Olazabal hopes `great course' can hone his driveThe man was clad in classy designer denim, probably just the sort of attire that many of the stuffier golfing establishments …Tue Jun 30 1998 - 01:00
Murray's sights set on EuropeAlan Murray plans to spend a few days this week as an observer, rather than as an active participantTue Jun 30 1998 - 01:00
Walsh's title on the lineGreg Norman is so taken with the idea of pitch and putt as a breeding ground for players that he has invested in a scheme to …Tue Jun 30 1998 - 01:00
Dowd steps up in tale of unexpectedTommy Dowd, dressed in orange shirt and chinos, stuffs his football kit into a blue hold-all and looks for all the world like…Mon Jun 29 1998 - 01:00
Meath dig deep to see off feisty neighboursThe actual source may remain a mystery, but time and time again Meath footballers provide evidence that their indomitable spirit…Mon Jun 29 1998 - 01:00
Disputed point not a sore pointSean Boylan has used the same words before, but rarely with the same degree of sincerityMon Jun 29 1998 - 01:00
Title win gives Rice big liftTimmy Rice has experienced some heat in Toledo, where he is on a golfing scholarship to the state university, but it was nothing…Tue Jun 23 1998 - 01:00
Curragh seek first Senior CupLillian Behan and Oonagh Purfield are poised to renew their Irish Close final rivalry when the ILGU Senior Cup Finals, sponsored…Tue Jun 23 1998 - 01:00
Stars use image to build empiresWhat's in a logo? Greg Norman takes the blandness out of his name by having a multi-coloured shark, Jack Nicklaus plays on his…Tue Jun 23 1998 - 01:00
Powerscourt centre stageThe Smurfit Irish PGA Championship - which, with a prize fund of £108,000, is the largest closed professional event in Europe…Tue Jun 23 1998 - 01:00
McGinley raring to get back into actionPaul McGinley is chomping at the bit for some competitive fareTue Jun 23 1998 - 01:00
Power heads strong fieldThe trophy is one of the most imposing in world golf, standing over three feet in height and weighing in at some four stonesTue Jun 23 1998 - 01:00
Westwood in Irish OpenLee Westwood has been granted his wish of a late entry into the Murphy's Irish Open at Druids Glen next weekTue Jun 23 1998 - 01:00
Where now for Dublin football?The symbolism was rather apt, even if the actual structure was unquestionably sound. "Hill 16 is falling down, falling down.Mon Jun 22 1998 - 01:00
Power cements his love affair with The IslandEddie Power would be the first to acknowledge that golf can be a crazy game of co-incidencesThu Jun 18 1998 - 01:00
Cullen's `long old day'The lad from the club down the road has been adopted to some extent by the host club members, all of which has done Gary Cullen…Wed Jun 17 1998 - 01:00
Irish Open NewsHe's Europe's answer to Tiger Woods, and the hottest amateur in world golf is bound for Druids Glen! Sergio Garcia, the Spaniard…Tue Jun 16 1998 - 01:00
Ireland's boys have experienceIreland's quest for a first European Boys' team championship victory will be backboned by players who have already made history…Tue Jun 16 1998 - 01:00
Madeira fails to attract top namesLife goes on, even with most of the European Tour's big names away chasing the season's second major - the US Open - at the Olympic…Tue Jun 16 1998 - 01:00
Relieved Omelia finds the key to beating BradyLike the condemned man who'd discovered the key and unlocked his own cell door, pre-championship favourite Bryan Omelia was suitably…Tue Jun 16 1998 - 01:00
Play golf and help sick childrenPlay golf and help sick children! It sounds too good to be true, but that's precisely what a major new All-Ireland Inter-Club…Tue Jun 16 1998 - 01:00
Symes leads as Fanagan goes outAmidst the carnage and heartbreak wreaked on scorecards by some devilish rough and greens fast enough to test the upper limits…Mon Jun 15 1998 - 01:00
Island to test Close contendersThey don't row the boat across Malahide estuary to The Island golf club any more, the course has been realigned since the old…Sat Jun 13 1998 - 01:00
Clarke given low-key pairingDarren Clarke, who was the joint leading European player in the US Masters earlier this season, wasn't complaining in New York…Thu Jun 11 1998 - 01:00
