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Childhood memories, Shane Lowry’s celebration and his dream fourball - Former Dubs boss JimGavin on his passion for golf

Jim Gavin in action on the Legends course at Belle Mare Plage in Mauritius, where he scored 31 points in the final of the celebrity event that preceded the MCB Championship on the Legends Tour

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Jim Gavin is one of Gaelic football’s most decorated coaches, having led Dublin to unprecedented provincial and national dominance, winning 17 major honours including four successive National Leagues, seven successive Leinster Championships and a record fve successive All-Ireland Championships. But golf has also been a big part of his life since childhood and he enjoyed success when he won the Legends Tour event held at Donegal resort Rosapenna last year. That gained him entry to the Celebrity Final at Constance Belle Mare Plage in Mauritius, where he competed against seven others including Liverpool soccer legend Robbie Fowler, former British and Irish Lions captain Gavin Hastings and BBC presenter Dan Walker.

Gavin was third in the event on the Indian Ocean resort’s Legends course, with fellow Dubliner Keith Dufy of Boyzone fame claiming the title, and the former

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