Pressure on USA to deliver on home soilRYDER CUP: EVERY TWO years, the metamorphosis at the Ryder Cup is a strange one to beholdFri Sept 28 2012 - 01:00
McIlroy has no fears of 'marked man' roleGOLF: NO CROSSHAIRS. No bulls-eye targetThu Sept 27 2012 - 01:00
Olazabal sets up Northern frontMAYBE HIS advice has fallen on deaf ears. Or, maybe, José Maria Olazabal simply didn’t want to hear itThu Sept 27 2012 - 01:00
Moving day finds both teams in a good placeYESTERDAY WAS moving day of a different kind for golf’s elite, as the 17 players involved in the US Tour’s FedEx Cup showdown…Tue Sept 25 2012 - 01:00
Deegan has shot at further gloryWHEN THEIR paths first crossed back in teenage years, Conor Deegan – who went on to win two All-Ireland football medals with …Sat Sept 22 2012 - 01:00
McDowell happy to reprise the 'just-in-caser' role once againTHE UTTER craziness of the Ryder Cup was brought home to Graeme McDowell on the 17th green at Celtic ManorSat Sept 22 2012 - 01:00
Trick of making the abnormal seem normalLee Westwood defended Nick Faldo’s captaincy in 2008 by remarking, “we hold the golf clubs and we hit the shots, not the captain…Sat Sept 22 2012 - 01:00
Maynooth pupils prove Barton Cup mastersNATIONAL CUPS AND SHIELDS FINALS: THE CONVEYOR belt keeps turning, as evidenced here in the Chartis-sponsored Irish Cups and…Fri Sept 21 2012 - 01:00
Harrington's 'students' going for maiden Barton Cup titleTHE CREST to the right of the sweater give it awayThu Sept 20 2012 - 01:00
McIlroy still has it all to doRORY McILROY’S quest for a $10 million windfall – the bonus paid to whoever tops the US Tour’s FedEx Cup series – is no done …Tue Sept 18 2012 - 01:00
McIlroy denies making decision on Rio GamesRORY McILROY might have expected that his on-course exploits, which have seen him pocket $2Tue Sept 11 2012 - 01:00
Singh leads as McIlroy and Woods give chaseBMW CHAMPIONSHIP: YOU IMAGINE this is what they had in mind when the concept was first contrived around a boardroom tableSat Sept 08 2012 - 01:00
No sign of McIlroy's hot streak ending soonGOLF: HE’S KNOWN by his peers in the locker room as “The Boy Wonder” and, these days, there is an ageless presence about Rory…Fri Sept 07 2012 - 01:00
Love wild about his Ryder choicesGOLF : THE FOUR names proffered by US Ryder Cup captain Davis Love III at the NASDAQ in New York yesterday were typically conservative…Wed Sept 05 2012 - 01:00
McIlroy out to stay focusedGOLF: THE NUMBERS keep adding up for Rory McIlroy, the boxes continue to be tickedWed Sept 05 2012 - 01:00
Four hoping Love comes callingTHE FIRST first real task of his captaincy will befall Davis Love III in the NASDAQ stock exchange in New York this afternoon…Tue Sept 04 2012 - 01:00
McIlroy survives late scare to take titleRORY McILROY moved into pole position to claim the biggest financial prize in golf – a $10 million bonus – when his win in the…Tue Sept 04 2012 - 01:00
Europeans pounce to snatch gloryIF THE two teams representing the Continent of Europe declared something of a shift in the balance of power with successes over…Mon Sept 03 2012 - 01:00
Disappointing Dubs down and outMayo 0-19 Dublin 0-16: A whirlpool of an All-Ireland football semi-final, which finally found an outlet, saw Mayo – who had …Sun Sept 02 2012 - 01:00
Phelan and team-mates stay tough for position of strengthST ANDREWS AND JACQUES LÉGLISE TROPHIES: AS A student of psychology, Kevin Phelan is aware of the importance of fighting to …Sat Sept 01 2012 - 01:00
Youth to put on quality showST ANDREWS AND JACQUES LÉGLISE TROPHYS: THE ANEMOMETER gauging the wind speeds at Portmarnock Golf Club yesterday recorded gusts…Fri Aug 31 2012 - 01:00
Pádraig confident he will be backA PIT stop along the way, not the end of the road! Pádraig Harrington has adopted the approach that his failure to make next …Tue Aug 28 2012 - 01:00
Harrington drops back to earthPÁDRAIG HARRINGTON fell back to earth with a bang yesterday, as his dual hopes of snatching a Ryder Cup “wild card” pick and …Sat Aug 25 2012 - 01:00
McIlroy wins second major in styleGolf: This was a grand prize as great as any Olympic medal as Rory McIlroy – who became the latest custodian of the Rodman…Mon Aug 13 2012 - 01:00
