Philip Walton Dundrum House Pro Am to tee off next week

The Philip Walton Dundrum House Pro Am will tee off at Dundrum House Golf & Leisure Club, Dundrum, Co. Tipperary, next Tuesday 9th and Wednesday 10th July 2002.

The second annual Pro Am at the Co Tipperary Golf Club will host a distinguished list of high profile professionals. European Tour Pros, Philip Walton and Eamonn Darcy will compete with the top 30 professionals on the Irish Order of Merit.

The prize fund has increased to €35,000 making the Dundrum House Pro Am the third biggest on the Irish P.G.A. circuit this year. Amateurs shall battle over the two days for 10 team prizes, teams of three cost €1,300 .

A new celebrity section has been introduced to the tournament this year. Teams from the world of sport and entertainment shall compete, with familiar names such as Alan Quinlan, Pat Short, Charlie Swan, Tomas Dunne, Bomber Liston, Keith Barr, Tony McCoy, Mick Fitzgerald and Nicky English all taking part.

The former All-Ireland medal winner with the Tipperary hurlers singled out the par 5 13th hole as his favourite for The Irish Times feature "My Favourite Hole". However he does warn amateurs that "the hole favours the brave but penalises heavily any wayward shots."