Managing the Major burden

Dining out on one Major win for 60 years didn’t stop Irish golfers or Irish golf writers from attending the British Open and a host of other Majors from Fred Daly’s win in 1947 until the great messiah — Pádraig Harrington — performed his first miracle at Carnoustie in 2007.

Fred Daly’s 1947 Open victory proved that a man born on the island of Ireland really could lay his hands on a major title but when Harrington ended that 60-year drought six years ago, little did we know that Irish golf would carry off another six Major titles over the following five years.

Not too long ago, an Irish golfer was asked at the Open how he well was playing.