Colin Sheridan: Hurling final is a clash of eras, styles, and personalities

If Clare were pretenders, Limerick are a machine possessed with the same muscle memory for victory that Kilkenny once had. They rarely do off days

CLASH: One can only wonder what Cody thinks of Limerick. Of Kiely. Of JP and of walking around verdant golf courses two weeks out from All-Ireland finals. 

Twenty years ago, in September 2002, the good and the great of the golfing world landed on a 1,500 acre Irish country estate. The World Golf American Express Championship at Mount Juliet estate gathered together almost every one of the top 50 players in the world at that time - Ernie Els, Retief Goosen, David Duval, Phil Mickelson, Vijay Singh and, of course, Tiger Woods. 

It was a glitzy, glamorous affair, with all that we have come to expect when it comes to famous people stopping by Éire en route to somewhere warmer - stout-drinking photo ops, sheep peering over hedges at famous people, a little bit of hurling, rain. Truly, there had never been a gathering on this island quite like it.