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...
by Paul Gorry | Aug 1, 2014 | Cecil Ewing, Garth McGimpsey, Hezlet Family, Irish Golf History, Irish Golfers, Irish Professional Championship, Jimmy Bruen, Joe Carr, Max McCready |
The Men’s Home Internationals take place on 13-15 August at Southerndown in England. For over eighty years these annual matches between England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales have been an important fixture on the golfing calendar. They have been played...
by Paul Gorry | Jun 20, 2014 | Bray, Christy Greene, Eamonn Darcy, Family History, Golf, Golf History, Greystones, Harry Bradshaw, Irish Golf History, Irish Golfers, Irish Professional Championship, Martin Family, Pat Doyle, Ryder Cup, Wicklow, Woodenbridge |
When the golf craze really got going in Ireland in the last years of the nineteenth century it took root in Belfast, Dublin and pockets of activity mainly in coastal areas. Clubs that could afford to engage professionals had to entice them over from...
by Paul Gorry | Jun 1, 2014 | Golf, Golf History, Gwen Brandom, Irish Golf, Irish Golf History, Irish Golfers, Irish Professional Championship, Philomena Garvey |
This year marks half a century since a female Irish golfer first turned professional. That individual was Philomena Garvey, arguably the greatest woman player Ireland has ever produced. Fifty years on, Paul Gorry looks at this remarkable player’s career, and...
