‘I used some seagull droppings to help steady the ball in the wind’

So how does a 48-year-old golf fanatic end up firing golf balls into the Atlantic Ocean from the helipad of Fastnet Rock?

‘I used some seagull droppings to help steady the ball in the wind’
Wed, 21 Nov, 2018 - 03:20

By Colm O’Connor

So how does a 48-year-old golf fanatic end up firing golf balls into the Atlantic Ocean from the helipad of Fastnet Rock?

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