SAM TORRANCE HAS SON DANIEL
ON HIS BAG IN IRISH SENIORS'
TITLE DEFENCE
By STEVEN FRANKLIN
EUROPEAN SENIORS TOUR PRESS OFFICER
Sam Torrance will have a new but familiar face on his bag tomorrow when he launches his defence of the AIB Irish Seniors Open, in association with Greenstar and Fáilte Ireland, at the PGA National Ireland golf course to the west of Dublin.
The former Ryder Cup Captain has chosen to break up his successful partnership with caddie Brian Dunlop and has turned instead to his own 18-year-old son Daniel, a one handicap golfer.
This father-and-son combination has dovetailed effectively in the past, most notably in winning the team competition in the 2003 dunhill links championship on the European Tour, and Torrance senior is cautiously optimistic of more good times to come.
“I haven’t really got into my stride yet this season, but I am feeling better with my swing and my son Daniel starts on my bag today, which is pretty exciting for the Torrance family. I am really looking forward to it,” confirmed the Scot, who won last year’s AIB Irish Seniors in a four-man play-off.
“I’ve tried to go through the do’s and don’ts with him, but he’s 18 so you have got to tell him a few times. He should be fine though, as he has played the dunhill links with me three or four times and knows exactly what goes on. He’s a very good player himself, so hopefully he will learn something and I might even learn something myself.”
The €450,000 tournament will be played over 54 holes on the Christy O’Connor junior-designed PGA National Ireland lay-out at Palmerstown House, County Kildare.
With Padraig Harrington having recently ended a 25-year home drought by winning the Irish Open, Eamonn Darcy and Denis O’Sullivan find themselves in the spotlight as the most likely candidates to become the first Irish winner of the AIB Irish Seniors Open, in association with Greenstar and Fáilte Ireland, since Joe McDermott back in 1998.
The former Ryder Cup Captain has chosen to break up his successful partnership with caddie Brian Dunlop and has turned instead to his own 18-year-old son Daniel, a one handicap golfer.
This father-and-son combination has dovetailed effectively in the past, most notably in winning the team competition in the 2003 dunhill links championship on the European Tour, and Torrance senior is cautiously optimistic of more good times to come.
“I haven’t really got into my stride yet this season, but I am feeling better with my swing and my son Daniel starts on my bag today, which is pretty exciting for the Torrance family. I am really looking forward to it,” confirmed the Scot, who won last year’s AIB Irish Seniors in a four-man play-off.
“I’ve tried to go through the do’s and don’ts with him, but he’s 18 so you have got to tell him a few times. He should be fine though, as he has played the dunhill links with me three or four times and knows exactly what goes on. He’s a very good player himself, so hopefully he will learn something and I might even learn something myself.”
The €450,000 tournament will be played over 54 holes on the Christy O’Connor junior-designed PGA National Ireland lay-out at Palmerstown House, County Kildare.
With Padraig Harrington having recently ended a 25-year home drought by winning the Irish Open, Eamonn Darcy and Denis O’Sullivan find themselves in the spotlight as the most likely candidates to become the first Irish winner of the AIB Irish Seniors Open, in association with Greenstar and Fáilte Ireland, since Joe McDermott back in 1998.
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