Sara Byrne has had a good start to her final year in college in Miami. Pic: Niall O’Shea
While there was little in the way of golf in Cork last weekend, there were a few Cork golfers making waves. Sara Byrne recorded his first NCAA win last week when she came out on top in the Pat Bradley Invitational in Florida. Byrne opened with a level par 72, but found herself eight shots off the lead after teammate Barbora Bujakova shot a 64. It didn’t even look like Byrne might match par after a tough start. She found herself three over par after just five holes thanks to three bogies in a row from the third hole. Four birdies would follow to get Byrne into the red but a bogey on the second last hole saw her sign for level par.
Day two saw a very different start from Byrne, she dropped six bridies in her opening nine holes to race up the leaderboard. A level par Continue reading
There aren’t too many PGA Professionals that focus on a single area of golf, but while most specialise around teaching or playing or retailing, John Dooley has added another aspect. The Riverstown based pro has a busy teaching base in Drive Golf Performance but he also manages a bespoke golf tour business. After spending nearly a decade at Doonbeg, John saw a gap in the market. The experiences in Doonbeg led to John setting up Concierge Golf, a business which he describes as “combining coaching golf and managing golf tours into Ireland & Scotland.” The managing is the key part as John can help with everything from transport to dining. “Concierge Golf Ireland offers to manage golf holidays to Ireland & Scotland to golfers that would like more than just a booked golf tour” explained John. “To that point, we offer to book and manage tee times, various transporting types, standards of accommodation, where to go and what to do, along with any type of entertainment and setting up the dining experiences. There is a lot of time spent working on our customer’s golf tours, the workload per golf tour is quite significant mainly due to the details required by the customers. However, I really become energized for customers when they comment on how much they have enjoyed their Irish or 
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