Drifters call the tune at Fota

IT began with almost 500 golfers and finished on Sunday with tales of what was and what might have been around the clubhouse at Fota Island Golf Resort.

Sixty teams went to post this year in the annual Irish Examiner Inter-Society golf event at Fota, as teams of eight went hunting what must be one of the best prizes in amateur golf in this country — a three-day trip to the Algarve for the entire team, plus six months free golf at Fota Island.

And as darkness settled over the clubhouse on Sunday night, it emerged that a mere two points separated third from first place.