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© Brian Keogh 2008
Site last published: 11/21/08

Interprovincial Championship review 2007

The entire Irish golfing family was at County Louth to witness the battle for the Golfsure sponsored Interprovincial Championship. And while it was the men of Munster who walked away with the famous old trophy for the first times since 1997, the three-day matches could well prove to be the foundation stone of an eagerly sought victory in September’s Home Internationals at the same venue.
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Royal County Down - the stage and the players

Jack Nicklaus couldn't conquer it and neither could Tom Watson. The majestic, savage beauty of Royal County Down should have been enough of a hint. This is a thinking man's links but even the shrewdest players ever to play the game were flummoxed by the guile of what is arguably, Irish golf's finest course When the best amateurs in Britain and Ireland face the cream of American golf in the Walker Cup, they will also be taking on the history of the game on a course that was designed before the advent of the bulldozer.
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Scene set for another Baltray classic

Mark Gannon once quipped that the toughest shots at Baltray aren’t drives or putts, but the second shots to the par threes.
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McIlroy seeks his place in history

It's been 45 years since Joe Carr became the last player to lift the West of Ireland Amateur Open Championship Trophy for the third year in succession. Read More...

Boys to men

The line that separates boys from youths and youths from men was blurred a little more this season with some outstanding individual performances both at national and international level. Read More...