The grass arena: Stephanie Meadow

She is Ireland’s leading women’s pro, but while the golf course has been a source of both pain and comfort to the Olympian, she is determined to encourage more young women into the sport

Olympian Stephanie Meadow Pic: INPHO/Morgan Treacy
Stephanie Meadow: ‘Golf is a great game and it teaches people a lot about life and values, even if you don’t want to play professionally’ Pic: Fergal Phillips

It was a little before nine in the morning and her nerves had really started to kick in.

She was already a veteran of eight Major tournaments in barely two years of her professional career, but standing on the first tee of the Marapendi Reserve Golf Course ...