The city's football team qualified for the Championship play off final and Hull FC parted company with coach Peter Sharp, but it was an unheralded golfer from the same city who perhaps grabbed more headlines than anyone.

But it was not because Richard Finch won the Irish Open at Adare Manor, though that was a fine achievement in itself.

It was the fact that the 30-year-old crashed into the river after playing his third shot at the par five final hole, and had to putt out for victory in absolutely sodden clothes.

Finch took his unexpected dip with great humour, and that's perhaps not surprising considering he was pocketing a fat winners' cheque a couple of minutes later.

The win has given Finch a fighting chance of earning a Ryder Cup place.

And the only downside is that unless he makes it and humiliates Tiger Woods, for the short term at least it is for his exploits on the banks of the Maigue that he will now be best remembered by many.

EIGHT shots further down the field from Finch, but still not too far away from glory in that Irish Open event was none other than Darren Clarke.

It's good to see the renaissance of a man who has overcome personal tragedy to regain his form at the top of world golf.

But how much of that rejuvenated form is due to the influence of new caddy Ian 'Wobbly' Moorby.

One of the circuit's great characters, he has had spells as bag carrier for Ian Woosnam and Jose Maria Olazabal before recently teaming up with Clarke.

He's always an upbeat type, but as a fanatical Sheffield Wednesday supporter, maybe the fact the Owls recently clinched Championship safety has further put a spring in his step and he's passed on some of that confidence to the Irish ace.

Fellow Owls fan and England cricket skipper Michael Vaughan hit a century for his country this week, so perhaps there's a 'Hillsborough Feelgood Factor' briefly bouncing around the world of sport.