A different man in black deserves the plaudits

It’s not often golf takes precedence over Gaelic games for me but this was an exception — and oh what an exception.

A different man in black deserves the plaudits
Mon, 22 Jul, 2019 - 01:00
Brian Gavin

It’s not often golf takes precedence over Gaelic games for me but this was an exception — and oh what an exception.

Watching my fellow clubman Shane Lowry win The Open Championship was one of the proudest moments in my life.

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