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Cool Fox scrapes through

If only those poor, late lamented goats had been around to warn us

Tue Jul 31 2001 - 01:00

Major decision for Hoey and McDowell

The art of being in two locations at the same time is something that has even evaded those top amateurs, players who somehow …

Tue Jul 31 2001 - 01:00

Cullen displays old fire

You don't expect so much civility on the Sunday of a South of Ireland championship

Mon Jul 30 2001 - 01:00

New challenges at Lahinch

Times move on, and things change

Sat Jul 28 2001 - 01:00

Ryder wild card looks only option for Garcia

If Sam Torrance was hoping the British Open would ease the Ryder Cup qualifying snarl up, and possibly elevate potential "wild…

Tue Jul 24 2001 - 01:00

Duval can make the transition with ease

If history is anything to go by, and in David Duval's case it should be, then the new British Open champion - who has moved back…

Tue Jul 24 2001 - 01:00

Tiger takes defeat in his stride

All of a sudden, he has stopped walking on water, and can't turn water into wine. What's gone wrong?

Mon Jul 23 2001 - 01:00

Duval shows pedigree and nerve to claim title

The pedigree is a good one, with a father and an uncle who have used careers as golfing professionals to nurture their bank balances…

Mon Jul 23 2001 - 01:00

Back-to-wall shot works for Love

There is only one place you will always find sympathy, and that is in the dictionary

Sat Jul 21 2001 - 01:00

Monty stays just ahead of the pack

Destiny may be summoning him, or so the multitudes congregating over the links of Royal Lytham & St Annes would have us believe…

Sat Jul 21 2001 - 01:00

Montgomerie proves he has what it takes

The fallacy has persisted for some time that Colin Montgomerie simply can't play links golf, but he has now put an end to such…

Fri Jul 20 2001 - 01:00

McGinley plots steady course after balancing act

Paul McGinley emerges from the recorder's hut and looks across to where all the media hacks are corralled behind the wooden railing…

Fri Jul 20 2001 - 01:00

Hole-by-hole guide

1: 206 Yards Par 3 The only course on the British Open rota to start with a Par 3, the main difficulty here is not the hole's…

Thu Jul 19 2001 - 01:00

A severe test of brain and body

If you don't think Royal Lytham & St Annes produces great champions, a few minutes spent looking at the assorted photographs…

Thu Jul 19 2001 - 01:00

Two who have the one drive

One of them they call "the Goose", the other is affectionately known as "the Great Dane"

Wed Jul 18 2001 - 01:00

A calm Tiger is prepared

Word got out on Monday of the impending arrival of a certain Tiger Woods

Wed Jul 18 2001 - 01:00

Smyth does it with style

Des Smyth has spent almost three decades pursuing the nomadic existence that is part and parcel of life as a professional golfer…

Tue Jul 17 2001 - 01:00

Unfazed Hoey plans for further heroics

Some fingers are pointing towards the young man dressed in black

Tue Jul 17 2001 - 01:00

Old soldier refuses to just fade away

It's sad when the mighty fall, and even worse when they realise it.

Tue Jul 17 2001 - 01:00

A short and brutish course

No one man can change a game, which is why it would be unfair to point the finger at Tiger Woods and blame him solely for the…

Tue Jul 17 2001 - 01:00

Walton unlikely to make it

There are times when golf can be quite brutal to its bygone heroes, and nowhere is this truer than in the final qualifying for…

Mon Jul 16 2001 - 01:00

This could be new beginning for Clarke

Darren Clarke doesn't pretend to be a clairvoyant, but the temptation to look a little ahead into the future is irresistible

Tue Jul 10 2001 - 01:00

Mallon secures top spot

For most, getting their name etched onto the old claret jug is an impossible dream; and, for many, even just getting to play …

Tue Jul 10 2001 - 01:00

Clarke stays calm to banish the demons

Time, of course, is a great healer; and Darren Clarke can only but agree

Mon Jul 09 2001 - 01:00

Clarke magic captures European Open

For almost two decades it has seemed as if all sorts of witches' curses, hexes and maledictions were placed on any Irish golfer…

Mon Jul 09 2001 - 01:00

Clarke settles an old score

You could see it in his eyes, brown eyes that glinted and yet possessed unnerving, steely resolve

