We're sure Niall is used to female attention since blowing up with One Direction, but this time he took a moment out for his younger fan base.

The singer was playing golf in Co. Down over the weekend, and nine-year-old Holly Carlin couldn't believe it when she found out she was near to the star in the golf club.

Her mother told the Belfast Telegraph that they headed out to the golf course after word spread he was playing, but they certainly didn't expect to meet him face to face.

"I didn't want to tell anyone because I didn't want word to get out.

“This was our one chance to see him, and eventually he came out. We waited for a few hours, but it was all worth it. Holly was in tears. She was so emotional, and in the pictures she was half crying and half smiling.”

And Niall, being the gentleman that he is, even gave Holly his golf glove.

“She is still in the clouds. It was like a dream come true. She has loved him since she was four. She’s always asked me if I think she’d ever get to meet him.

“We were planning to go to the Open on Wednesday, and I had warned her that she probably wouldn’t get near him, so it’s unbelievable that it happened like this,” Holly’s mam said.

Niall is currently gearing up for the Pro-Am tournament at the Northern Ireland Open in Galgorm next week.