History beckons this weekend for either England’s Jimmy Mullen or Ireland’s Paul Dunne.

Why?

Because in the long history of the European Tour no one has captured a Tour title in their first event as a professional.

This information was confirmed by the Tour’s ‘Mr. Stats’ Steve Doughty despite reporting he was in the process of moving house when www.golfbytourmiss.com phoned him late Friday.

In fact, there’s been two players – England’s Tom Lewis and Spain’s Alejandro Canizares who have won in their third event as a professional while Northern Ireland’s Graeme McDowell captured the 2002 SAS Scandinavian Masters in his fourth event as a professional and a feat that had been accomplished earlier by Spain’s Sergio Garcia who was handed the Irish Open trophy in 1999 and in his fourth event also since turning pro.

Now either Mullen or Dunne are on the threshold of creating a Tour first.

Paul Dunne of Ireland looking to become the first player ever on the European Tour to win in his first event as a professional. 
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