It was worth the watch.

Not the end result because that was never in doubt for the past few holes but all of the stories through the tournament.

The return of Tiger Woods being the main one obviously. Who elsecould have done what he has done.

It wasn't enough that he came back form the brink of failure to win it once again two years ago but then to almost lose his leg in a car accident, come back for his first tournament since it happened and still be in contention halfway through?

I know that he faded away after that but you could see that he was struggling from day three onwards and looked a broken man by the end of day four.

There is just something about haivng him at the course that makes it wirth the watch. He adds something special to the mix when he is playing and it will be a different game when he does eventually retire.

A good result for the Irish.

I'll count McIllroy in this as wel even though he is not properly Irish, he's a mix of Irish, N.Irish and american at this stage. It's hard to make out some times.

His round on day four was somthing special to watch as he tore the course apart in a way that most golfers could never do.

If he could ever put it together over the four days he would be unstoppable. Unfortunatly it just never seems to happen for him and while he gave it everything, Scheffler didn't wobble for a second.

Then came big Shane Lowery in third place for his best finish and a powerful performance. THis man is 100% Irish and it's easy to see it.

Big beard, big belly, big smile and a love of guiness. He's the kind of man oyu meet stumbling down shop street at 4 in the morning looking for a bag of chips.

Somebody needs to give this man a medal. He just happens to be good at golf as well as being a poster boy for the country. THis is who I want representing our country rather than some polished and prepped athletes looking to be signed up by a fashin magazine.

Rough, ready and just gets on with the game. For a county as small as ours it was a huge achievement to have four golfers represented in the masters this year with Powers and Harrington also competing.

It was a fun four days.

Since I am staying up with the baby anyway these night it was the perfect time for me to sit down and watch the golf every night. Coverage here goes until 12.30 and it was the first time i had seen any on tv for a few years.

The finish wasn't that exciting with S. Scheffler steady as a rock until the 18th at least so there was no drama in the finish like we would have hoped but all of the golf before that was brilliant to watch and got me excitied about playing again.

Hopefully I will even get out playing tomorrow even if the standard will be a bit lower. It's like watching anything on the tv, suddenly you get the bug for it again and think that you can do the same as the professionals.

It never works out that way though.