Martin Lehane: A lifetime of fairways and friends

Retired Club Professional Martin Lehane who spent nearly fifty of his years working at Muskerry Golf Club, Cork. Picture Dan LInehan

If Muskerry Golf Club's Martin Lehane was the self-professed 'worst pro of all time', how come over 500 members came out to honour him when he retired? Tony Leen charts a Tin Cup-type affair

If interviewing Martin Lehane was an illustrated 18 holes, one mightn’t bother shading in the fairways. More likely, we’d spin a yarn left and right, with hooks, draws, fades and those dastardly shanks, the sweet and the sour of life as a golf club professional.