Stricker's stellar show as McIlroy hangs on inGOLF : THE GOLFING gods dispense their favours with a fickle sense of justice, as demonstrated by two shots in yesterday’s opening…Fri Aug 12 2011 - 01:00
McIlroy and his game in the right placeGOLF: THE EARTH hasn’t stopped spinning, and it’s definitely not flatThu Aug 11 2011 - 01:00
Clarke reckons McIlroy is right to go the US routeWITH HIS 43rd birthday just a matter of days away, Darren Clarke – who comes into this week’s USPGA Championship with the newly…Wed Aug 10 2011 - 01:00
Pádraig aiming to go with the flow93rd USPGA CHAMPIONSHIP COUNTDOWN: AS A coach, Peter Cowen is the man with the Midas touchWed Aug 10 2011 - 01:00
Irish Open helps Nicholas tick a lot of Solheim boxesGOLF: AS A precursor to the real deal, with the Solheim Cup now just 44 days away, the Ladies Irish Open at Killeen Castle in…Tue Aug 09 2011 - 01:00
Solheim Cup big shots likely to overshadow the young gunsLADIES IRISH OPEN : WORD HAS it that a ghost or two inhabits the grandiose Killeen Castle, which acts like a focal point for…Fri Aug 05 2011 - 01:00
McDowell upbeat in AkronGOLF: THE CALL of the Majors is a unique one, and so Graeme McDowell – who flew out of Shannon yesterday – and Rory McIlroy, …Tue Aug 02 2011 - 01:00
New sponsor considers Irish OpenGOLF: KILLARNEY again ticked all the boxes in its staging of the Irish Open, but the PGA European Tour is expected to take some…Tue Aug 02 2011 - 01:00
Pupil calls time on long-time masterIRISH OPEN: A growing frustration has led Pádraig Harrington to end his relationship with coach Bob TorranceMon Aug 01 2011 - 01:00
McIlroy is back in the grooveGOLF: THE TWIRL of the club was back, his post-swing digestif indicating the measure of Rory McIlroy’s well-beingSat Jul 30 2011 - 01:00
Cutler cuts a dashGOLF: A YEAR ago, he arrived here like a rabbit caught in a car’s headlights. It all got to him; the noise, the pressureSat Jul 30 2011 - 01:00
Anti-social networkingGOLF: RORY McILROY does most of his talking with his clubs. Not yesterdayFri Jul 29 2011 - 01:00
Singh sizzles on the lakeshoreGOLF: IRISH OPEN THE FAIRYTALE will require some twists and turns if a happy ending is to be inveigled into reality.Fri Jul 29 2011 - 01:00
Quiet man Moriarty quite happy with 67GOLF : SOMETIMES, YOU’VE got to watch the quiet onesFri Jul 29 2011 - 01:00
Perfect setting for Irish fairytaleGOLF: PICTURE POSTCARD settings don’t guarantee dream endingsThu Jul 28 2011 - 01:00
Sedate game capable of taking its tollGOLF: IN CONTRAST with other sports, golf is a rather sedate, even benign, activityTue Jul 26 2011 - 01:00
All eyes focused on KillarneyGOLF: THIS WEEK’S Irish Open presented by Discover Ireland at Killarney Golf and Fishing Club will, as James Finnegan of the…Tue Jul 26 2011 - 01:00
World is Clarke's oyster againGOLF: EVEN AT 42, it is possible to have life-changing experiencesTue Jul 19 2011 - 01:00
R&A will look closely at Royal Portrush as Open venueGOLF: ANY FUTURE decision on whether to return Royal Portrush to the rota for the British Open will only be taken after a further…Tue Jul 19 2011 - 01:00
Clarke joins Northern stars with Open winDARREN CLARKE earned a huge €3 million payday when he claimed the 140th British Open at Royal St George’s Golf Club in England…Mon Jul 18 2011 - 01:00
Clarke realises Open dreamGOLF: THE CORONATION was belated, but arguably all the sweeter for the waitMon Jul 18 2011 - 01:00
Veteran Clarke blows it wide openGOLF THE OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP: THE WINDS of time blew in many directions over the dunes here at Sandwich yesterday, as the 140th…Sat Jul 16 2011 - 01:00
