Getting home is good for the soul

It was great to go home to Waterford for a couple of days before heading to Spain for this week’s Nations Cup. I came home for my Grandad’s year Mass and to see my family before a busy couple of weeks on the golf course.

Not that I left the clubs alone, far from it. I had a lovely game arranged at Tramore with my dad, John, my uncle Shane and my brother Charlie, which I was looking forward to for a while. My uncle plays off eight and Charlie is a really nice player, he plays off three and Dad’s okay, he’s off 12. It’s always nice to get family fourballs like that when you’re off and in my opinion, Tramore is the best golf course in Waterford by far, a really nice layout which is kept in great condition.

Sometimes it can be difficult to separate social golf from the competitive side of things but I think it’s important to be able to switch off and play casually with friends or family. So there are two sides and obviously, I’d be a lot more focused if I was playing a big tournament.