Wondrous dreams aren’t always realised and Mallow’s James Sugrue and Ronan Mullarney from Galway scarcely harboured thoughts of playing in the British and US Opens and the US Masters when they entered this week’s British Amateur Championship at Portmarnock.

Pádraig Harrington suffered a meltdown on the final day of the Travellers Championship last night, finishing his final round in 80 — 10 over par.