Royal Dublin amateur Max Kennedy has joined fellow Palmer Cup player Ryan Griffin from Donegal and entered next week’s $1.5 million LIV Golf Promotions event in Abi Dhabi and battle for the chance to play for millions next year.

Douglas’ Peter O’Keeffe fired rounds of 66 and 71 to take a one-stroke lead into the last two rounds of the Munster Stroke Play Championship at Cork Golf Club.

Golf Ireland will provide assistance to 26 players - 12 men and 14 women — under the Funded Programme in 2021.