McIlroy wins his second Major in styleTHIS WAS a grand prize as great as any Olympic medal as Rory McIlroy - who became the latest custodian of the Rodman Wanamaker…Mon Aug 13 2012 - 01:00
McIlroy moves into pole positionGolf: Shots define champions. Seve Ballesteros out of the car park at Lytham in 1979Sun Aug 12 2012 - 01:00
O'Gara in for Dubs, Canty back for CorkGAA news: Eoghan O’Gara, who was a potent substitute in Dublin’s win over Meath in last month’s Leinster final, is the only …Thu Aug 02 2012 - 01:00
McDowell right in the thick of itGolf: He has put himself in a position to fulfil his boyhood dreamsSat Jul 21 2012 - 01:00
Irish pair fail to fire at LythamGolf: Padraig Harrington was left revising his immediate future schedule after failing to ignite in tandem with Rory McIlroy…Sat Jul 21 2012 - 01:00
Now let's not get confused: Harrington sports new logoROYAL LYTHAM DIARY: Pádraig Harrington is sporting yet another new logo on his cap for the British Open, bringing to four the…Wed Jul 18 2012 - 01:00
Sullen Woods on a mission: HIS ALARM call may have come with the dawn chorus, given his propensity to get his practice rounds completed before the majority…Wed Jul 18 2012 - 01:00
Chip it out and start again is the order of the dayTHE QUIP in these parts is that the links at Royal Lytham and St Annes has the same number of bunkers as there are bones in the…Wed Jul 18 2012 - 01:00
McIlroy wants to show he's no one-off: THE GOLFING world didn’t stop spinning after Tiger Woods’s dominance – which saw him win his 14 Major titles in a 12-year …Wed Jul 18 2012 - 01:00
Els hopes playing with Clarke rubs offERNIE ELS is hoping that playing alongside defending champion Darren Clarke will provide some inspiration in his quest for another…Tue Jul 17 2012 - 01:00
Ogilvy smooths ruffled feathersIN THE midst of all the gloom, with grown men fearful of losing golf balls in the long grass and the weather gods continuing…Tue Jul 17 2012 - 01:00
Pettersen confirms return to Killeen Castle to defend Open titleGOLF LADIES IRISH OPEN: SHE’S ON her way back to Killeen CastleWed Jul 11 2012 - 01:00
Pádraig feels a win is in sightFOR SOME, it’s the last chance saloon; for others, like Pádraig Harrington, this week’s Scottish Open at Castle Stuart – a manufactured…Tue Jul 10 2012 - 01:00
Royal wish: Momentum gathering for Open returnThose who left Royal Portrush Golf Club on Sunday evening with the feel-good glow that great occasions naturally imbue in us …Tue Jul 03 2012 - 01:00
Peanut Putter: Daly name lives on with new rangeAs an iconic name who inspired Ireland’s modern Major winners, the Fred Daly name is living on through his son, Robin, whose …Tue Jul 03 2012 - 01:00
Fab four on different Major roadsTHE ROAD, as ever, for Ireland’s four Major champions leads to wherever the next Major is stagedTue Jul 03 2012 - 01:00
A question of etiquette: To let through or not on the courseQ Two players are involved in a match and arrive on to the tee to discover that the group in front – consisting of three players…Tue Jul 03 2012 - 01:00
He's got game again: Clarke impresses on and off courseGOLF : Darren Clarke’s return to work may have come at the Irish Open – at least officially, after a five-week stint on the …Mon Jul 02 2012 - 01:00
McDowell ends with flourish and makes strong Open caseGOLF: THE HOME town boy, as they say, did goodMon Jul 02 2012 - 01:00
Donaldson claims his first tour victory after closing 66GOLF : THE INTERLOPER was embraced as one of their own, which was typical of how the galleries at this Irish Open – a first …Mon Jul 02 2012 - 01:00
Thai for 60th: O'Sullivan takes a breakGOLF: The record books will show that Mark O’Sullivan, in his first ever European Tour event, finished tied with former US PGA…Mon Jul 02 2012 - 01:00
Tenacious McGinley has pep in his step despite old knee problemsTHE HUNGER still stirs deeply in his gut, even as the grey hairs become ever more prominentSat Jun 30 2012 - 01:00
Donaldson holds off Harrington and the weatherAs wet and miserable as Saturday’s third round of the Irish Open was from a meteorological point, Pádraig Harrington – for one…Sat Jun 30 2012 - 01:00
No rain on Harrington's well-supported paradeIRISH OPEN: THE FASHION statement, no rain gear and a mauve-coloured top that last saw duty in the humidity of Connecticut, …Fri Jun 29 2012 - 01:00
