Hmm.
This evening.
Sandymount Strand, Dublin 4.
Pics by Nick
Save Poolbeg
This afternoon.
HOUSE, Leeson Street, Dublin 2.
British open winner Shane Lowry chats to the media – including unnamed lookalike reporter – ahead of a homecoming in Clara, Offaly this evening.
Shane Lowry (left) with mum Bridget and dad Brendan in the mid-1990s
Cúl Heroes writes:
Shane Lowry is one of the good guys:
Predator runners…
Offaly 94/95 jersey…
CanTin of Lilt…Ma and Da…
Pitching wedge…
In fairness.
President leads tributes to ‘role model’ Lowry (RTÉ)
Meanwhile…
If Shane Lowry wasn’t insulted by Laura Davies calling him British this will certainly tip him over the edge. pic.twitter.com/damW0fRqWt
— Donnchadh Boyle (@depboyle) July 21, 2019
Ah here.
Irish golfing great, Christy O’Connor Jnr. has died aged 67.
Lightning couldn’t hit a two iron like he could.
Any excuse.
Golf legend Christy O’Connor Jnr passes away in Spain, aged just 67 (Irish Independent)
And that’s a card winner in @dunners11 @ETQSchool Impressive pic.twitter.com/44JSYj5OiZ
— Brian Keogh (@IrishGolfDesk) November 19, 2015
Greystones golfer Paul Dunne has joined Europe’s elite golfers on the European Tour following his T13 finish at the PGA Catalunya today in Girona, Spain.
Fair play, in fairness.
It’s official!!! #TheOpen #2019 pic.twitter.com/vaXtjxjXjD
— Royal Portrush (@royalportrush) October 20, 2015
The 148th British Open will be played at Royal Portrush in 2019 (Irish Times)
Leona Maguire
Duke nukes ’em.
Brian Keogh writes:
It didn’t take long for [Cavan’s] Leona Maguire to pick up where she left off for Duke University after the summer break. The world amateur No 1, who was fourth on her seasonal debut in the Annika Intercollegiate last week, claimed her fourth career win for Duke in the Ruth’s Chris Tar Heel Invitational in North Carolina…
Four!
British Open-baiting Greystones-based amateur golfer Paul Dunne has been named alongside Gavin Moynihan, Cormac Sharvin, Gary Hurley and Jack Hune to represent Great Britian and Ireland at this year’s Walker Cup.
Brian Keogh writes:
It’s not easy to outstrip the likes of Joe Carr, Jimmy Bruen, Cecil Ewing or Max McCready but a quintet of Irish amateur stars pulled it off today when they were named by the R&A in the Great Britain and Ireland team to face the USA in the 2015 Walker Cup match at Royal Lytham & St Annes from September 12-13.
Record five Irish players selected for 2015 Walker Cup team (Irish Times)