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TWO legends of GAA received a golf clbad yesterday while both sports were combined with the Irish Open of Donegal Co.
Fresh from his victory at the Ulster GAA Football Championship, Captain Donegal joined Kerry. Donaghy on the fairways at Ballyliffin
The two men traded their ball for a golf ball while Irish golfers Paul Dunne and Shane Lowry gave them advice on their swing
before the departure of the Irish Open Pro Am., The four athletes had to hit a specially installed set of GAA positions set up on the course for the "GAA Target Challenge", before attempting their Gaelic football style luck.
As they aimed at the target under the crossbar, Dunne and Lowry joked with both men trying to pbad on their knowledge of their game.
And as both players found the challenging golf challenge, hitting the Targeted many times, Murphy admitted, "I do not go out on the field as much as I used to"
He told the large crowds that had gathered to watch, including many children who sported the Donegal GAA jerseys, that he was proud that the Open of Ireland was standing in his home county.
"There is no place"
Kerry GAA's legend, Donaghy, also felt little optimistic about his golfing prowess, telling the crowds, "If we scream before , "
" It's different when you play a game you're not used to, "he joked.
For Shane Lowry, it was not surprising that he was chosen to participate in the GAA Challenge given his close ties to the game.
The 2016 US Open Vice Champion is a strong supporter of the GAA, the Members of his family having considerable references in the game.
1982 team and his uncle Sean was also in the line-up departing from Faithful County that day.
Lowry Usly said that the color of his golf apparel is tied to his relationship with the GAA.He often wears black and white, the colors of Clara, his club in his hometown of Offaly, whose colors are the same.
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