David Gillick's view of all things golf

David Gillick

European indoor 400m champion

1 Earliest golfing memory?

Trying to play pitch and putt as a young lad on holidays in Wexford.

2 First golfing victory?

Taking money off my pals after a game in Stepaside.

3 First time to break 90?

Still trying

4 Last bit of golf equipment?

Ball retriever as I have a penchant for finding water.

5 Last time you took a golf cart and why?

European indoors in Birmingham. After winning the gold medal I couldn't walk the three minutes walk back to hotel due to exhaustion.

6 Last time you muttered an obscenity on a golf course and why?

The last time I played. Overshot the par three and landed in the water.

7 Which of the Majors would you like to attend and why?

US Masters in Augusta. It's the most exciting.

8 Ideal golfing fourball: who and where?

Wednesday fourball in Stackstown with Padraig Harrington, Paul McGinley, Adam Sandler (Happy Gilmore) and me.

9 One last round on earth: where would it be?

Got to be Stackstown - a stone's throw from home

10 Dress sense. Davis Love or Ian Poulter?

Ian Poulter, but not his Union Jack trousers.

11 Is the Titleist ProV1 worth the extra expense?

Not for me as I have lost three recently.

12 Best golf club food. Where? Stackstown, you can't beat their steak.

13 140 yards out from green. Flat. Calm. What's in your hand?

Eight-iron.

14 Favourite Club in times of trouble?

Four-iron for coming out from under the trees.

15 Parkland or Links?

Links on a bright, sunny Irish day.

16 Must see golfing holiday destination?

Next Ryder Cup venue in the USA, Valhalla.

17 Hidden Gem

Macreddin Village at Brook Lodge. It's under construction at present by my cousin Alan Gillick, who lives there. Hoping he will get us a few cheap rounds after this plug.

18 One Mulligan in Life?

An Olympic medal.