QUOTE OF THE WEEK

‘To the 106,906 people that attended this week, thank you. Truly some of the best golf fans anywhere in the world.’ Hard to argue with this lovely tweet put out by the European Tour following a special week at the Irish Open at Royal County Down. The weather was garbage, the leaderboard be reft of superstars but, honestly, did anyone care? This was golf in its purest form and sport in the raw— and the blessed day when the biggest Open of all returns to Northern Ireland is one that cannot come so on enough.