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Why there are similarities between football and golf

Ireland's Padraig Harrington tees off from the first hole during the first round of the British Open Golf Championships at Royal Portrush golf club in Northern Ireland on July 18, 2019. [AFP]

On the first day of The Open Championship at Royal Birkdale in 2017, as I stood at the passage to the first tee watching Darren Clarke teeing off, I felt the presence of someone who had quietly walked up right next to me.

Being my very first time to referee a golf tournament outside Kenya, I was too nervous to turn, lest I distract Clarke in his routine. Only after Clarke had teed off, did I dare to turn to see who was standing next to me?

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