Defending against the Killeen killers

KILLARNEY’s resident professional Dave Keating can quote you facts until tomorrow but one really knocks your socks off.

“There’s Padraig Harrington, Graeme McDowell, Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry, and not one of them has ever played this (Killeen) golf course.” And then he pauses for effect. “Now that’s some stat.”

How is that possible? How can one of the premier inland courses in the country not have played host to four of Ireland’s super six (McGinley and Clarke excepted) at any stage over the past 20 years or so?