Conor Purcell learning as he takes on ‘the good, bad and the ugly’

Conor Purcell learning as he takes on ‘the good, bad and the ugly’

Conor Purcell is looking forward to this week's Irish Open at The K Club.

They say consistency is overrated in golf when one good week can erase the pain of multiple painful lost weekends and a big cheque solves all problems.

Rookie Conor Purcell would certainly settle for that in this week’s Amgen Irish Open, where a top performance would propel him out of the twilight zone and into the top 113 or so who will be guaranteed full status on the DP World Tour in 2026.

Purcell, who won twice on the HotelPlanner Tour last season to earn promotion to the big time, arrives at The K Club ranked 148th after 20 events.

After a season that’s brought its share of “the good, the bad and the ugly”, he remains confident that he’s jus