Super Cormac Sharvin emulates Rory McIlroy’s feat

Cormac Sharvin continued his impressive season when he lifted the English men’s open stroke-play title for the Brabazon Trophy over the Hollinwell course at Nottingham at the weekend.

The 22-year-old star from Ardglass, who has been prominent in stroke-play events in Scotland, Wales and Ireland this summer already became the first Irishman since Rory McIlroy (in 2006) to hold the famous trophy aloft.

Sharvin, who put himself in pole position with a stunning five under par 67 on Friday to take the lead, finished with a solid 70 for a 72-hole aggregate of seven under par 281.