Relaxed Clarke firmly in the mix140th BRITISH OPEN : PRESSURE? WHAT pressure? Where once dark storm clouds seemed strategically located just above the greying…Sat Jul 16 2011 - 01:00
Bjorn and bairn gobble up SandwichGOLF: THEY CAME in their droves to hail golf’s newest superheroFri Jul 15 2011 - 01:00
McIlroy Open to more successGOLF: BRITISH OPEN: GOLF WORSHIPS its heroes, epitomised here at Sandwich by the iconic images of Seve Ballesteros stencilled…Thu Jul 14 2011 - 01:00
Harrington and Clarke pinpoint puttingTHE ONE-time trendsetters have changed rolesThu Jul 14 2011 - 01:00
McIlroy has Major pep in his stepGOLF : RORY McILROY’S delayed arrival here was like a trick an old-time Hollywood starlet would pull, if for different reasons…Wed Jul 13 2011 - 01:00
Oosthuizen feels a certain sense of reliefGOLF: WITH THE sun blazing down, and barely a breath of wind coming in off the channel, there was a sense yesterday of the calm…Tue Jul 12 2011 - 01:00
Carr thrilled with American invasionGOLF: IN WHAT purports to be a tasty appetiser before the real feast, four top-ranked Americans – including current major champion…Wed Jul 06 2011 - 01:00
US team shaping up well in rankingsGOLF/SOLHEIM CUP: WITH THE countdown on to the Solheim Cup at Killeen Castle in Co Meath – 80 days to go – the qualifying standings…Tue Jul 05 2011 - 01:00
McIlroy and Harrington differ in approachGOLF: WHICH IS the most prudent way? To undertake a stealth-like reconnaissance to Royal St George’s ahead of next week’s British…Tue Jul 05 2011 - 01:00
Campbell makes pitch with notablesTHE EGALITARIAN nature of the British Open qualifying system, which sees, first, regional qualifiers followed by final sectional…Tue Jun 28 2011 - 01:00
Dusseldorf invitational hits Irish OpenTOUR SCENE NEWS ROUND-UP: TALK ABOUT being kicked when you’re down..Tue Jun 28 2011 - 01:00
Next stop Holywood, then it's a major breakGOLF : RORY McILROY – who has risen to a career high fourth in the latest world rankings on the back of his US Open win – will…Tue Jun 21 2011 - 01:00
Potential to make 'scary' numbersGOLF : IN THE year that is in it, the comparison of Rory McIlroy with the recently deceased Seve Ballesteros is somehow appropriate…Tue Jun 21 2011 - 01:00
Rory lives the American dreamTHE CLARION call was distinctive, and the response unerringMon Jun 20 2011 - 01:00
There's just something about RoryGOLF : The Americans just can't get enough of the US Open champion from Holywood, Co DownMon Jun 20 2011 - 01:00
Master McIlroy burns it upGolf: HIS FINAL act of a mesmerising round was to act like a normal human with emotions of his ownSat Jun 18 2011 - 01:00
Oh, such an almost perfect dayGolf: HOW DO you measure greatness? In Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, the character Malvolio remarked, “Be not afraid of greatness…Sat Jun 18 2011 - 01:00
Faithful supporters delight in Lowry's opening effortGOLF: IN HIS heyday, Fred Funk had a group who followed him around the fairways of the United States in fluorescent T-shirts…Fri Jun 17 2011 - 01:00
More good than bad as Harrington shoots 71GOLF: THE OLD adage about one swallow not making a summer sprung to mindFri Jun 17 2011 - 01:00
Flawless McIlroy surges to Open leadGOLF: WHO KNOWS if redemption or revenge was the true motivation, but Rory McIlroy – given the character of the fall guy in …Fri Jun 17 2011 - 01:00
An open in every sense of the wordGOLF: THE VIBES from just about everyone here in the leafy suburbs of Bethesda, whether on the range or the course itself, is…Thu Jun 16 2011 - 01:00
