Holland the king of the Castle

Daniel Holland, a 21 year-old landscape artist who, in his own words, “never won anything before in golf”, emerged the hero for Dublin club Castle as they captured the Irish Senior Cup for the first time in their 99 year history at Kinsale on Saturday.

Holland gained his club’s third and decisive point against Warrenpoint’s Ryan Gribben when he wedged to six feet from 80 eighty yards at the 18th to win hole, match and title for Castle.

Holland, who plays off plus one and was winning his ninth match in as many appearances in the competition this year and is heading to the United States on internship in November, revealed the secret of his remarkable calmness even when the pressure is at its greatest.