Cheap putter pays dividend for CassidySome club professionals have a variation on that old "drive for show, putt for dough" clicheTue Jul 29 1997 - 01:00
A benign day still throws up shocksStrange DAY. The fickle weather gods yesterday blessed competitors in the South of Ireland Amateur Championship with the sort…Tue Jul 29 1997 - 01:00
Craic shotsYou can't beat a bit of originality and a Dublin-based company, appropriately enough called The Craic, are producing a nice line…Tue Jul 29 1997 - 01:00
Kemmy comes from behind to shock FoxYear after year, the old sages who inhabit these western shores warn that Sunday is the day that demands most cautionary steps…Mon Jul 28 1997 - 01:00
Quality field remains despite abstentionsIn a year when the Lahinch club has adopted the corinthian spirit and proceeded with the event in the absence of a sponsor, the…Sat Jul 26 1997 - 01:00
RTE may get Ryder actionRTE's head of television sport, Tim O'Connor, is confident the station will secure permission from Sky to screen daily highlights…Fri Jul 25 1997 - 01:00
Murphy and Gannon favourites at LaytownIreland's would-be "tigresses" have the added incentive of possible selection on the eight-strong team for next month's HomeTue Jul 22 1997 - 01:00
Winter tee wins admirersThe summer has finally arrived (typically just as autumn approaches)Tue Jul 22 1997 - 01:00
Laide leads Kerry past the dangerThe air of inevitability which once surrounded Kerry has goneMon Jul 21 1997 - 01:00
Quest for the perfect putterTHE quest for the perfect putter has been going on for as long as golf has been playedTue Jul 08 1997 - 01:00
No Walker Cup place for FanaganALTHOUGH Keith Nolan and Riehie Coughian have been selected to make debut appearances, Jody Fanagan's exclusion from the 10-man…Tue Jul 08 1997 - 01:00
Montgomerie a masterIF he should ever consider a holiday home in Ireland - to go with his abodes in England, Scotland and, most recently, Florida…Mon Jul 07 1997 - 01:00
Harrington, Walton lead Irish revivalSALVATION of sorts arrived for the home contingent in the final round yesterday, even if they couldn't quite match the mesmerising…Mon Jul 07 1997 - 01:00
Darcy best of frustrated IrishTHE scramble for survival entailed a pressure all of its own perhaps even greater than that experienced by the title pursuers…Sat Jul 05 1997 - 01:00
Rocca a breath of fresh airTHE TIGERS and Sharks of this world may feel that golf is a part of their destiny, almost a birthrightFri Jul 04 1997 - 01:00
Darcy leads the home challengeLIKE the squire of a sprawling country estate, Eamonn Darcy - who rode horses as a youngster on this same land when it was formerly…Fri Jul 04 1997 - 01:00
Harrington's good run continuesPADRAIG HARRINGTON will be hoping his good run continuesThu Jul 03 1997 - 01:00
Prodigal son back on courseTHE MIGRATION of two professionals, resident in Florida, to Ireland's, ahem, summer climes hardly constitutes an exodus to these…Thu Jul 03 1997 - 01:00
Campbell seeks promised landTHE story, a true one, goes that a certain Irish gambler put Pounds 40,000 on Michael Campbell to win the Murphy's Irish Open…Wed Jul 02 1997 - 01:00
Faldo can win favour of Spanish task-masterTHEY could hardly be less alike the proud, emotional Spaniard and the clinically pragmatic EnglishmanWed Jul 02 1997 - 01:00
Howley and Pinero given late "wild card" placesFRANCIS HOWLEY yesterday had the pleasant task of altering his travel arrangements when he was handed a late "wild card" into…Tue Jul 01 1997 - 01:00
Young in search of hat trickSOME of Ireland's hottest young talent will seek to follow in illustrious footsteps - and fend off an imposing foreign challenger…Tue Jul 01 1997 - 01:00
Meunier Lebouc the strongestNO ONE was better prepared to cope with the final round tensions in the Guardian Irish Women's Open at Luttrellstown Castle yesterday…Mon Jun 30 1997 - 01:00
