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It would certainly prompt in European fans the kind of unbridled joy witnessed by the Irish crowds, including those two young lads last Sunday - who are surely golf fans for life now.

"I hope he just gets that out because everyone who played with him, we know what a good lad he is, and sometimes that doesn't always come across."

"OK lads. No need for luck. Really this couldn't be any more straightforward. Just relax and this will all be over soon."

But let him play - all a lad of his age wants to do is go and play.

"It was not about inability. We were unlucky at the top with the new ball to not get a nick. The lads stuck in there in the powerplay, it just didn't go our way tonight."