Denis O'Sullivan is an Irish

Republic of Ireland

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 golf

Golf

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er. He won the 1985 Irish Amateur Closed and the 1990 Irish Amateur Stroke Play, but did not turn professional until 1997, when he decided to try to qualify for the European Seniors Tour

European Seniors Tour

The European Seniors Tour is a professional tour for male golfers aged 50 and over run by the PGA European Tour.The Tour was founded in 1992. In 2008 it had a total prize fund of €7,729,284, so it is much further behind the U.S.-based Champions Tour in relative prize money than the main European...

. He came through the European Seniors Tour Qualifying School

Qualifying school

In professional golf the term qualifying school is used for the annual qualifying tournaments for leading golf tours such as the U.S. based PGA and LPGA Tours and the European Tour. A fixed number of players in the event win membership of the tour for the following season, otherwise known as a...

 at his first attempt and became one of the tour's most consistent players. He has won six seniors events and finished in the top ten on the Order of Merit several times, with a best ranking of third in 2000.

European Seniors Tour wins

• 2000 Dan Technology Senior Tournament of Champions, Abu Dhabi European Seniors Tour Championship
• 2001 Palmerston Trophy Berlin, STC Scandinavian International
• 2002 Tunisian Seniors Open
• 2005 DGM Barbados Open

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