Gavin Moynihan wants to compete in some of the biggest events in golf and he's now got help in  taking a step closer to that goal by signing sponsorship deal with the global event services giant that runs some of the planet's biggest sporting occasions — The Arena Group.

Ireland's Walker Cup stars are rapidly being snapped up by agents with Gavin Moynihan going to ISM and Gary Hurley and Paul Dunne also lined up with major management groups.

Rory McIlroy Inc — The perception that Rory McIlroy is a tax exile in Dubai is wrong, a spokesperson for his management company has claimed.

Call it PR or spin but while on Friday the Irish public was being told that Rory McIlroy was doing his bit for the Irish economy by paying corporate tax on royalties here, The Sunday Times reports today that the world No 1 is now a registered tax exile in Dubai when it comes to the lion's share of his fortune.  

Rory McIlroy took another step towards taking over from Tiger Woods as the face of world golf when Electronic Arts Inc. announced on Monday that the Holywood star is now the cover athlete and namesake of its golf franchise.

Turkish Airlines is looking for the epic sports fan to travel to seven different countries for ten sporting events from 28th March to 20th April. Fans will also get an opportunity to meet Lionel Messi and Didier Drogba.

When John Lennon and Paul McCartney wrote "With a Little Help from My Friends" they probably never have imagined it would become one of the biggest sellers of all time.  Now, after a four-year desert trek without a title sponsor, it turns out that the combination of Rory McIlroy, The Irish Open and his superstar pals was a heady enough cocktail to attract Dubai Duty Free as title sponsors for what could become one of European Tour's greatest hits. 

AIG Insurance and the Irish Ladies Golf Union have announced details of a sponsorship that will see the leading international insurance organisation become the title sponsor for a host of ILGU District and National competitions. 

Rory McIlroy’s out of court settlement with his former agents brings to mind that scene from Monty Python’s “Life of Brian” when the kindly Roman centurion is lining up the locals for execution.

“Crucifixion?”

“No, freedom actually.”

The last time we saw Rory McIlroy and Conor Ridge, suited and booted as they glided over polished floors was in that much-used agency picture of them arriving at the White House for a State Dinner in honour of British Prime Minister David Cameron.

Did Caroline Wozniacki play a role in one of the key events that led to the legal bust up between Rory McIlroy and Horizon Sports Management? On the face of what was said in the High Court in Dublin on Friday, the world No 1’s former fiancée was not short of an opinion on what is one of the major events in the proceedings — a supposedly face-saving donation made to UNICEF by Horizon on McIlroy's behalf but against McIlroy’s wishes.

Who could have imagined that the signing of a $100 million, five-year endorsement deal with Nike in January 2013 would coincide with an acrimonious management break up just months later that is now the subject of a multimillion euro legal case.

It wasn't in the grand setting of James Gandon's Four Courts but in a tiny third floor room nearby that the latest chapter in the Rory McIlroy v Horizon Sports Management drama played out to a handful of court scribes and a quarrel of lawyers.

The figures only cover the 12 months to June this year — just before he won two consecutive majors — but Rory McIlroy is already the 35th best paid athlete on the planet according to Forbes' The World's 100 Highest-Paid Athletes 2014.