How Peter O’Keeffe wrote himself into Irish amateur golfing history

Peter O’Keeffe sitting by the 18th green in front of the new clubhouse at Douglas Golf Club, Cork. Picture: Dan Linehan

After the season Peter O’Keeffe has enjoyed in creating a slice of Irish amateur golfing history, it is little wonder he has little time for the sort of regrets that a former touring professional is entitled to.

That life on the road, struggling with consistency and annual trips to Q-School on the European Challenge Tour, has long been left behind and he is now older and much wiser than his younger self could have foreseen.