Nocher finally gets her rewards

WHEN Melanie Nocher was growing up in Holywood, she never noticed the little curly-haired golf prodigy.

He went to a different school and by that the time she was 13, Nocher was competing in major international events.

“Ah Rory; he’s doing well for himself,” she enthuses. “I didn’t know him growing up but you’d see him out the odd time.”