Former Offaly football star David 'Shaper' Reynolds is set to travel the world as caddy to Ireland's newest golf sensation Shane Lowry. It is a dream role for the unemployed carpenter who was at Lowry's side when he won the Irish Open at Baltray last Sunday. Yesterday, the 22-year-old confirmed his decision to turn professional and also confirmed that fellow Clara man Reynolds would be continuing as his caddy. As a tour caddy, Reynolds will get a cut of any prize money Shane wins, starting at next week's European Open at the London Club in Kent. "Dave was in the buildings and that's not going great - so he hasn't been doing anything for the past while," said Lowry, whose father Brendan played alongside Reynolds in the latter part of his long Offaly career. "He's happy to have a job now. He's been great to me and I feel I owe it to him to give him the chance to learn about caddying and to see if he can do the job for me." Now 39, Reynolds was Offaly's free-taker and top-scorer when they last won the Leinster SFC title in 1997. Many supporters remember him for wearing his collar up - something which was made fashionable by soccer star Eric Cantona at the time. Tweet

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