Mon Jul 09 2001 - 01:00

Clarke shows patience to move into contention

There's compelling evidence of a generation gap evolving on the European Tour, and nowhere was the diversity more obvious than…

Sat Jul 07 2001 - 01:00

A diamond incentive

Reality and fantasy. Padraig Harrington wants a "low maintenance" golf swing; his wife, Caroline, wants a £100,000 diamond, the…

Sat Jul 07 2001 - 01:00

Campbell part of five-piece jigsaw

Michael Campbell thought it all a little bit odd yesterday when Lee Westwood was introduced as the defending champion by the …

Fri Jul 06 2001 - 01:00

Harrington plays safe to dip under par

Momentum can be a strange thing

Fri Jul 06 2001 - 01:00

Clarke senses something special

Golfers don't tend to live in the past, preferring to look to the future and whatever rewards they can get their hands on

Thu Jul 05 2001 - 01:00

Course to provide toughest of challenges

One of the attractions of the K Club as a venue, as Lee Westwood would tell you, is that players can "roll out of bed and onto…

Thu Jul 05 2001 - 01:00

Montgomerie is a 'better person' now

He may look much the same, apart perhaps from the fact that he tends to smile a bit more out on the course than in the old days…

Tue Jul 03 2001 - 01:00

Time on Harrington's side

One of the quirks of this season is that Padraig Harrington has ridden the crest of a wave, all the way to the top of Europe'…

Tue Jul 03 2001 - 01:00

The old order is restored

No piper's lament on this occasion, rather a serenade of Scottish tunes to recognise that the old order had been restored

Mon Jul 02 2001 - 01:00

Satisfaction as patience pays off for Irish pair

The demons weren't exactly exorcised but, rather that the wailing and cries of anguish that traditionally accompany Irish challenges…

Mon Jul 02 2001 - 01:00

Cork pulls for Harrington

When what seems like half of Cork is on the other side of the ropes, many of them professing to be blood cousins, and all of …

Sat Jun 30 2001 - 01:00

Clarke's dawn patrol

Darren Clarke may face more important 10 foot putts in his life, but the one he holed on the 18th green last evening - at a time…

Sat Jun 30 2001 - 01:00

Darcy is in the comfort zone

The hunger screeches of the gibbons, whether of the white-handed or agile variety, in the adjacent wildlife park close by the…

Fri Jun 29 2001 - 01:00

Old injury of mild concern to Harrington

Week in, week out, the giant European Tour physiotherapy unit lumbers from venue to venue and usually parks itself close to where…

Thu Jun 28 2001 - 01:00

McGinley can break that spell

It seems a mite curious when Paul McGinley confesses that the hand of fate could deal an Irish winner in this week's Murphy's…

Wed Jun 27 2001 - 01:00

Nolan's happy hunting ground

On the wall of the corridor into the players' lockerroom at Fota Island, Keith Nolan is deserving of not one, but two, photographs…

Tue Jun 26 2001 - 01:00

Seniors Ryder Cup gathers momentum

Rather than gripping golf shafts, Christy O'Connor Junior may be more adept these days at clutching the two crutches that have…

Tue Jun 26 2001 - 01:00

Woods leaves with no regrets

Tiger Woods may have lost, and never really contended, but it proves only one thing: he is human

Tue Jun 19 2001 - 01:00

Clarke to revise gruelling itinerary

Darren Clarke is reconsidering his upcoming tournament schedule after discovering that six successive weeks on the circuit took…

Tue Jun 19 2001 - 01:00

Singh leaves it all too late

As a quiz question, it would probably be tougher than the one about who ended the streak

Mon Jun 18 2001 - 01:00

Goosen lapse is Brooks' reprieve

The twists continued right to the end and, like a lesson on the darker side of life, it wasn't pretty.

Mon Jun 18 2001 - 01:00

Tulsa provides twist to tale

It's hard to escape the feeling that something sinister is afoot in the Oklahoma hills

Sat Jun 16 2001 - 01:00

Alarm bells silenced as Montgomerie rises again

You know, after the few months he has endured - what with his marriage difficulties being paraded outside the family home and…

Sat Jun 16 2001 - 01:00

Tiger gives glimpse of human side

In his last four majors, there has been an air of infallibility about everything Tiger Woods has done

Fri Jun 15 2001 - 01:00
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