Sara Byrne: 'I don’t have too many expectations, I just want to go out and play golf'

The 20-year-old from Douglas will tee it up at the Women’s Amateur Championship in Scotland on Monday boosted by a transformative freshman year at the University of Miami

Sara Byrne will tee it up at the Women’s Amateur Championship in Scotland on Monday.

Sara Byrne is as ambitious as any of the talented young Irish golfers with a professional career in their sights.

Yet the 20-year-old from Douglas, Cork, will tee it up at the Women’s Amateur Championship in Scotland on Monday boosted by a transformative freshman year at the University of Miami, and a fresh mindset that allows her to play competitive golf with freedom rather than the burden of expectation that one might expect from someone who won the Irish Women’s Close as a schoolgirl just turned 17.