23/06/2026
The wind whistles across Shinnecock Hills, carrying with it the roars of the gallery enthralled by the 126th US Open.
It’s a big-time occasion, but the setting feels comfortingly familiar to Listowel native Séan Quinlivan, who first fell in love with the game on the sandy dunes of Ballybunion.
Now, 27 years after he first crossed the Atlantic to chase his golfing dreams, he proudly represents the club as just the fourth head professional in its 135-year history.
Quinlivan has gone from US mini-tours to the Canadian circuit and Florida’s sweltering heat to the rarefied air of the Hamptons in New York without losing even a modicum of his Kerry lilt.
It’s been a long but fruitful journey for the former East of Ireland and Mullingar Scratch Cup winner, and at 51, he can finally say he’s won his Major.
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