'My life expectancy was mid-20s so I’m past my due date': David Howard's journey to The Open 

When you delve into David Howard’s golfing journey to The 154th Open Championship, it is no wonder the Fota Island amateur considers himself lucky to be teeing up at Royal Birkdale in two weeks.

There was no fortune in the way the 27-year-old from Cork’s progressed through The Open’s 36-hole Final Qualifying round at Dundonald Links in Ayrshire, Scotland, on Monday as Howard claimed one of five available places to earn his major championship debut with two strokes to spare. 

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