‘Blondes or brunettes?’ It’s not something you get asked every day at a golf course, especially by the general manager, but Mike Corry’s question referred to links and parklands, not the fairer sex.

FOR sheer excitement and tension it would be hard to equal the dramatic finish to the Bulmer’s sponsored Munster Pierce Purcell shield final at Castletroy as Holycross farmer Matthew Maher rolled in a tricky four foot downhill putt on the first green to give Thurles a memorable victory.