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A MEDIA reception at the Irish Consulate in New York.

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.