The first four Professional Golfers’ Association, We Love Golf events for 2019 have been hailed as a huge success after 135 women and girls braved the wind and rain to take part in four golf taster events held across the UK & Ireland. Wicklow Golf Club hosted...
Sponsors Bryan Quille of Monami Construction, Deirdre O’Connell of Carr Golf, Dromoland's Head Golf Professional Ian Kearney launching the PGA Club Professional The Club Professional Tournament returns to the IGTOA’s Parkland of the Year, Dromoland Castle this May...
In some great news for the Irish PGA Region, Bunclody Golf and Fishing Club has been announced as the host venue for the 109th Irish PGA Championship which will take place from August 19-22. Bunclody Golf & Fishing ClubThe event proper will be preceded by a...
Sutton Golf Club will play host to the PGA in Ireland and a new a nine-hole match-play event in late September this year. Golf's governing bodies have embraced the nine-hole concept in recent years and this event taps into the clamour for new competitive formats....
Former European Tour winner, Damien McGrane proved that form is temporary but class is permanent, as he showed no signs of rust in capturing the 17th Golf Mad Pro-am tournament in Antalya. The Kells man, now Head Professional at Carlow GC, took top prize in the...
Damien Mooney was the pick of the Irish on day one of Staysure Tour Qualifying School Final Stage after posting an opening one-over-par 72 in Portugal. Mooney returned a mixed bag of four birdies and five bogeys to grab a share of 12th spot heading into round two with...
David Kearney has joined an esteemed line of PGA Professionals to have won the PGAs of Europe 5-Star Professional Award in recognition of his work in various areas of golf. Kearney, who was nominated for the award by the PGA in Ireland, has spent much of his 25 years...
It’s not just what you buy, but where you buy it that can make a big difference this Christmas. The last weekend before Christmas is a big one for retails as Santa checks his lists and friends and families figure out what to buy for their loved ones. This year we’d...
The great and the good were in attendance for the launch of the 2019 edition of Golfers Guide to Ireland this week where their annual awards were handed out alongside the Irish PGA Region awards. Minister of State at the Dept. of Food, Forestry and Horticulture...
Dan Sugrue made it three from three in Castlemartyr this week when he won the third Munster PGA outing of the 2018 Winter Series. In fact it was a double for Sugrue as he teamed up with his brother John and Tim Rice to claim the team prize as well. Sugrue...
Reflecting on the years spent chasing his dream, Colm Moriarty discusses his transition into the professional ranks, lingering regrets and life after golf. t’s now seven years since Glasson’s Colm Moriarty took a step back from life as a full-time Challenge...
It’s amazing to think that after a year of relentless winning, a golfer could be anything other than overjoyed at the season’s finale but the opposite was true as Simon Thornton returned from the PGA Play-offs at Antalya Golf Club in Turkey empty-handed. Indeed it was...
In Turkey, Simon Thornton (Tulfarris Resort) is the leading home contender at the PGA Play-offs at Antalya GC. The reigning Irish PGA Champion is tied for third on four-under-par alongside Scotland's Alastair Forsythe following a second round 69 (-2). English duo...
We were schooled in the art of scoring. It was a cold, winter Friday in Newcastle but the professional among us was still different class. I’ve always been intrigued at how professionals can push on and go low whereas many amateurs (ok, me) tend to hit the panic...
Ireland slipped eight shots behind the leaders at the close of play on day two of the International Team Championship in Greece where the two best scores from a team of three to count in each round. Damian Mooney (Damian Mooney Golf), Joe Dillon (Headfort) and Colm...
Charlotte Back (Germany) has won the Irish Women’s and Girls’ Amateur Open Championship at County Louth Golf Club. Back fired a final round 72 to finish 10-under for the event and three shots ahead of her nearest competitors Beth Coulter (Kirkistown Castle) and Moa...
Peter O’Keeffe is the 2021 Flogas Irish Men’s Amateur Open champion. The Douglas golfer defeated Switzerland’s Nicola Gerhardsen in a three-hole playoff at The European Club after the duo finished three shots clear of the field on four-over in regulation play....
The wind might’ve calmed down by the time Padraig Harrington negotiated a brilliant five-under par round of 67 but he remains right in the hunt for a maiden title at the PGA TOUR Champions’ SAS Championship. The three-time Major winner battled gusty conditions with...
Rory McIlroy signed off with a brilliant eagle for a best of the day 10-under par round of 62 that saw him soar 17 places up the leaderboard and into outright second at 19-under, two shots behind a resurgent Rickie Fowler at the CJ CUP. McIlroy picked up six front...
The only way is up for Jonathan Caldwell as he slipped to the bottom of the leaderboard after a particularly testing day three of the Estrella Damm N.A. Andalucia Masters at Valderrama. The Clandeboye man was caught out by the pitfalls of the former Ryder Cup venue,...