Are there Dustin Johnsons in Cork, Mayo or Armagh?

Perhaps for the first time the question is not where to start Aidan O’Shea, but indeed whether to start him or not, writes Oisín McConville.

Shane Lowry has rapidly become my favourite current Irish sportsperson.

After a long day in Clones last Sunday, battling through the traffic to see the kids before they went to bed, I settled down, to the delight of my wife, to watch the US Open. Could Shane raise the spirits of a nation still mourning the Belgium defeat at Euro 2016? Could he offer some light relief from the post-mortem in Armagh after losing to Laois?