MEET the next Pádraig Harrington. He’s just six years old, wears size one golf shoes and uses a bespoke club, but Cork schoolboy Zak Collins has a drive that leaves grown men eating his sand.

FROM Pinehurst to St Andrews – golf whizz-kid Zak Collins is almost as busy as a professional tour player.

AN IRISH golf prodigy has taken his place among the best young players in the world.

CORK golfing prodigy Zak Collins last night lay 12 shots off the lead after the first round of the US Kids Golf World Championship.

MEET the small boy with the very big swing who’s about to tee off with the best in the world.