Fota test awaits possible Masters of the future

PGA EuroPro Tour boss Danny Nickless has thrown down the gauntlet to Ireland’s young professional golfers to make their mark at the Audi Cork Irish Masters this week and take an important step towards life in big-time golf.

The Fota Island Resort’s par-72 Belvelly course plays host over three days to a full field of the best of Europe’s developing players, competing for a €10,000 winner’s cheque that will boost their chances of a top-five place in the tour’s 2011 Order of Merit. That would give the players an exemption onto the European Challenge Tour, the feeder into the full-blown European Tour.

Nickless, the EuroPro Tour’s operations manager, believes his tournaments offer a great platform for future success.