When I was in Ascot on Saturday watching the rugby and how disappointing it was after all the hype which surrounded it and the team, it got me thinking and comparing it with our own sport.

Mount Wolseley Hotel and Golf Resort, which owes various banks €60m, has asked the High Court for protection from its creditors long enough to put a rescue plan in place and save up to 175 jobs.

Irish golf legend Christy O’Connor Jr. has made an emotional appeal to tourism chiefs to help promote the nations’ courses to foreign golfers.