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''I'd rather see a golfer doing it for Ireland, than doing it for himself...''

“I’m not a very patriotic guy, I’m doing it because I think it is the right thing to do. I ...

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16.43 19 Jul 2021


''I'd rather see a golfer doing it for Ireland, than doing it for himself...''


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16.43 19 Jul 2021


“I’m not a very patriotic guy, I’m doing it because I think it is the right thing to do.

I missed it last time and for golf to be an Olympic sport you need your best players there and I feel I want to represent the game of golf more than anything else.”

For more on this we’re joined by Gerard Craughwell, independent senator, Kieran Cunningham is the chief sports writer with Star and Kieran was also joined by comedian, Jim Eilliott...

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