How Cork's leading man Patrick Horgan discovered less is more

His obsessiveness with the game had been a problem. 

HOGGIE'S BOY: Patrick Horgan celebrates with his son Jack after the semi-final. Pic: Ray McManus/Sportsfile

THIS is an auditorium, not a coliseum, but Patrick Horgan enters with hurley in hand. How could he not? It’s a limb. The more time the piece of ash is spent in his palms, the better.

Last year, Tiger Woods advised a bunch of college golf hopefuls how much a club should be in a player’s hands before a tournament.