 Okay, you're very welcome back to the programme. Delighted to welcome on to it now Paul McGinley. Paul, good morning to you. Thanks for joining us. Good morning to everybody in Donegal at this appointed Donegal this morning, I'm sure. I know, yes, but lots of people from Dairy Listening, so they're on the other end of the scale in terms of celebrations. Really exciting that the Irish Legends is back at the Ross Penna Golf Resort from the 16th to the 20th of August, this time with crowds. Talk to me about the event and the result that's hosting it. It really is a jewel in the crown up here, Paul. Yeah, just to give it a very basic background, not everybody understands golf, I realise. So on tour, we've got three main tours in Europe, while in America as well too, but let's deal with Europe. The first one's called a challenge tour, which is where the young kids come on to and hopefully they get a bit of success. And then the leading 20 players from that tour graduate onto what is then the main tour called the DP World Tour now, it used to be called the European Tour. And from there we all play on that, hopefully for a long period of time, and that's where I spent most of my time, over 30 years playing on that tour and earning a living on it. That's the main tour. And once you reach the old age of 50, you move on to what's called the Senior Tour, the Legends Tour as it's called now. And a lot of players, really good players, still play really well at that age. And I've reached that age now and I've moved into that category. And one of the things I wanted to do was host an event myself. And with my connections in Donegal, Mom and Dad's connections there and all the time and childhood that I've spent up there, and then which I love the county, I wanted to bring all my friends that I played with on tour and some of the major champions as well, up to Donegal, along with some top businessmen as well. And showcase the county from a tourist point of view, from a golf destination point of view, and just the sheer and raw beauty of Donegal. So the idea was to host an event up there, and unfortunately COVID hit us hard with that over a two-year period. And we did get one away, the first one was cancelled, we got one away last year under severe restrictions without any people allowed come, no crowds coming, I mean. But we got it away and it was a huge success. And certainly the guests who came to Donegal for the first time really loved it, and the golf pros really loved it. Rossa Pena put on a phenomenal show, I knew they would anyway, showcasing everybody, showcasing the golf course and looking after us all with food and everything. And one thing led to another, it was a great success. So now we're coming back this year again for hopefully will be no restrictions with lots of people, lots of crowds. So what we're trying to do is raise it to a new level. Not just do we have the golf course, not just do we have the pros and the amateurs who are going to come into town and stay all at the hotel, but we're going to have a festival atmosphere to embrace the local community as well too with some music stars and trying to embrace the local community as much as we can. And I think it's going to be a food village as well, showcasing all the wonderful local produce we have. It's going to be a real event. It's the golf, but it's then what surrounds it. And I think people are going to really enjoy it, even casual or non-golf fans, Paul. Yeah, that's the idea. That's the idea to embrace the local community, to give them something to come to and enjoy, not just the golf, but it's going to be a family-oriented role activities you mentioned about bouncy castles and all the different things for kids. And then we're going to culminate with a big festival on the Saturday night, Friday maybe a smaller one, but certainly Saturday night we're going to have a big festival with a big named star. And then we're going to have a big old fashion Irish party. Yep, sounds fantastic. And there's a great opportunity here as well for younger people aged 16 to 18 to get in the bag of potentially one of these legends of the sport. Tell us a little bit about that, because registration is open for that right now, isn't it? Yeah, well, we have 60 amateurs playing and 60 pros. There's 120 players that are playing. Now, most of the pros, not most of them, maybe 30% of the pros will bring their own caddies. The others won't. They'll be looking for somebody local. And rather than, you know, engaging all the people, I want to, again, try to get the local. There's a lot of young people playing golf at the moment. And you know, once you reach a certain standard and understand the game, it was an opportunity to maybe caddy for a professional or if not caddy for an amateur. And there's ladies playing as well. So we want boys and girls to be encouraged to come along. They'll make a few euros. They'll make a few quid that be well looked after. They'll have a great experience of being at a top level sporting event and see inside the ropes what it's really like. And golf's a great sport in terms of it's the places you go and the people you meet. And networking is very important just like it is in business. A great opportunity for young boys and girls to meet some very successful business people that you never know where that might lead. Yeah, exactly. Because you talk about the amateurs, you know, as well as the pros that are there, a lot of the, you know, more higher profile sports people or people in business will be part of that amateur cohort as well, I imagine. Yes, absolutely. We've got some very, very wealthy and successful people that run huge companies all around the world. I've, you know, got into my contact book and tried to encourage as many of those people that I've met over the years myself to come along and experience DuneGar because I know it's going to put on a great show. And I know when they get there, the sheer beauty and rawness of the place is just stunning. Combined with the hospitality they're going to receive from the DuneGar people and as well as most importantly in the hotel in Rossafena and Downing. So I think it's going to be a great few days and a great place to showcase DuneGar and a great place for people to network and meet somebody from the international community. Yeah, you can really get a sense of the excitement building already locally, like it really is that type of event. And is this your opportunity to do this exactly how you wanted to do it, Paul, you know, with the crowds, with everything going on and around or is there a future for this event going forward or what's the plan? I suppose you really focusing on getting this done and getting it out of the way and it being a huge success. But pardon my ignorance, is there any plans then going forward, Paul? Yeah, well, we had a three-year contract with Rossafena, which is finishing this year. Where it's going to go next year, I'm not sure yet. There's some rumors about different places, maybe still in the county, maybe still in the county, but I'm not sure. We'll have to wait and see how those plan out. But yeah, I mean, look, that's my connection. The reason why I'm hosting it is because it's going to be in DuneGar. You know, I'm really busy at the moment. There's a lot of things going on. But one of the things I wanted to do was, as I say, host this event and bring some big name stars as well from the world of golf as well as the business community DuneGar showcase it. And then importantly, then fuse the local community into these people. And hopefully, everybody have a great time and a kind of a festival atmosphere is what we want to create. Oh, brilliant stuff. Come here. Did you mention where people registered for this caddying opportunity, Paul? Yeah, well, we sent an email around to all the golf clubs. So your local junior convener can deal with all of that. And just there should be a notice up on the notice board and all the golf clubs, if not the local convener, would be able to put you in touch. As I say, we've got 120 field here. And we also looking for some marshals as well, too. We're looking for lots of other people, older people, to get involved. So I think there's going to be big crowds, to be honest, I really do. I think we've got some, there'll be a lot of well recognized names from the golfing world of people who know who play golf. And I think it's going to be really terrific. I'm looking forward to it. And hopefully, if the weather's half as good as it was last year, we'll be very happy. I think it's almost guaranteed. Paul, listen, thank you very much for your time. I appreciate it greatly. You're welcome. Take care of yourself. All right. Thanks so much indeed. That's Paul McGinley there. Golfing legend. I think we can't disagree on that one, can we? And if you want to be a caddy for one of these players or some of the amateurs that likes to DJ Kerry and others normally turn up and people from the world of business, as you've heard, check with your local golf course. And they've been notified and they have the details. All right, great to chat to Paul. There'll be much more coverage of that. And of course, you won't miss a thing from that tournament at the Rossapena Hotel and Golf Resort between August 16th and 20th. The sports team will make sure you don't, as I say, miss a thing.