Reynolds bags big bucks in Asia

THE happiest golfing man in Asia over the past few days has been a 25-year-old Dubliner, Darren Reynolds.

Darren plies his trade as a caddy on the European Tour for England's Roger Chapman. That alliance is set to continue, as is Pádraig Harrington's partnership with Ulsterman Dave McNeilly. However, Chapman and McNeilly decided they needed a break at the end of a long season, so Harrington and Reynolds, both Dubs and well-known to each other, teamed up for the closing tournaments of 2002.

The first stop was Singapore where Harrington was playing a Skins match against Sergio Garcia, Vijay Singh and Retief Goosen. Padraig departed $50,000 dollars better off with Darren benefiting by something like 10% of that.