When Rory McIlroy lifted the trophy at the Amgen Irish Open, it wasn’t just another title for one of golf’s biggest stars. It was a reminder of what the game can mean to local fans. While discussing this on the Off The Ball podcast, host Nathan captured the heart of the issue: “Golf spends more time than any other sport talking about growing the game and trying to come up with new ways and new inventions and new leagues. Like that’s growing the game. Getting kids in for nothing on a Sunday afternoon with one of the greatest sports people of all time, being able to stand 10, 20 feet away from him. There’s something in that for golf in this time of obsession with money.”

Veteran Irish golfer Paul McGinley didn’t hesitate to agree. “I couldn’t agree more, Nathan. That’s the bigge

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