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Journey of discovery which goes beyond the little white ball

GOLF BOOK CLUB: Ancestral Links By John Garrity

Tue Aug 04 2009 - 01:00

Tiger burning still bright

AS DRY runs go, this latest win by Tiger Woods in the Buick Open on Sunday – the 69th of his career on the US Tour and his fourth…

Tue Aug 04 2009 - 01:00

Lowry set for next big step

TOTAL GOLF: AT VARIOUS times of the season, the caddy shack resembles a game of musical chairs

Tue Jul 28 2009 - 01:00

Torrance gives insight into development of European Tour

GOLF BOOK CLUB: “Sam: The Autobiography of Sam Torrance” By Sam Torrance

Tue Jul 28 2009 - 01:00

Cink honed his game on Irish links courses

CAN ONE man rekindle old habits? Once upon a time, it was de rigueur for American professional golfers to visit Ireland to practice…

Tue Jul 21 2009 - 01:00

Old Tom and Tiger tear up the script

GOLF: WHO COULD have scripted it? Not even a fantasist could have dared dream this one up, giving Old Tom – aka Tom Watson – …

Sat Jul 18 2009 - 01:00

McGinley finds the missing links game

HOW THE IRISH FARED: HE’S WON the World Cup, holed the winning putt in the Ryder Cup, captured the tour’s end-of-season flagship…

Sat Jul 18 2009 - 01:00

Open Diary

British Open news in brief

Fri Jul 17 2009 - 01:00

Harrington showing positive signs

GOLF BRITISH OPEN: WHO’D HAVE believed it? A pet day on the craggy Scottish links, with ne’er a hint of a wind all day

Fri Jul 17 2009 - 01:00

Turnberry Tee-Times

IT’S just as well Rory McIlroy gets on well with Anthony Kim

Tue Jul 14 2009 - 01:00

Higgins shows persistence pays as he secures place

IF YOU keep knocking on the door, someone will eventually answer

Wed Jul 08 2009 - 01:00

Higgins gives himself a shot to qualify

YOU CAN’T say he doesn’t mind a battle

Tue Jul 07 2009 - 01:00

Musician's witty account of life on tour as a journeyman's caddie

GOLF BOOK CLUB: Four-Iron in the Soul By Lawrence Donegan

Tue Jun 30 2009 - 01:00

McIlroy opts for some proper links practice

TOUR SCENE NEWS ROUND-UP: RORY McILROY is not part of the large Irish contingent which will descend on Paris National for this…

Tue Jun 30 2009 - 01:00

US Open Digest

Other US Open news in brief

Mon Jun 22 2009 - 01:00

Barnes stumbles but still leads by one

SLOWLY, VERY slowly, the 109th US Open has sought to eke out a champion

Mon Jun 22 2009 - 01:00

US Open Digest

A round-up of other golf stories in brief...

Sat Jun 20 2009 - 01:00

Open Digest

Other news from the US Open

Fri Jun 19 2009 - 01:00

Hole by Hole

Guide to Bethpage

Thu Jun 18 2009 - 01:00

US Open Digest

Tiger drops his rivalry with Lefty for the duration - Who knows, maybe there will be another Tiger-Phil battle this week at …

Wed Jun 17 2009 - 01:00

Defending champion in form to tick one more box

GOLF US OPEN: ONE BY one, Tiger Woods has ticked off almost all the boxes

Wed Jun 17 2009 - 01:00

Life of a great raconteur comes up a few clubs short

GOLF BOOK CLUB: My Life By Peter Alliss

Tue Jun 16 2009 - 01:00

Woods right back where Harrington would love to be

TOUR NEWS : AS THAT old Chinese proverb would tell us, these are interesting times

Tue Jun 09 2009 - 01:00

Collection is a timeless addition to great golf literature

GOLF BOOK CLUB : Fairways Greens By Dan Jenkins

Tue Jun 09 2009 - 01:00

Tinkering over for Harrington

TOUR NEWS: IF WE are to believe Pádraig Harrington, and we should, then all of the tinkering is over

Tue Jun 02 2009 - 01:00

A humorous account of chasing the impossible golfing dream

GOLF BOOK CLUB: Bring me the head of Sergio Garcia! by Tom Cox

Tue Jun 02 2009 - 01:00

Lowry gets ready to finally putt for dough

IF THE past week or so has been a bit of a blur for Shane Lowry, this week’s European Open at The London Club, where the 22-year…