Lunn leads as Leary falls back to earthTHE CRUEL vagaries of golf were demonstrated in the Guardian Irish Women's Open at Luttrellstown Castle yesterday where Jane …Sat Jun 28 1997 - 01:00
Leary blows past the fieldSOME PLAYERS, and spectators, were noticed blinking furiously and rubbing their eyes as if they were witnessing an optical illusion…Fri Jun 27 1997 - 01:00
Nicholas nears her best in time to defend titleTHE foreign players are starting to wonder if the sun ever shines on this isleThu Jun 26 1997 - 01:00
Scotsman will miss his bit of roughCOLIN MONTGOMERIE will receive a rude awakening when he revisits Druids Glen next week to defend his Murphy's Irish Open crown…Wed Jun 25 1997 - 01:00
Battle begins to host Ryder CupIT IS no longer a matter of if or when, rather where, the Ryder Cup will be staged in Ireland in 2005Tue Jun 24 1997 - 01:00
Clubs urged to support future starsTHE Golfing Union of Ireland has appealed to all club members, especially those in the Dublin area, to go along to "see the stars…Tue Jun 24 1997 - 01:00
Rogers in confident mood for Irish OpenSOME extensive remedial work - to a swing which contributed to an inauspicious start to the season - has left Aideen Rogers in…Tue Jun 24 1997 - 01:00
Kilkenny substitutes make the differenceTHE CAT laughs were left to the comedy aficionadosMon Jun 23 1997 - 01:00
Fanagan is fully fit for the frayWALKER CUP player Jody Fanagan, who was forced to prematurely halt his involvement in last week's Irish Amateur Open because …Tue Jun 17 1997 - 01:00
`Provincial' players chase recordFOUR CONNACHT golfers will attempt to play their way into the record books next Friday by playing a course in each county in …Tue Jun 17 1997 - 01:00
Corrstown a triumph of the self-help spiritJUST 12 miles or so north of Dublin's city centre, and you could be anywhereTue Jun 17 1997 - 01:00
Ryder hopes drive HarringtonUNLIKE his two travelling companions to the US Open, Padraig Harrington has decided not to take a break from the PGA European…Tue Jun 17 1997 - 01:00
As ever, hope springs eternalAS LITTLE white lie greets travellers crossing into the county on the Dublin-Cork roadSat Jun 14 1997 - 01:00
Nolan holds off Fox to win title by six shotsHE had to endure one or two scares along the way but there was still a touch of the inevitable about Keith Nolan's win in the…Sat Jun 14 1997 - 01:00
Nolan brings a touch of classTHE prodigal son returned and jokingly quipped, a la the Tiger, that he had left his "A" game behind, but Keith Nolan, the defending…Fri Jun 13 1997 - 01:00
Test now tougher for Fota finishersIN SOME cases, it could well he termed the last chance saloon, given that the six-man Irish team for the European Championship…Thu Jun 12 1997 - 01:00
Possibility of an all Leinster Irish teamCOULD the Irish selectors opt for an all-Leinster sextet to represent the country in the European Team Championships at Portmarnock…Tue Jun 10 1997 - 01:00
Higgins pauses to recharge batteriesONLY one other Irish face, that of Padraig Harrington, has been seen at as many tournaments on the PGA European Tour so far this…Tue Jun 10 1997 - 01:00
Kildare defy the oddsTHE PASSION. The pain. Another footballing Sunday and yet more players end the match earlyMon Jun 09 1997 - 01:00
Ryan steps into breachGLEN RYAN wasn't due to take the penalty kick which effectively killed off Laois in yesterday's Leinster Championship game at…Mon Jun 09 1997 - 01:00
Clarke's US trip is European Open's lossDARREN CLARKE'S move into the big-time, both financially and as a player, has come at a costTue Jun 03 1997 - 01:00
Nolan in fine fettle for PortmarnockIRELAND'S hottest amateur, Keith Nolan, will return home from East Tennessee State in fine fettle for the European Team Championships…Tue Jun 03 1997 - 01:00
