How Irish Open victory helped shape Ben Crenshaw’s career

Ah, to be 24 again. Ben Crenshaw wasn’t asked if there was a price he would pay if such a possibility could be purchased, but he offered this: At 64, and a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame, he’s proud to remember what happened in his world when he was 24.

He won the Irish Open at Portmarnock Golf Club.

“I cherish that win. I really do,” Crenshaw said of that 1976 success. “It was my first international win and that’s important; it’s part of your education as a golfer.”