Episode 2071: Rahm Wins Snakes & Ladders US Open, Ireland Men’s 7s Qualify For The Olympics
It takes something pretty special to wrestle some attention away from the Euros these days, but the US Open last night was a hilarious snakes & ladders of the world’s best players charging to the top of the leaderboard before falling back in increasingly daft and humiliating ways.
“I had in mind Padraig and I knew today was my day”
Jon Rahm on the recent phonecall from Padraig Harrington that helped him on route to his first major win #RTEgolf #USOpen https://t.co/TNdfIdufDA
— RTEgolf (@RTEgolf) June 21, 2021
The final result was a win for Spain’s Jon Rahm, and there was drama elsewhere too as Leona Maguire came agonisingly close to a first win on the LPGA tour… and even Murph had an unforgettable incident on the fairways of West Clare.
Our Men’s 7s team qualified for the Olympics at the weekend, and captain Billy Dardis gave an emotional interview moments after the final whistle which summed up just how big a moment this was for the sport in Ireland, and the Euro news just keeps on coming, as Scotland’s young tyro Billy Gilmour tests positive for Covid.
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Only last week Germany looked a spent force – we chat to @honigstein today about how and why things seemed so different this weekend https://t.co/TbNnTi9ZXh pic.twitter.com/iAwy3LQTMm
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Good to go on @SecondCaptains with @jonawils to talk England-Scotland, booing players in the mixed zone and why, if anything, Ireland might need more motivational videos https://t.co/55dcbxDePZ
— Dion Fanning (@dionfanning) June 18, 2021