Claiming the Flogas Irish Amateur today was a great achievement for Peter O’Keefe. After spending years chasing his tour dream O'Keeffe dropped back to the amateur ranks and used his knowledge and experience to set himself up in golf fitness. So what do you do when...
It’s been a solid start for Seamus Power on the PGA Tour but the West Waterford man knows the importance of taking advantage of his limited starts this season What were two Irishman, both brothers and one a 2016 Olympian, doing sitting watching a game of cricket in a...
2016 was a bad year for losing golfers, losing the two Christy O'Connor's, uncle and nephew, was very sad news as was the passing of the much-adored Arnold Palmer. Everyone of a certain age felt that Arnold was his or her personal friend. Arnie went out of his way to...
We're lucky in Ireland to be able to play our top courses, it's not quite as easy elsewhere. It’s always wise to remind oneself that access to great golf courses in Ireland is easier than anywhere else on the planet. Sure, the odd club looks for northwards of €200...
This is the strange story of a small group of men who went golfing in 1966 and who didn't come home for forty-five years. Well. Not quite true. They came home for fresh socks and jocks, to check the post, to make sure that their families were comfortable and to...
Doneraile and Enniscrone were crowned All-Ireland Champions on the penultimate day of the 2021 club season, at Strandhill GC. For Doneraile it was the All-Ireland Mixed Foursomes which they won in dramatic circumstances following a 3.5-1.5 win over Rockmount. Leading...
Leona Maguire was happy to shake off some rust and open with a four-under 67 to sit two shots off the lead after the first day of the ShopRite LPGA Classic in New Jersey. The Cavan woman recorded five birdies to move herself just outside the top-10 at Seaview in...
A strong final round from Conor Purcell saw the Portmarnock man join fellow Dublin native Paul McBride in progressing to the Second Stage of Korn Ferry Tour Qualifying School. Purcell started the final round at the First Stage qualifier in Kannapolis, North Carolina...
Despite a better second round in Mississippi, Séamus Power will have the weekend off as he missed the cut at the Sanderson Farms Championship at the Country Club of Jackson. After a level-par opening round left him with work to do to stick around for the final two...
Three bogeys and a double-bogey on the back nine dropped Philip Walton down the leaderboard at the Farmfoods European Senior Masters hosted by Peter Baker and he finds himself on four-over par, seven shots off the pace of co-tournament leader Malcolm Mackenzie who...