Cormac Sharvin won’t let focus drift to Portrush dream

Cormac Sharvin knows it is only human to think about it but the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open’s leading Irishman is determined to not let thoughts of a place in this month’s Open Championship at Royal Portrush interfere with the business at hand.

The Ardglass golfer’s second-round 69 at Lahinch kept the tournament invitee on course for the top-10 finish that could earn him one of the three starting berths for the final major of the year for those not otherwise exempt. With The Open being staged so close to home, the Co. Down man could be forgiven for dreaming about playing a major in his backyard but he knows that could be potentially fatal to those hopes.