Ballybunion beat Rockmount 2 ½ - 1 ½ to claim the Miele All-Ireland Fourball Championship in bright sunshine at Newlands.

Keep an eye out for these US veterans as they play golf and head from Rosapenna to Carne, Mount Falcon Estate, Enniscrone, the Radisson Blu Hotel & Spa in Galway and the Galway Bay Golf Resort, all with the support of Failte Ireland and Tourism Ireland, over the next few days. 

Players, panels and supports arrived to Tullamore Golf Club early on Monday morning to warm up and prepare for battle in the Miele Fourball Regional Finals.

It's time for the annual "debate" over the Golf Digest Top 100 rankings and while there will be many who disagree with the order, it has to be said that the readers had a big input this time with 80 golfers from an entry of 2,628 having their views heard.

Reigning champions Spanish Point are one match away from defending the AIG Pierce Purcell Shield after booking their place in the All-Ireland Final, writes the GUI.

Olivia Mehaffey will be bidding to go at least one better than last year when she faces Holywood's Jessica Carty in the semi-finals of the Irish Women's Amateur Close Championship  at Enniscrone on Tuesday.

Donaghadee's Jessica Ross added a 75 to her opening 72 to win the Leitrim Cup as the leading qualifier for the Irish Women's Amateur Close Championship at Enniscrone.

Royal County Down has been ranked No 1 in Golf World's latest ranking of the Top-100 courses in Great Britain and Ireland.

Eddie Hackett is widely regarded as The “Father of Golf Course Design” in Ireland. Few, if any have had such an influence over the game of golf in Ireland and how we play it to- day. Already in his late fifties before designing his first 18 hole course, there is little doubt that his legacy lives with us today.