Matthew McClean takes major step in unique all-Irish final

MAJOR: Matthew McClean secured a place at next year's US Open and probably a Masters invite too after a win over Dubliner Hugh Foley in a unique all-Irish US Mid Am event. File pic: Thos Caffrey/Golffile 

Matthew McClean from Belfast secured a place at next year's US Open and probably a Masters invite too after a win over Dubliner Hugh Foley in a unique all-Irish US Mid Am event.

The pair overcame many of the world's top amateur golfers to make the final at Erin Hills Golf Club in Wisconsin. They are the first male Irish players to reach a USGA final.