Irish amateur golf’s 2016 rising

Brian Keogh reflects on a stunning year at home and abroad for Irish golf...

Such is the strength in depth of the game in Irish amateur golf both individual and collective triumphs at international level are becoming the norm rather than the exception.

That Ireland won medals for the first time in the respective men’s and women’s World Amateur Team Championships, claimed the Men’s Home Internationals for the third year running and the Girls’ Home Internationals for the first time is only part of the story.