Kearney sole Irish player on Cup team

TWENTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD Niall Kearney from Royal Dublin is the only Irish player in the British & Irish Walker Cup team to face the United States at Merrion, Pennsylvania, next month.

Although the full side won’t be officially named until today, Kearney has been advised of his selection which comes mainly on the back of his victory in this year’s Brabazon Trophy for the English Stroke Play Championship.

“I am over the moon for this is fantastic news,” he commented last night. “It comes as a relief as much as anything else because while I knew I was in with a good chance, you’re never sure if the call is going to come.”