As I drive out to meet Mark Kennelly at Golf Ireland’s headquarters at Carton House, I put on the Malcolm Gladwell podcast, Revisionist History, and listen to the episode ‘A Good Walk Spoiled’. Gladwell is not a fan of golf. Many of his issues may relate specifically to the US, but there are certain elements that ring true anywhere if you are a golf sceptic. It’s hard to share that scepticism as I arrive at Carton House. On a bright spring morning, golfers are happily making their way around the course. It is a vision of serenity, solitude and tranquility…

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