Murphy seeks invitations to stay on in Europe

Waterville’s Mark Murphy is desperate to turn an encouraging performance at the Irish Open into more tournament invitations and a shot at a European Tour card.

With his victory in the US Golf Channel’s Big Break Ireland reality TV competition not producing the American invites he imagined would start flowing, 34-year-old Murphy is ready to move home from his current base in New Orleans.

Having made the cut at Royal Portrush this weekend he wants the chance to pit his game against Europe’s best golfers on a regular basis.