Aveen Moran & Mark Fallon

The Irish pairing of Aveen Moran, a two-time breast cancer survivor, and Mark Fallon secured a thrilling win in The R&A 9 Hole Challenge Final at Royal Troon. Golfers from all over the world played more than 700,000 nine-hole qualifying rounds in the hope of securing the opportunity to play the Championship course just days before the world’s best male golfers compete in The 152nd Open. First staged in 2016, The R&A 9 Hole Challenge encourages people to compete in a shorter format of the sport, with players from Great Britain and Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and, for the first time, Argentina, France and South Africa participating to be one of the 38 finalists in action each year.