Dowdall heads Under-21 selectionFour survivors of the team that played in Nairn two years ago have been selected on the Irish team for the European Women's Junior…Tue Jun 09 1998 - 01:00
The Nineties in the shadesThe nineties have spawned many changes in our perceptions of golf, not least in the area of equipment developmentTue Jun 09 1998 - 01:00
Kearney in form at right timeKen Kearney's year as Irish champion has been an odyssey of far-flung fairways in pursuit of golfing gloryTue Jun 09 1998 - 01:00
Westwood's reputation growingLee Westwood possesses the outer demeanour of a comedian, and the inner strength of a judge unafraid to take control of his own…Mon Jun 08 1998 - 01:00
Young tigers lead huntSome of golf's young tigers chose to roar, a number of them even managing to dislodge Colin Montgomerie from the head of the …Sat Jun 06 1998 - 01:00
Irish stutter and stumble as Montgomerie takes the leadApart from the joker in the pack, a tour rookie Frenchman by the name of Nicolas Joakimides, yesterday's first round of the English…Fri Jun 05 1998 - 01:00
Enigmatic Louth overrun WicklowLouth are as hard to figure out as a rubik's cubeMon Jun 01 1998 - 01:00
Doherty restoredAlan Doherty is glad to be back in the thick of the action, rather than watching Louth's progress in the Leinster senior football…Fri May 29 1998 - 01:00
Corcoran out to end barren run for CorkThey knew it wouldn't be easy, but nobody told Cork that it would be so toughFri May 29 1998 - 01:00
Hat-trick of holes in oneMaybe it had something to do with the worthy cause - which just happened to be the St Brigid's Hospice in the Curragh - but golfers…Tue May 26 1998 - 01:00
Promise of East holds off lure of MuirfieldSince bilocation was not an option, Andrew McCormick and David Dunne have resisted the lure of Muirfield and instead will pursue…Tue May 26 1998 - 01:00
Behan bounces back to the topHer fortitude has never been questioned, either in Ganton or Prairie Dunes, so, as she stood on the seventh tee-box four down…Mon May 25 1998 - 01:00
McEvoy conquers adversityFour years ago, Mandy McEvoy was battling against ovarian cancer and unsure of what the future held.Sat May 23 1998 - 01:00
Break with tradition as big guns make it throughHazel Kavanagh's blank expression as she walked off the 18th green would have done justice to a poker player who'd just pulled…Fri May 22 1998 - 01:00
Fanagan-O'Brien finds her form at the perfect timeThe habit is proving quite addictive for Suzie Fanagan-O'Brien, particularly when the time for the national championship comes…Thu May 21 1998 - 01:00
Course on top as only Coffey matches parAppearances can be so deceptive, and the hypnotic view from the first tee box down to the azure waters of Belfast Lough lulled…Wed May 20 1998 - 01:00
Irish Close champion stays coolTwelve months on, the defending champion has undergone a name change and been promoted onto the British and Irish Curtis Cup …Tue May 19 1998 - 01:00
Omelia leads St Andrews trioBryan Omelia arrived back in Dublin last night, still thinking of what might have beenTue May 19 1998 - 01:00
McDermott enjoys the perfect homecomingSome 40 years after departing these shores, the prodigal son returned to conquerMon May 18 1998 - 01:00
Woodbrook capitulates to seniorsThe man known as "Nevada Bob" was out with his viewcam in the early part of the day, so taken was he with the scenerySat May 16 1998 - 01:00
Horton favoured to retain crownAlmost three decades since he swashbuckled his way into the history books by winning the British Open and US Open titles in successive…Fri May 15 1998 - 01:00
Omelia lone Irish raiderBryan Omelia will be the lone Irish raider in the English Amateur Open Strokeplay Championship - for the Brabazon Trophy - at…Tue May 12 1998 - 01:00
Milltown begin defence of cupMilltown, with Irish Close champion Suzie Fanagan back from honeymoon, will set out in defence of their ILGU Eastern District…Tue May 12 1998 - 01:00
Jones best Irish hope at WoodbrookWhen David Jones started out life as a professional golfer almost 30 years ago, he did so by carrying his own clubs and going…Tue May 12 1998 - 01:00
