Consecutive rounds of 69 on the last two days of Asian Tour Qualifying School at the Imperial Lakeview & Springfield Royal Country Club in Hua Hin, Thailand, saw Niall Turner shoot up the leader board and inside the vital top 40 places. After an opening day 73 the Minnesota Graduate held his nerve to sign for a 70 on day two which he followed by the final two under par rounds – earning the reward of a card for the 2011 Asian Tour season.
Over the summer of 2010 Niall Turner of Team Ireland Golf won his first professional tour event at the South Dakota Open at the Bluffs golf course in South Dakota – where the Cork man led from start to finish with a 20-under-par total after rounds of 65, 68 and 63.
At the US PGA Qualifying School First Stage at Lantana in Texas a final round of 66 was not enough to get him through to the second stage to join Michael Murphy and Chris Devlin following two rounds of 75. A level par finish placed him 34th and four shots outside the cut mark.
On the European Tour Turner qualified for Stage 2 at Hacienda del Amo in Murcia in late November and was one of twelve Irish players who made it through the first stage having qualified at The London Club in September. However the Muskerry Man ended his final day with a 70 in Spain to finish in 39th place with an aggregate 288 bringing to a close his second Q School campaign of 2010.
In 2007 UCD Shane Lowry – a UCD Scholar ship student at the time - scored a 4 and 3 victory over Niall Turner in the final of the Golfsure sponsored Irish Amateur Close Championship at Cork Golf Club. On the way to the final the Muskerry man had beaten Cian Curley of Newlands with Lowry overcoming Jonathan Caldwell.
Niall is a graduate of the University of Minnesota.
Amateur Highlights 2006
Qualified for the last stage of British open qualifying
12th in Irish Close Stroke Play Championship
Medallist at United States Amateur qualifying
25th at the Scratch Players tournament in Rochester.
2005-06 Junior Season Honourable Mention All-American
2004 Represented Ireland in the Ireland vs. Sweden Match
The European Youths
Won the Douglas Opel Senior Scratch Cup
8th at The Irish Youths Amateur.
Fact file
Date of Birth: May 26th 1983
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Birthplace: Cork, Ireland
Residence: Minnesota.
Original Club Affiliation: Muskerry Golf Club
