On Sunday, 22 year old Rory McIlroy, the new US Open champion, clinched his maiden major title by eight shots with a 16 under par total at Congressional, sealing an historic back-to-back victory for Northern Ireland.
In the archive video dating from 1999, nine-year-old Rory - who had just been crowned the Under-10 World Champion in Florida - is seen chipping balls into a washing machine in front of a live studio audience.
Young Rory tells the host Gerry Kelly that chipping air balls along the hall into his mum's washing machine at home in Holywood - just along Belfast Lough from the historic slipways - is part of his training.