Inside Golf: Kevin Phelan sees window of opportunity

Kevin Phelan may like to hit the ball 25 yards further but it’s the six inches between his ears which concern the new Mount Juliet touring professional more that his driving distance.

Approaching the end of his second full season on the European Tour, the Waterford man may have to go to the European Tour Qualifying School to improve his status for 2016.

Whatever happens, he will still have more starts than he did this year and having come within touching distance of victory twice early in the season — he was second in the Joburg Open and third in the Trophée Hassan II in Morocco — he’s feeling positive about the future.