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• Ireland
• Holywood
• 18

McIlory underlined his reputation as one of the game's most promising talents in July's Open Championship at Carnoustie where he picked up the Silver Medal. The Irish teenager burst onto the scene in 2005 when, at the age of 16, he became the youngest winner of both the West of Ireland title and the Irish Close Amateur Championship. He retained both crowns in 2006 as well as adding the European Amateur Championship to his blossoming collection of silverware. A regular in the Irish international set-up, McIlory made his mark on the European Tour earlier in the year when he made the cut in the Dubai Desert Classic.