While Rory McIlroy has taken an instant likening to Erin Hills he says the USGA is under the “cosh” to get correct the set-up of this week’s host venue. A number of players, including Graeme McDowell and Adam Scott, have joked a player could lose a caddy in the, in...
The 114th Ladies British Open Amateur Championship will take place at Pyle & Kenfig this week, from the 13-17 June and there are eleven Irish ladies in the field. The Championship, being hosted by the R&A for the first time after the merger of the Ladies Golf...
Former champion Rory McIlroy has given the thumbs up to both the Erin Hills course and any lingering injury concerns ahead of the U.S. Open later this week. McIlroy has been in Milwaukee since last Friday getting familiar with the course located about a 40-minute...
The USA reclaimed the Arnold Palmer Trophy with an imperious performance over the weekend at the Atlanta Athletic Club. Running out 19.5 to 10.5 winners overall it wasn't exactly a close match on the final day but that was all down to the almost whitewash the...
Daniel Berger endured a tough start at the FedEx St. Jude Classic but came out the other side and took the title for the second straight year. After a nervy first few shots, after which he still wasn't on the green for three, Berger went ahead and holed a 25-foot chip...
John Ross Galbraith (Whitehead) was pipped at the post at the St Andrews Trophy yesterday as he couldn't quite hold off the challenge of Matthew Jordan (Royal Liverpool). Leading by one shot from a group of players and facing 36 holes on the final days play, Galbraith...
John-Ross Galbraith (Whitehead) shot one under on the Old Course at St Andrews to take a one shot lead into the final day at the St Andrews Links Trophy. Galbraith sits on seven under par after his opening 66 was followed by a second round 71. He has plenty of company...
The USA team took control at the Arnold Palmer Cup yesterday as the match moved into the singles stages. All square after the first two rounds at 5 all the USA took 9.5 of the 10 available points in the first round of singles matches yesterday to have a comfortable...
It's all square at 5 points apiece after day one at the Palmer Cup in the Atlantic Athletic Club where Stuart Grehan is the sole Irish participant on the European Team. The USA had led 3.5 to 1.5 after the morning matches but Europe evened the overall team standings...
It was a case of passing the baton at the St Andrews Links Trophy as John Ross Galbraith took up where Conor O’Rourke left off last year. Playing the Jubilee Course , Galbraith fired in a 66 to set the pace on day one bouncing back from a bogey-bogey start to card...
After a roller coaster four over front nine, Graeme McDowell stormed home in five under to ensure two more competitive rounds in Memphis before heading north to the U.S Open outside of Milwaukee. McDowell posted a second straight one-under par 69 to sit in a tie for...
Seamus Power carded six birdies in a five-under par 65 to muscle his way to a share of sixth place after two rounds of the FedEx St. Jude Classic in Memphis. The West Waterford man moved to six under par to trail just three shots behind the leading trio of South...
Stephanie Meadow followed up her opening round of 74 with a one under 71 but it was not enough to make the halfway cut at the Manulife LPGA Classic in Canada. The Jordanstown professional now heads to the Meijer LPGA Classic for next week’s event trying to build some...
Gavin Moynihan followed his opening 67 with a 69 in a rain delayed round two to put himself right into contention at the KPMG Trophy at Royal Waterloo Golf Club. 22 year old Moynihan sits just three shots off the lead on eight under in the €170,000 Challenge Tour...
A brilliant 16-foot birdie at the last in a round of a one-under par 69 had Graeme McDowell attracting the interest of a number of local Memphis local TV networks late on day one of the FedEx St. Jude Classic reports Bernie McGuire from Memphis TN. McDowell had been...
Michael Hoey returned a one-under par round of 71 as Kristof Ulenaers made it a day to remember after posting a seven-under par 65 to lead by two on his professional debut at the Challenge de Cádiz. 42-year old Hoey has seen first-hand in recent years the soaring...
Berehaven are the 2020 AIG Jimmy Bruen Shield champions, earning a first national title for the Cork club. A 3.5-1.5 win over Baltinglass saw the joyous scenes on the 16th green as Declan Dunne and Luke O’Sullivan earned a 4&2 win over Fergal Doogue and Nathan...
Jonathan Caldwell carded a two-under opening 70 but the story of the day was Christine Wolf who became the first woman to lead a European Tour event as she shared top spot on the leaderboard with Sam Horsfield after day one of the Scandinavian Mixed Hosted by Henrik...
Two of global golf’s biggest stars are set to light up the Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open with Justin Thomas and Jon Rahm - the current World Number Two and Three - confirming their participation in the second Rolex Series event of the 2021 Race to Dubai....
Leona Maguire and Stephanie Meadow will hope to reignite their respective seasons this week at the LPGA Tour’s Mediheal Championship in California. Cavan professional Maguire returns to the fairways after sitting out the US Women’s Open, where Meadow missed the cut...