Tue May 26 2009 - 01:00

Corcoran does more than justice to Turnberry's duel in the sun

GOLF BOOK CLUB: PHILIP REID reviews Duel in the Sun by Michael Corcoran

Tue May 26 2009 - 01:00

McIlroy intent on creating his own drama At Wentworth

PGA CHAMPIONSHIP: AS YOU turn off London Road onto Wentworth Drive, there is a giant billboard

Thu May 21 2009 - 01:00

'Show me more than just the money'

THE POPULAR perception of the sports agent, so finely detailed in the movie Jerry Maguire, is that filthy lucre is all that matters…

Tue May 19 2009 - 01:00

BALTRAY DIGEST

Today's other stories in brief

Sat May 16 2009 - 01:00

Christy to be inducted into Hall of Fame

FITTINGLY, AT a time when Irish golf has a new generation of players capable of conquering the world, Christy O’Connor – the …

Thu May 14 2009 - 01:00

Daly having a blast in Baltray

JUST IMAGINE an errant schoolboy sent to the corner of the classroom. You’d expect him to stay there, contrite

Wed May 13 2009 - 01:00

Stenson plans to become a major player

TOUR NEWS: ONWARD AND upward, Henrik Stenson’s rise to fifth in the official world rankings after his win in The Players Championship…

Tue May 12 2009 - 01:00

Story of staging a major championship on a public course

GOLF BOOK CLUB: Open: Inside the Ropes at Bethpage Black by John Feinstein

Tue May 12 2009 - 01:00

McGeady set for Irish Open

TOUR NEWS: PÁDRAIG HARRINGTON refers to them constantly as the “twin impostors”, his way of determining the thin line that exists…

Tue May 12 2009 - 01:00

O'Hair's curve is on the up

THE MIDAS touch of Dr Bob Rotella is working for Sean O’Hair, if not quite – at this time – for Pádraig Harrington

Tue May 05 2009 - 01:00

Home players await Baltray call

TOUR NEWS: DISPENSING SPONSOR’S invitations for next week’s 3 Irish Open at Baltray is a slow process, and has left several …

Tue May 05 2009 - 01:00

Hit it. Find it. Hit it again. What's taking you so long?

WHY CAN’T everyone be like Angel Cabrera?

Tue Apr 28 2009 - 01:00

Save your money and watch Joly's TV show

BOOK REVIEW: THE POST-round joke at the 19th is, it must be said, an important part of any round of golf

Tue Apr 21 2009 - 01:00

McDowell ready to defend

A GOLFER on tour ticks off different boxes as he goes along

Tue Apr 21 2009 - 01:00

McDowell upbeat despite just missing out on automatic invitation

GRAEME McDOWELL didn’t four-putt a green, as Rory McIlroy did

Tue Apr 14 2009 - 01:00

Augusta Diary

A round-up of today's news from Augusta

Mon Apr 13 2009 - 01:00

Augusta Diary

Donald’s farewell tour continues: WHAT’S this about Luke Donald getting to share farewells? In the 2005 British Open at St Andrews…

Fri Apr 10 2009 - 01:00

Norman’s long wait for conquest

Augusta Diary : IF Greg Norman’s performance in last year’s British Open was a blast from the past, his return to Augusta for…

Thu Apr 09 2009 - 01:00

Confident Woods ready to impress

DRESSED ALL in black, more like a panther than a striped tiger, the main man returned to a major stage at Augusta yesterday

Wed Apr 08 2009 - 01:00

Holywood man gets red carpet treatment

PRACTICE DAYS at the US Masters are unlike any others anywhere

Tue Apr 07 2009 - 01:00

Clarke has last Masters chance

TOUR NEWS: DARREN CLARKE makes a last throw of the dice in his late, late bid for a place in next week’s US Masters when he …

Tue Mar 31 2009 - 01:00

Tiger's timing impeccable as he fires Masters warning shot

TOUR NEWS: WHO HAD the temerity to believe he wouldn’t be back, fit again and winning again? Very few, if the truth be known…

Tue Mar 31 2009 - 01:00

McIlroy looking forward to Augusta National

THE DAYS are being ticked off on the calendar towards Rory McIlroy’s first appearance in a major as a professional

Wed Mar 25 2009 - 00:00
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