Peter O’Keeffe looks South to cement Irish place

Ten years ago, Peter O’Keeffe was omitted from the Irish team for the Home International Championship.

The Douglas golfer, then 24, felt he had been unjustly treated by the selectors and decided to try his luck in the paid ranks. And this week at Lahinch, after a decade of wildly fluctuating fortunes, he intends to make his selection for next month’s internationals at Moortown, Yorkshire a mere formality.

As the highly impressive winner of the Irish Amateur Open Championship over the majestic and challenging Royal Co Down links in May, it would be reasonable to assume O’Keeffe’s inclusion is just that.