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1969: Meet Killarney's 5-Year-Old Golf Prodigy | Nationwide | BBC Archive
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8:28Now PlayingCliff Michelmore travels to Killarney in the Republic of Ireland, to play eighteen holes with young golfing sensation Bridget Gleeson. Bridget is just 5 years old, but has been playing for four years. She is the daughter of the greenkeeper at the course - who has made a bespoke set of golf clubs for her. One day Bridget hopes to turn professional.
Cliff is in for a tough round.
Clip taken from Nationwide, originally broadcast on BBC One, 26 October, 1969.
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