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Not many 19-year-old golfers can boast of having won their club's Golfer of The Year title three times

Not many 19-year-old golfers can boast of having won their club's Golfer of The Year title three times. However Donal Murphy has achieved that feat at Abbeyleix. In fact Murphy has also been club champion for the past three years. In the 19 qualifying competitions run over the year, he scored points in every event and amassed an astounding 218 points with the runner-up managing 138. In achieving the feat Murphy has seen his handicap tumble to three and is proving more than capable of playing to this new, low figure.

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