The West of Ireland Championship is just over four weeks away and golfers looking to hone their games for the opening amateur “major” will have a chance to prepare by teeing it up on links terrain in the 36-hole Laytown and Bettystown Senior Scratch Cup on Sunday, March 27.
In a stellar golf career spanning over six decades, Clandeboye's David Jackson, Jacko, Davy or Stonewall as some journalists liked to label him, has demonstrated over the years that the overriding importance of having a secure short game is more important than length.
Former champion Barry Reddan tees off on the ninth in his first round match with Michael Horan in the South of Ireland Championship at Lahinch. Six holes later, the heavens opened. Picture: Thos Caffrey / www.golffile.ieDisqualification came like a bolt from the blue for veterans Barry Reddan and Michael Horan as a vicious thunder and lightning storm took them out of the South of Ireland Amateur Open Championship at Lahinch.
