The PGA has smiled on Irish golfers through the years, none moreso than in 2008 when Pádraig Harrington once again snatched victory from the jaws of defeat in one of golf’s marquee events

The PGA has smiled on Irish golfers through the years, none moreso than in 2008 when Pádraig Harrington once again snatched victory from the jaws of defeat in one of golf’s marquee events
Rory McIlroy will tee up at Southern Hills having made a final hole play under the gun at Augusta that he hasn’t pulled off for the best part of a decade. It might just inject him with the self-belief that he can win a Major again
LIV Golf seems more hellbent on antagonising and disrupting the members of the status quo than achieving its own laudable aims
Before Friday, I’d never been to The Island, but Dad had been, and with the old man in tow to retrace a famous birdie he made in 1978, it was always going to be an adventure
A simple shift in approach can transform a stroke play machine into a match play master. Better yet, the opposite can also be true
Sergio Garcia’s latest on-course strop at the Wells Fargo came as no surprise to our writer who’ll never forget his brush with the fiery Spaniard at Mount Juliet in 2002
‘For all the whataboutery on Twitter – America is bad. What about China? Don’t you hate pants? – I retain a fool’s hope that the majority of people will see through this half-baked attempt at world domination and ultimately give it a miss’
New book profiles two complex but fascinating characters who contributed greatly to the rise in popularity of golf since the mid-Nineties
‘While recreational golf enjoys a renaissance and re-awakening after Covid-19, the professional game seems stuck in a rut, in effect serving up the same old jaded fayre from a timeworn and dog-eared menu’
Can Greg Norman’s Saudi-backed LIV Golf Invitational survive without the love of the people?
“Golf’s a wonderful sport, and anybody who takes it up falls in love with it. My advice? Be honest, be happy and enjoy every moment.” Wattie Sullivan followed his own advice and had a good life for it. RIP
A tour for genuine golf fanatics who will play 16 courses in 11 days “Our tour is all about golf, pure golf, for people who want to cram in as many courses in as short a space of time as possible”
A simple shift in approach can transform a stroke play machine into a match play master. Better yet, the opposite can also be true
If you get stopped, it doesn’t matter who you are. Just ask double Masters winning Jose Maria Olazabal or three-time major winner Padraig Harrington
“I’ve always said as long as I’m healthy and I have fun doing it, and I’m good at it or have some success, I will continue. And if one or two of those things are not there, then it’s time to pack up”