Paudie O’Connor has ‘em swinging in Las Vegas

For an Irishman steeped in the sporting history of his native land, Paudie O’Connor is still not hungry to strike into new territory.

Which is why at 65 years of age, the former basketball star from Killarney who transplanted himself to the Nevada desert, is now venturing into organising golf tournaments, namely the Las Vegas World Amateur, which takes place at the end of next month.

It has been a long path to this point in a life once dominated by the pursuit of sporting success as an athlete.