by Paul Gorry | Sep 8, 2021 | Cecil Leitch, Ernest Carter, Family History, Golf History, Great War, Hezlet Family, Irish Golf History, Irish Golfers, Joseph Gorry, Kildare, Lionel Munn, Naas, Royal Co. Down, Vagliano Trophy, War of Independence |
A hundred years ago this very day my grandfather, Joseph Gorry, reached the zenith of his amateur golfing career. Very probably for him it felt like failure. The events of that day became the stuff of golfing legend in the family. His daughter, Joan Gorry, was...
by Paul Gorry | Dec 7, 2020 | Ernest Carter, Golf History, Hezlet Family, Irish Golf, Irish Golf History, Irish Golfers, Janet Jackson, Jimmy Bruen, John Burke, Joseph Gorry, Lahinch, Michael Moran, Noel Martin, Pat Doyle, Pat O'Hare, Peter O'Hare, Philomena Garvey, South Of Ireland, Walker Cup, Zelie Fallon |
The story of armed conflict often dominates and clouds our perception of the past. When we read about a time of war it seems as if nothing but war was happening: as if normal life was suspended while shooting and killing were all pervasive. The Great War of...
by Paul Gorry | Oct 9, 2015 | Golf, Golf History, Golf Internationals, Great War, Irish Golf History, Irish Golfers, Lionel Munn, Michael Moran, South Of Ireland, Walker Cup |
Photo © The University of St Andrews The 45th Walker Cup match, held in September, saw five Irishmen on the GB&I team for the first time ever. Gavin Moynihan had already played in the 2013 match, but the first appearances for Dunne, Hume, Hurley and Sharvin...
by Paul Gorry | Aug 28, 2015 | Golf History, Golf Internationals, Gwen Brandom, Irish Golf History, Irish Golfers, Philomena Garvey |
The performance of Stephanie Meadow since turning professional bodes well for her future. She and Alison Walshe, the Galway-born American, have made it through to the final day’s play in a number of LPGA ‘majors’. Walshe was the first Irish-born player to do...
by Paul Gorry | Jun 19, 2015 | Fred Ballingall, Golf, Golf History, Irish Golf History, Irish Professional Championship, John Burke, Lahinch, Lionel Munn, Walker Cup |
In recent years the South of Ireland championship has suffered because of the changing nature of amateur golf. It’s important to remember that most tournaments have ups and downs in their fortunes. The Open Championship itself has had peaks and troughs. So...
by Paul Gorry | Nov 14, 2014 | Delgany, Eamonn Darcy, Golf, Golf History, Greystones, Irish Golf History, Irish Golfers, Irish Professional Championship, Michael Moran, Pat Doyle, Wicklow
Mark Frost’s 2002 book The Greatest Game Ever Played (later made into a film) is a somewhat fictionalised account of the 1913 US Open at Brookline, where the American amateur Francis Ouimet beat Harry Vardon and Ted Ray in a play-off. Hidden in the background of this...
