Doonbeg scheme boon for budding golfers

A SCHEME by Doonbeg Golf Club to offer a scholarship at a top US college has been praised by an Irish golfer already on campus Stateside.

Irish international Aaron O’Callaghan is midway through his second year of an athletic scholarship at Division One golf school Southeastern Louisiana University. He described Doonbeg’s offer of a four-year scholarship to Georgia Southern University as a “life-changing chance”.

The scholarship, created by Doonbeg Golf Club member Marshal Mize and the club’s founder Buddy Darby, will be given to a young golfer selected from applicants who must show significant results, handicap and educational qualifications.