Gearóid Hegarty on tracking Tiger and seizing the golden moments

“I was bold enough now, but I said I’m probably never going to be in this situation again"

PLAYER OF THE MONTH: PwC GAA/GPA Player of the Month for July/August in hurling, Gearóid Hegarty of Limerick, with his award at PwC offices in Dublin. Photo by Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

Tiger Woods was waiting for Leona Maguire to hit her shot when Gearóid Hegarty spotted his chance. Hegarty and Barry Nash had been following Woods for the first 11 holes of the JP McManus Pro-Am at Adare Manor in July but there hadn’t been any opportunity to approach Woods. And now there was.

Twelve of the top 13 players in the world were on the course but nearly 70% of the crowd were following Woods. Hegarty didn’t even know if approaching him was allowed, or if Woods would have entertained it, but he didn’t hang around to see if it was. Hegarty wasn’t going to regret not trying anyway.