2017 will be the fifth staging of the NI Open, always one of the best-attended events on the Challenge Tour schedule and tending to draw some very special performances from the players.
Since Daan Huizing's victory in the inaugural tournament, Joakim Lagergren and Clément Sordet - in just his fourth event as a professional - have served notice of their burgeoning talents around the stunning Galgorm Castle.
And last year's event saw one of the greatest individual displays in recent Challenge Tour memory as Ryan Fox shot a scarcely credible 62 on the final day to seal a four-shot victory the week before he teed it up in Rio, representing New Zealand as golf returned to the Olympic Games.
