If this is the Golden Age of Irish men’s golf how long is left? That might seem like a strange question when Rory McIlroy has enjoyed arguably the greatest season of his career, Shane Lowry has holed the clinching putt in a convulsive Ryder Cup, Pádraig Harrington is still winning Majors on the seniors circuit and nobody knows the ceiling of Tom McKibbin’s talent yet.
The problem is depth. Irish professional golf on the major tours is shallower now than at any time in the last 50 years. McIlroy and Lowry will both make the European team for the next Ryder Cup in Adare, and if McKibbin had not taken the Saudi shilling, he would be firmly in the reckoning too. He might yet be.
But there is no other Irish player who is likely to be in contention. Before the last Ryder Cup Séamus Power was playing so well on the PGA Tour that he was invited to play in the Hero Cu
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