Bill the ordinary boy in a rich man’s playground
They say horse racing is the sport that sees kings and paupers mix; but the Ryder Cup allows cub reporter and the world’s most influential to walk together.
At the last Europe vs America extravaganza held on these islands, in 2006, I was pretty new in the job. Sent to the K Club in Straffan, Co Kildare, I envisioned rubbing blazered-shoulders with sport’s great and good by the roaring comfortable fire, after a hard day over a hot Remington typewriter.