Peter O’Keeffe: ‘I think I deserve Walker Cup chance’

A month removed from his 40th birthday, strength and conditioning coach O’Keeffe is clearly the country’s top amateur golfer

Peter O’Keeffe is in impressive form. Picture: Fran Caffrey/Golffile

Peter O’Keeffe was not included in the Great Britain & Ireland Walker Cup squad announced in December last year, but even if he fails to make the grade this Christmas, he will be a huge inspiration to the young guns at Douglas Golf Club for years to come.

After winning the Flogas Irish Amateur Open for the second time since 2017 and becoming only the seventh player in the history of Irish golf to win the Irish Amateur Close and Open titles in the same year, the 39-year old was the clear winner of the Bridgestone Order of Merit having also successfully defended the Munster Stroke Play title at Cork Golf Club.