McGee shines at Frilford Heath

Ruaidhrí McGee delivered a five-star display at Frilford Heath yesterday to lie just off the pace in the first stage of the European Tour Qualifying School.

The 21-year-old Derry-born former Irish Inter-Provincial champion, now based in the Murcia region of Spain, carded a two under par 70 to give himself a great chance of making progress.

Former Ulster under 15 champion McGee who set up his own website and sold advertising to finance his golf started with three birdies and added two more in the last three holes. His only blemishes were a double bogey on the eighth and a bogey on the 17th.