BHIOS

Keep swinging…

Masters week is all about the preparation….

Send this to whoever needs a gentle reminder that this is your week, and you are not to be bothered.

We’ve been lucky enough to work on some great pieces, but this was the first of its kind for us.

I received a message from a client looking to create a gift for Rory McIlroy’s manager, Sean.

The idea was to mark the year Rory had in 2025, and to recognise the role Sean played in it.

Up to that point, everything we had done was either maps or full photography pieces. Neither felt right for this.

I went back and forth on a few ideas, but everything I sketched leaned too much towards Rory. It didn’t quite capture what the piece was meant to be about.

Then.... I came across an image of the two of them together, with Sean's arm over his shoulder.
That was it.

It felt like it showed exactly what we were trying to get across.

The relationship. The guidance. Everything that goes on behind the scenes.

From there, the piece came together quickly.
We structured it almost like a bucket list, but with a twist.

Win on the PGA Tour - again
Win the Irish Open - again
Win The Players - again
Win an away Ryder Cup - again

And at the centre of it all...
Win the Grand Slam

It was the first time we created something like this, built around a relationship rather than a place. It went down very well with the client, and we’ve since created a number of similar pieces.

I am thinking this could work really well for tour groups or people who want to remember a specific moment.

Golf genuinely changed this guy’s life.

A message landed in my inbox a few months ago from Jason Banks, Chief of Security at the U.S. Embassy in Ireland.

He’d taken up golf after moving to Ireland three years ago.

Since then, he’s travelled parts of the country he never expected to see, and made friends he otherwise never would have.

And he lost 16 stone.

When people come to golf later in life, it can really grab hold of them.

One thing is for sure… it rarely lets go.

Before leaving Ireland, Jason wanted something to mark that chapter properly.

Not just the courses he’s played, but the ones he plans to come back for.

He sent over quite a list.

56 courses.
55 in Ireland.
And of course, St Andrews.

Portmarnock is a special place for him, so we centred the piece around this image by Jody Crosbie.

Each stamp becomes a memory.

Every empty box is a reason to come back.

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Thanks Jason.

Send us a photo when it’s up on the wall in Virginia.