David Higgins facing fight to make the weekend cut at Irish Open

A disappointing finish, which saw him drop two shots in his last three holes, left Waterville’s David Higgins with a mighty task to survive the halfway cut in the Irish Open at The K Club this afternoon.

He finished in four over par 76 and probably needs a 72 or even better to make it into the weekend. But these are happy and exciting times for Higgins who nine weeks ago celebrated the birth of his first child, Daniel, called after his two great grandfathers who had the same name.

“Yeah, life is very good these days,” said the 43 year-old who clearly loves his golf as much as ever and who will be back alongside the big guns again next week when he takes part in the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth.