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 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...
