'I do it for me, but I do it for my family too' - Emotional Alex Maguire overjoyed to make Irish Open cut

Maguire now stands to take home more prize money this week than he has in his first 16 tournaments on the Challenge Tour.

ONTO THE WEEKEND: Alex Maguire in action at the Irish Open. Pic: ©INPHO/Tom Maher

Sweden’s Joakim Lagergren may well start the weekend’s play at the Amgen Irish Open in pole position but Ireland’s Alex Maguire has successfully proved that merely making the cut can mean just as much as topping the halfway leaderboard.

It all depends on one’s circumstances, of course, and it is fair to say the Laytown & Bettystown pro has not enjoyed the best of starts to his professional career since turning his back on a successful amateur career last year.