Walker Cup selectors add an incentiveGolf Irish Amateur Open Strokeplay For better or worse, the best young amateur golfers inevitably find their way to the professional…Fri May 06 2005 - 01:00
Things just get better for SmythChampions Tour News round-up: As he gets older, it seems, golfing life simply gets betterTue Apr 26 2005 - 01:00
What's in the pipelineNew Courses: Finally, it seems, there is something of a slow down - but far from a meltdown - in the number of new courses being…Tue Apr 12 2005 - 01:00
Singh's number one goal is victoryUS Masters: Vijay Singh has this image of being the original "range rat", a player who forgets he has a home to go too and, …Wed Apr 06 2005 - 01:00
Bag man O'Reilly gets down to businessJude O'Reilly did his time in the lecture halls of UCD to obtain a commerce degree, and then promptly decided he wasn't ready…Tue Apr 05 2005 - 01:00
All has changed since 1997 but not always for the betterAfter the tweaking of the previous years, when nip/tuck surgery was performed on the course at Augusta National, a procedure …Sat Apr 02 2005 - 01:00
Harrington goes to work and gets the job doneGOLF: Padraig Harrington returned to work yesterdayFri Mar 25 2005 - 00:00
Getting found out by accident at SawgrassGolf/Players Championship The 17th hole: For a hole born by accident, the 17th at the TPC at Sawgrass, has become arguably the…Tue Mar 22 2005 - 00:00
Maiden victory will bring its own demandsGolf/US Tour News round-up : Padraig Harrington will be taking a shorter than usual winter hibernation from tournament play …Tue Mar 15 2005 - 00:00
Smyth's status improvedGolf/Champions Tour SBC Classic: If last season was, in its own way, exasperating for Des Smyth, this year could not have started…Tue Mar 15 2005 - 00:00
Ticket requests to break recordsRyder Cup: The age-old market forces aphorism of supply and demand has already determined that next year's Ryder Cup at The …Wed Mar 09 2005 - 00:00
European Open boostGolf News: A rise in prize money to a record €3,336,288 for this year's Smurfit European Open, which takes place at the K Club…Wed Feb 23 2005 - 00:00
Clarke's feel-good factorTour news: Rather than feel any recriminations about just missing out on a play-off in the weather-hit Nissan Open, Darren Clarke…Tue Feb 22 2005 - 00:00
Clarke v McDowell at La CostaGOLF: As things stand, Darren Clarke and Graeme McDowell are poised for a head-to-head encounter in the first round in next …Tue Feb 15 2005 - 00:00
Mickelson lays down a most ominous markerGOLF/US Tour: Can a leopard change its spots? It would seem so, in the case of Phil Mickelson at leastTue Feb 15 2005 - 00:00
Members spared levy for new HQGolf GUI a.g.m. In an example of fiscal rectitude that would be the envy of many a sporting body, the Golfing Union of Ireland…Sat Feb 12 2005 - 00:00
Talking balls in Montrose as Irish optimism flags in RomeTV View: Isn't sport a fickle thing all the same? Optimism can turn to pessimism almost as quickly as the air can be released…Mon Feb 07 2005 - 00:00
McGinley sets sights high for years aheadIt would seem golfers become more ambitious as they grow olderThu Feb 03 2005 - 00:00
Leonard returns to winning waysFor the best part of the last two seasons, it seemed as if Justin Leonard had disappeared off the face of the golfing planetTue Feb 01 2005 - 00:00
Out of the woods but not on trackGolf Tour News: After almost 16 months spent in a kind of limbo without a strokeplay win on the US Tour, Tiger Woods chose Sunday…Tue Jan 25 2005 - 00:00
Singh back in driving seatGolf Tour news:Simply the best? Like a fine wine, Vijay Singh appears to mature with ageTue Jan 18 2005 - 00:00
Murphy looks for better rewardGary Murphy starts his European Tour campaign in next week's South African Open in Durban with a mission to make a significant…Tue Jan 11 2005 - 00:00
Appleby's trek pays off nicelyFate is a curious thing, as Stuart Appleby knows only too wellTue Jan 11 2005 - 00:00
Elite up for the Singh challengeFor many of the world's elite players, the winter hibernation has proven to be a short-term affair.Tue Jan 04 2005 - 00:00
Former champion mulls over returnFormer British Open winner Ian Baker-Finch is contemplating a return to tournament golf eight years after walking away from the…Tue Jan 04 2005 - 00:00
