Donald craves Major successSWAP? LUKE Donald, the world number one, heads into the third leg of the US Tour’s FedEx Cup series as this year’s dominant player…Tue Sept 13 2011 - 01:00
European octet opt to fine tune in US rather than SpainNO FEWER than eight of European captain Alison Nicholas’s team have opted to play in this week’s Navistar Classic on the LPGA…Tue Sept 13 2011 - 01:00
Harrington and McDowell bow out of seriesUS TOUR DEUTSCHE BANK CHAMPIONSHIP: PÁDRAIG HARRINGTON’S grand chase turned out to be futile, as the 40-year-old Dubliner – …Tue Sept 06 2011 - 01:00
Lowry intent on making inroadsTOUR SCENE NEWS ROUND-UP: WHEN TOUR players sit down at the start of the season and hide the goals for the season in a folder…Tue Sept 06 2011 - 01:00
Team Europe: the 12 players to face the USA at Killeen Castle on September 23rd-25thThe players who make up team EuropeTue Aug 30 2011 - 01:00
McIlroy returns to action in MastersGOLF: RORY McILROY – who returns to action in this week’s Omega European Masters at Crans-sur-Sierre in Switzerland, the official…Tue Aug 30 2011 - 01:00
Stupples makes it this timeGOLF: THE DELIVERY came in a penthouse on the sixth floor of an office building next to a theatreTue Aug 30 2011 - 01:00
True grit helps Bradley realise his dreamsGOLF: YOU JUST don’t know any more, do you? On Sunday, here at Atlanta Athletic Club, Keegan Bradley ended one sequence – that…Tue Aug 16 2011 - 01:00
Bradley comes of age in play-offGOLF: THERE CAN often be a degree of cynicism about professional sport, and especially in golf with its wheelbarrows of prize…Mon Aug 15 2011 - 01:00
Harrington lets cards fall where they mayGolf: Too shy or too wise to say it himself, Padraig Harrington – after shooting a second round 69 for a midway 36-holes total…Sat Aug 13 2011 - 01:00
Woods fails but DA makes a pointGOLF: THE OLD adage isn’t lost on those who know these things: If you keep knocking on the door, sometime – and somewhere – …Sat Aug 13 2011 - 01:00
Irish duo drop out of contentionGolf: The trophy cabinets of Rory McIlroy and Padraig Harrington – both Major champions – won’t be getting any new company after…Sat Aug 13 2011 - 01:00
McIlroy plays through pain barrierGolf: Call it brave? Or, perhaps, call it foolish? Rory McIlroy’s recovery shot from the root of an exposed tree early-on in…Fri Aug 12 2011 - 01:00
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Anti-social networkingGOLF: RORY McILROY does most of his talking with his clubs. Not yesterdayFri 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
