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Nice Guy Beats The Ref & The TV & Wins Forever

Published on May 2, 2010 in England, Golf and sportsmanship. 2 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , .

Brian Davis felt his moment had finally arrived when he made a 17 foot putt birdie on the 18th green to tie with America’s Jim Furyk and force a play-off at The Heritage Classic in Southern Carolina. Davis, a 36 year old Londoner, had never won a tournament on the American PGA golf tour.

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English Rose Embraces His 19 year old Irish Victor

Published on February 3, 2009 in England, Golf and sportsmanship. 0 Comments Tags: , , .

Hats off to 19 year old Irishman, Rory McIlroy who won the Dubai Desert Classic golf on Sunday. Having seen his four shot lead shrink to a one shot lead going into the last hole, I’m sure his nerves were jangling. Having hit a perfect drive off the tee, he goofed his second shot into the bunker.

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RTE Radio 1 Sportsmanship Chat with Ryan Tubridy, George Hamilton & Me

Published on January 11, 2009 in America, Athletics, England, Football, Germany, Golf, Iran, Ireland, Mexico, Rugby, South Africa, Wrestling and sportsmanship. 5 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , .

I was totally engaged by RTE’s Ryan Tubridy’s warmth and George Hamilton’s lovely sportsmanship stories, and I have to say, delighted by the response from listeners who sent in some new stories about sportsmanship.

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