 4-3 to win the European Amateur Youths’ Team Championship at the Island.

End of day results from the European Youths Team Championships at The Island Golf Club, Dublin.

European Youths Team Championship