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John O’Reilly Author & Editor

John O'Reilly began caddying on the European Professional Golf Associateion Tour in the 1970s and retired in 1999. During that time, he toted golf bags and dispensed sage advice in numerous countries around the world. In 2000, John was inducted into the Professional Caddies Hall of Fame, one of only a handful to be selected since its inception. John and his partner, Margaret, have six children and they live in Dublin, Ireland.

Ivan Morris is the author of Only Golf Spoken Here: Colourful Memoirs of a Passionate Irish Golfer. He is a single-digit player, has participated in numerous local and international amateur tournaments over the past 40 years, and is still in search of the perfect round. He and his wife, Marie, have three children and they live in Limerick, Ireland.