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dunbar receiving the 2012 st andrews links trophy alan dunbar dnp dnp dnp ballymoney , northern ireland 6 1 30 april 1990 2013 portrush , northern ireland cut : 2013 alandunbarstandrewslinkstrophy2012.jpg alan dunbar
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alan dunbar

alan dunbar -lrb- born 30 april 1990 -rrb- is a northern irish professional golfer who won the 2012 amateur championship at royal troon .
his home club is rathmore golf club near portrush , county antrim .
dunbar won the ulster youths amateur open in 2008 , the st andrews links trophy in 2009 and the north of ireland amateur open and the irish open amateur in 2010 .
dunbar played in the winning 2011 walker cup team .
partnered with paul cutler they won both their foursome matches , although dunbar lost his singles match on the final day .
dunbar won the amateur championship in june 2012 defeating austrian teenager matthias schwab by one hole at royal troon .
dunbar and schwab exchanged the lead five times in the 36 hole final .
schwab led by 1 hole after the morning round but after 5 holes of the afternoon dunbar was 2 holes ahead .
however schwab was again 1 hole ahead with 2 holes to play , but dunbar won the last two holes to gain a narrow victory .
dunbar has played in the 2010 , 2011 and 2012 irish opens but has failed to make the cut on each occasion .
in the 2012 irish open at royal portrush he opened with a 71 -lrb- -1 -rrb- but in the second round shot a 78 .
his victory in the 2012 amateur championship brought dunbar an invitation to the 2012 open championship .
he had a disappointing opening round of 75 which included a triple-bogey and two double-bogeys and despite a second round 71 he missed the cut .
the amateur championship win also gave him automatic qualification to the 2013 masters and 2013 u.s. open provided he remained an amateur .
he played in the masters then turned professional , forfeiting his exemption to the u.s. open .
dunbar made his professional debut at the challenge de madrid , an event on the second-tier challenge tour , where he missed the cut .
