OBITUARY: Christy O’Connor Senior - He ‘flows through the ball like fine wine’

Christy O’Connor Senior was a Hall of Famer, Ryder Cup veteran, World Cup golfer

When a man from a sports-obsessed island like this one achieves as much as Christy O’Connor, it was inevitable he would assume legendary status and rarely if ever have a public moment to himself.

From time to time, the attention got to Senior, who passed away on May 14, aged 91, but the esteem in which he was rightly held by adoring fans never wavered. It was as if the golf-playing constituency suffered a major catastrophe when news of his demise was confirmed last Saturday.