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Seamus Power refusing to give up on PGA Tour status

"Obviously, I haven't put myself in a lot of good positions, but a couple of decent rounds here, and a couple of decent ones recently, so it's trending in the right way."

Rory McIlroy, Tommy Fleetwood take TaylorMade Qi4D for a spin | Tour Report

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We knew the timing of TaylorMade getting its new Qi4D drivers approved for play was meaningful. Just a few days later, we now know two of the company’s biggest stars have put the driver in play for its first week of availability on global tours.

JR Galbraith best of Irish at Q-School

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Three of the five Irish competing at the Final Stage of DP World Tour Q-School are under par after the opening day at Infinitum.

New analysis suggests golf is ‘growing the game’ all wrong

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According to an analysis of Facebook fan data reviewed by Stephens-Davidowitz, an American data scientist and economist, a heavy correlation exists between athletic success witnessed in boyhood and the later development of rabid fandom.

New study explains phenomena behind your putts not falling

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As it turns out, lip outs offer a great lesson in mystifying physics, as evidenced by a recent study named “Mechanics of the golf lip out,” published this week in Royal Society Open Science.

Lowry three back after sour finish in Abu Dhabi

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Shane Lowry lost his share of the overnight lead at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship but he still remains well in the mix at the halfway point despite a painful finish to his second round at Yas Links.

Walsh shoots 66 to climb the leaderboard in China

Lester makes most of the restart to sit two off the lead in South Africa

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Rowan Lester returned to the tee box early Friday morning to post a six-under first round and sit two strokes off the lead at the Hyundai Open

Ex League of Ireland footballer progresses to Alps Q-School final

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Sam Murphy, Stephen Grant and Cathal MacCanna have all progressed to next week's Alps Tour Qualifying Final.

Further delays in South Africa as Grehan and Lester must return to complete round one

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Round one of the Hyundai Open was suspended after a five hour delay halted Liam Grehan and Rowan Lester's first round who will have to return Friday morning.

Rory McIlroy reveals ‘gracious’ Ryder Cup apology from PGA CEO

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The 2025 Ryder Cup ended more than a month ago and left the golf world reeling. Hostile crowds hurled abuse toward the European team at Bethpage Black — especially Rory McIlroy and his wife, Erica — marring the event.

Tyrrell Hatton says LIV pros ‘initially’ rejected format shift in poll

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Hatton admitted as much during his pre-tournament press conference at the 2025 Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship, where he revealed a LIV player poll one year ago showed players largely opposed to 72-hole tournaments.

Lee Westwood jabs Rory McIlroy over comments on LIV Golf’s rules change

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“I don’t know. I don’t pay too much attention to what Rory says, really,” Westwood said. “He’ll change his mind next week.”

Pivotal week for Irish golf as quintet look to fill talent gap

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Yet the real failure in Irish golf has to be the dearth of talent coming through on the DP World Tour which begs the question as to what the future looks like after two glorious decades.