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Eleanor on a fairway to heaven with golf heroes

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The four stars - Lee Westwood, Tommy Fleetwood, Ian Poulter and Henrik Stenson - joined Eleanor on a course where a major tournament was being played to show their appreciation for the work she and her colleagues have been doing over the past year treating patients with Covid-19 Expand

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The four stars - Lee Westwood, Tommy Fleetwood, Ian Poulter and Henrik Stenson - joined Eleanor on a course where a major tournament was being played to show their appreciation for the work she and her colleagues have been doing over the past year treating patients with Covid-19

The four stars - Lee Westwood, Tommy Fleetwood, Ian Poulter and Henrik Stenson - joined Eleanor on a course where a major tournament was being played to show their appreciation for the work she and her colleagues have been doing over the past year treating patients with Covid-19

The four stars - Lee Westwood, Tommy Fleetwood, Ian Poulter and Henrik Stenson - joined Eleanor on a course where a major tournament was being played to show their appreciation for the work she and her colleagues have been doing over the past year treating patients with Covid-19

It is not every day that a novice golfer gets invited to play with four of the world's top professionals, but that was the surprise in store for Northern Ireland doctor Eleanor McCarthy, who is currently working in Dubai.

The four stars - Lee Westwood, Tommy Fleetwood, Ian Poulter and Henrik Stenson - joined Eleanor on a course where a major tournament was being played to show their appreciation for the work she and her colleagues have been doing over the past year treating patients with Covid-19.

For Eleanor it certainly was a step up from the 'Clap for Carers' her NHS colleagues back home received during the earlier stages of the pandemic.

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