Barry Fennelly is the Manager of the Paddy Harrington Scholarship in Maynooth University. He sat down with Jonny for a discussion around the growth of the Scholarship, it's mandate to produce Tour Professional golfers and Co-Captaining the International Side for the Arnold Palmer Cup in Lahinch this year.

Barry and I went into great detail on the R&A Student Series and how important that pathway is for his own player, but European amateur golf as a whole and why he only sees it growing and improving and becoming a legitimately viable alternative to golf in America for athletes looking to pursue a career as professional golfers.

This series will showcase some of the incredible Amateur golf across Ireland this year.

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