Irish make their mark across world stageGolf: Anyone endeavouring to work out the intricacies of the official world rankings is likely to burn a million brain cells…Tue Dec 21 2004 - 00:00
Little men put on big show of huge heart in the ringTV View: Invariably, those who pursue a life in professional sport must possess an inner toughness that enables them to surmount…Mon Dec 20 2004 - 00:00
Charity golf show to be the first initiativeNobody needs to tell Padraig Harrington golf has been good to himThu Dec 16 2004 - 00:00
Ryder Cup trio share awardIn recognition of their unique contribution to Europe's record win in the Ryder Cup at Oakland Hills in September, Ireland's …Tue Dec 14 2004 - 00:00
Frost spins good yarn about Jones' SlamSports Books 2004/Golf: As any handicap golfer is only too aware, the quest for perfection is an impossible dreamSat Dec 04 2004 - 00:00
Coughlan and Nolan bid for US Tour cardsTour news: For Richie Coughlan and Keith Nolan, who chose to pursue their golfing destinies in the United States rather than…Tue Nov 30 2004 - 00:00
Family illness halts ClarkeGOLF/News round-up: Darren Clarke has taken an earlier than envisaged winter break in order to be at home with his wife, Heather…Wed Nov 24 2004 - 00:00
McGinley ever the team playerGolf: World Cup Paul McGinley doesn't know why the merest whiff of team competition transforms his psyche on a golf course, …Fri Nov 19 2004 - 00:00
Irish quartet in the money and top 100With closure falling on the two main golf tours for the 2004 season, it's interesting to note that four Irish players have for…Tue Nov 09 2004 - 00:00
Irish pair join the elite in AtlantaTOUR NEWS: For the world's elite players, golf is now an never-ending seasonTue Nov 02 2004 - 00:00
Time and tide will wait for 'El Nino'The conquistador is all smiles, which is his usual wayThu Oct 28 2004 - 01:00
Sorenstam leads the invasion of US circuit2004 Season Review/Women: If Tiger Woods had his mantle as golf's kingpin unceremoniously grabbed from him in 2004, nobody - …Tue Oct 26 2004 - 01:00
Major surprises but a vintage cropAs crazy as it may seem in a year when neither Tiger Woods nor Ernie Els managed to get his thumbprints onto the claret jug, …Tue Oct 26 2004 - 01:00
Harrington to go full tilt at US successTour news: As ever with Padraig Harrington, there are no half-measuresTue Oct 19 2004 - 01:00
Harrington to take up full US Tour cardGolf World Matchplay Championship: On the eve of going in chase of the biggest individual cash prize in world golf, the £1 million…Thu Oct 14 2004 - 01:00
Harrington favourite to make early progressWorldMatchplay: First round draw: As draws go, Padraig Harrington - seeded fifth despite being the 16th and last man to claim…Tue Oct 12 2004 - 01:00
Singh the one now for ElsBattle for world number one spot: If the word is true, then Tiger Woods - apparently due to tie the knot with fiancée Elin Nordegren…Tue Oct 05 2004 - 01:00
Clarke forced to miss World CupTour news: Darren Clarke has conceded that the logistics of travel and his end-of-season playing schedule and commitments to…Tue Oct 05 2004 - 01:00
Officials opt for two-tee startIn order to thwart the vagaries of the Irish weather, and in the interests of equity, organisers of the WGC-American Express …Tue Sept 28 2004 - 01:00
K Club ticket scramble starts nowRyder Cup Review: Questions, questions, questionsTue Sept 21 2004 - 01:00
Sutton could not get stars to coalesceRyder Cup Analysis: So, for the Americans, what went wrong? Everything should have favoured them: five major winners on their…Mon Sept 20 2004 - 01:00
Day's first match sets the toneIn the old cowboy films, the bad guy always wore blackSat Sept 18 2004 - 01:00
Europe play the blues in DetroitGOLF: What is it with European genes that enables supposed underdogs to bite so fiercely and so frequently? Yesterday, in the…Sat Sept 18 2004 - 01:00
Agony and ecstasy the staple dietIf the Americans want a comfort cushion heading into this week's 35th Ryder Cup match at Oakland Hills, then the minefield that…Tue Sept 14 2004 - 01:00
Mechanic keeps on motoring alongRyder Cup/Miguel Angel Jimenez profile: A few weeks ago, before Europe's team for the 35th Ryder Cup matches was fully established…Mon Sept 13 2004 - 01:00
