Golf on sports management's Horizon

A full-service Irish professional golf-management company was launched last week.

Horizon Sports Management, the Dublin sports marketing and management company, has already signed a number of prominent young Irish golfers, including Stephen Browne and Michael Hoey.

Horizon was established by Conor Ridge, who previously worked with Drury Sports Management.

Ridge said an Irish-based company offered promising Irish players much more personalised attention than a major international company.

“When young players are with a ...