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A rare sighting of Ireland's Conor Purcell during the Challenge Tour Grand Final in Mallarca on Sunday. Photograph: Octavio Passos/Getty Images
Most of us are golfing bandwagoners, only ever tuning in when it’s a major or, at a stretch, the Ryder or Solheim Cup, but the Challenge Tour Grand Final had the look of an event where the prize was so unimaginably large for the competitors, the drama would be high. And so it proved. ... Purcell is currently 36th on the order of merit and will need to leapfrog his way into the top 20 to claim the prized card.”Brazil president praises ‘real idol’ Lionel Messi in naked pop at NeymarAfter debuting at the World Cup, will expected points become more prevalent in rugby?
Conor Purcell plays his second shot on the 5th hole on the last day of Challenge Tour Grand Final. Photograph: Octavio Passos/Getty Images But Lord, the pressure on these fellas, a putt lipping out the difference between them being able to make a decent living from the sport next year on the DP World Tour or scrapping their way through the division below. Brandon Robinson Thompson missed a putt on the 18th, which left him at 22nd in the rankings, one place away from earning his spot on that Tour. He had the look of somebody trapped in a washing machine.
At least that was one Arsenal side that had a happy time of it at the weekend, the smoke still rising from Mikel Arteta’s head after his lads lost, a touch controversially, to Newcastle.
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