The Dubliner (29) begins his quest at the Dye’s Valley Course tomorrow and while he’s had the experience of making the cut at St Andrews in 2022 and Monday qualifying for two PGA Tour events in 2023, he’ll also be drawing on his battles in the lower leagues to try and win one of five precious PGA Tour cards.

“The Open helps, of course, but whether it be good results or bad results, since I've been a kid, all the different things you've done that all kind of adds up to experiences that you can draw from and lessons that you've learned from,” said Carey, who was so far down the pecking order this year, he only got into the Irish Challenge as a last gasp reserve on site at Killeen Castle.

“I've played in big events, in The Open and on the PGA Tour and European tour stuff, down to smaller ev

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