Walton bounces back

Five years after falling off the European tour and nine years after being a Ryder Cup match-winner Philip Walton finally made it back today.

Despite failure at the tour’s qualifying school every year since he lost his card in 1999 the 42-year-old Irishman decided to give it one last go and came through the six-round ordeal with three strokes to spare at San Roque in Spain.