Ireland bidding for Triple Crown clean sweep

IRELAND set out on the hunt for more silverware today bidding to extend their amazing run of international golf success.

They clash with Scotland at Tenby on the opening day of the senior men’s home international championship and bid to complete a clean sweep of domestic Triple Crowns before the end of the week. This season has seen them capture the Boys International Crown at Royal County Down and the men’s title at Muirfield — and on top of those two achievements Ireland captured the European Amateur Team title in Turin in July and the Euro Seniors Team Championship the following month at Shannon.

They will, however, be without Tipperary’s former Walker Cup player Arthur Pierse, the 2007 British seniors Open Champion as he has pulled out of the Tenby event due to a viral infection.