Golf’s 30-somethings looking over their shoulder as youth dominates

At 32 years old, Rory McIlroy is almost beginning to look like an elder statesman

Tiger Woods beats Phil Mickelson to win PGA Tour’s Player Impact Programme

Tiger banks $8m to Mickelson’s $6m with Rory McIlroy picking up $3.5m

Power and McIlroy stay within touching distance of the pacesetters

Strong run-in leaves Waterford man four shots behind leaders Scheffler and Spieth

Steve Stricker’s ‘cut the fluff’ mentality the key to regaining the Ryder Cup

The Team USA captain never tried to turn his players into something they’re not

Ryder Cup: Bad blood inside the ropes might need addressing for future stagings

Incidents involving American players during Saturday’s play left a sour taste

Ryder Cup: Another day, another session of American dominance

USA won the second session of foursomes 3-1 to stretch their overall lead to 9-3

Pádraig Harrington’s genius cheese strategy at Ryder Cup fails to cover the holes

TV View: Team Europe captain displays more than a little patience as US power ahead

Team Europe face boos and uphill battle amid rocky start at Ryder Cup

Star-spangled home crowd makes its presence felt as US attempts to regain trophy

Ryder Cup: USA take 3-1 lead after impressive foursomes show at Whistling Straits

Jon Rahm and Sergio Garcia secure Europe’s sole point on the opening morning

Ryder Cup: Philip Reid’s guide to Friday’s foursomes, tee-off times and verdicts

Rahm and Garcia lead off European challenge with McIlroy and Poulter in the last match

United States proudly sending forth the team that Steve Stricker built

No fewer than 11 of the US team are ranked in the top 16 in the latest world rankings

Malachy Clerkin: The Ryder Cup shouldn’t work but we wouldn’t miss it for the world

Contrary to logic it remains an unignorable, thoroughly irresistible weekend of sport

Patrick Cantlay leads Jon Rahm by one at Tour Championship

Rory McIlroy is nine shots off the lead on eight under par after second round

The six automatic places on US Ryder Cup team decided

Patrick Cantlay leapfrogs Tony Finau and Xander Schauffele to take sixth position

Séamus Power best of the Irish after opening 70 at Northern Trust

McIlroy and Lowry both open with rounds of 71 as Rahm and Thomas surge ahead

Collin Morikawa sees FedEx playoffs as a three-week event in hunt for $15m pot

British Open champion goes into opening event at the top of the standings

Rory McIlroy trades Tokyo for Memphis with a spring in his step

‘That’s the focus for me the next few weeks, to play with as much freedom as possible’

Tokyo 2020: Lure of gold fails to sway top men golfers

Women players showing more enthusiasm and desire to embrace across-sport camaraderie

Louis Oosthuizen sets a straight course for Open glory with stunning 64

Four Irish in the field fail to break par at Royal St George’s

Former champions Oosthuizen and Spieth sparkle on opening day

South African golfer cards flawless six-under 64 to lead by one shot

Strong home challenge mounted early on at British Open

Darren Clarke returned from Champions Tour stateside to start with one-over-par 71

Rory McIlroy storms into US Open contention with 67 at Torrey Pines

Northern Irishman two shots behind leaders Oosthuizen, Hughes and Henley

Koepka and DeChambeau kept apart at US Open

DeChambeau’s agent denies player declined to be paired with his rival at Torrey Pines

Rory McIlroy battles his way to level-par 72 as swing troubles return

Northern Ireland golfer will start second round straight away after delay

Bogey-free Jordan Spieth leads in Texas with Sergio Garcia

Graeme McDowell carded a 74 for a share of 98th as Phil Mickelson also struggles

US PGA: Phil Mickelson holds slender lead after high drama at Kiawah Island

Lowry, Harrington and McIlroy a long way back as Irish challenge fades

Jordan Spieth has designs on completing career Grand Slam at Kiawah Island

American golfer has shown fine return to form recently after barren spell

Seamus Power’s surge fades at Byron Nelson in Texas

South Korean KH Lee secures breakthrough win on 25-under par tally

Matsuyama ready to kick on after ‘relief’ of winning US Masters

Japanese star returning to action at AT&T Byron Nelson after breaking Major duck

Kaymer keen to emulate McIlroy and Spieth by ending winless run

German has not won since wire-to-wire success at 2014 US Open

Matsuyama: ‘hopefully I’ll be a pioneer and many other Japanese will follow’

Tiger Woods and Japanese prime minister lead tributes to newest Masters champion

Philip Reid: Wide open Masters as many eye Major prize at Augusta

Move back to traditional springtime slot ensures the famous course will play firm and fast

Masters tee-times: Rory McIlroy to play opening two rounds with new dad Jon Rahm

Shane Lowry will play alongside Justin Rose and Matt Kuchar

Different Strokes: Koepka will put knee to the test at Augusta

Spieth’s caddie earns his corn; Word of Mouth; By the Numbers; On this Day and more

Butch Harmon believes Rory McIlroy wrong to chase DeChambeau

‘He needs to stop over-analysing and just get back to playing golf. The basic fundamentals’

Jordan Spieth ends near four-year drought with win at Texas Open

Closing 66 sends former Masters champion off to Augusta on a high

Rory McIlroy positive about his return to Bay Hill

2019 winner has a very good record at the Arnold Palmer Invitational which starts on Thursday

Rory McIlroy cast adrift at Riviera as Sam Burns surges ahead

Bryson DeChambeau and Justin Thomas also suffered on the iconic old course

Rory McIlroy becomes first international chair of PGA Tour player advisory council

Northern Irish golfers wins out in vote ahead of Russell Knox and Kevin Streelman

Rory McIlroy hoping his ‘little machine’ will get him into the swing for Genesis

Improving Jordan Spieth says he is battling hard to leave his ‘B game’ behind

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