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Making th€ cut

A MEDIA reception at the Irish Consulate in New York.

Making th€ cut

Tue, 27 Jul, 2010 - 01:00

Simon Lewis

gioA heartfelt tweet from a major champion. A golf day for members at a swanky California country club. A trade stand at the Evian Masters in France. And an Irishman winning the US Open.

Five quite separate events from the last 18 months, yet all inextricably linked in the scramble by Irish golf courses for a slice of the action in a global golf tourism business valued by the International Association of Golf Tour Operators at $30 billion (€23.3bn) a year.

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Courts Golf Place: New York Place: California Place: France Place: Scotland Place: Wales Place: Big Apple Place: Orlando, Florida Place: Florida Place: Palm Springs Place: Killarney Place: US Place: Ireland Place: North America Place: Spain Place: Portugal Place: Killeen Place: North West Person: Nick Faldo Person: Jonathan Stapleton Person: Swing Person: Paddy O’Looney Person: John McLoughlin Person: secretary Person: Maurice O’Meara Person: O’Looney Person: McLoughlin Person: O’Meara Person: Killarney Event: Evian Masters Event: US Open Event: Ryder Cup Event: PGA Show Event: Masters Event: PGA Tour’s Honda Classic Event: European Tour’s French Open Event: LPGA Tour Event: SWING Ireland Golf Days Event: Irish Open Organisation: International Association of Golf Tour Operators Organisation: Lough Erne Golf Resort Organisation: Tourism Ireland Organisation: South West Ireland Golf Organisation: Swing Organisation: North & West Coast Links Golf Organisation: PGA Organisation: PGA West Organisation: La Quinta Organisation: Citrus Organisation: North American Golf Tour Operators Alliance Organisation: Golf Channel Organisation: Killarney Golf Club Organisation: Ballybunion Organisation: Royal Portrush Organisation: Ballyliffin Organisation: Lahinch Organisation: North & West Links

<p>EXPERICNCE: The 2007 Irish Open winner did not make the impact on the tournament leaderboard he would have hoped for on Thursday as he got his 30th consecutive appearance in his national Open underway in the morning calm before persistent showers returned to the former Ryder Cup venue. Yet his experience in shooting a two-over-par 74, eight shots off the first-round lead. </p>

Experience helps Harrington navigate opening round on soft greens at Irish Open

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