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Brodigan teams up with Seapoint pro

Friday May 17 2002

Brodigan took his first big step towards a luxury five-day trip to one of Europe’s most acclaimed courses, San Lorenzo in Portugal, when he won his club qualifying competition with a net score of 73. He and Carroll now advance to the regional final on July 11 at Co Louth,A GOLF trip of a lifetime awaits amateur Des Brodigan and his Seapoint PGA professional David Carroll – if they can come through the next stage of what is now long established as Europe’s biggest pro-am competition, the Lombard Trophy.

Brodigan took his first big step towards a luxury five-day trip to one of Europe’s most acclaimed courses, San Lorenzo in Portugal, when he won his club qualifying competition with a net score of 73.

He and Carroll now advance to the regional final on July 11 at Co Louth, where they’ll play one round of better-ball medal play against approximately 80 other partnerships.

Brodigan, from Monasterboice, has been playing golf for ten years and plays off a handicap of 18. Thirty-seven-year-old David Carroll has been the club professional at Seapoint for nine years.