Hearn hopes he's backed a winner in Owen

Sports entrepreneur Barry Hearn was starting to lick his lips today after backing Greg Owen for the Algarve Portuguese Open at Vale do Lobo.

Hearn – the chairman of Leyton Orient, who moved into golf management after successful stint in snooker and boxing – played with the Mansfield golfer in Wednesday’s pro-am and was impressed enough to take him each way at odds of 33/1.