Good things come to those who wait and so it proved for historic Dooks who capture the first All Ireland pennant in the club's 127 year history with a. 3.5 - 1.5 win over Malahide in the Final of the Irish Mixed Foursomes on home turf.

Hosts Dooks will face Malahide for the Irish Mixed Foursomes title in Friday's All Ireland final. The Co Kerry club beat Castlerea 3½ - 1½ with Malahide seeing off Ballyclare 3-2 with victories for Paul O’Connor and Orla McMahon and Gavin O’Connor and Rosemary Cassin in the last two matches.

Ireland's quintet of recently selected Walker Cup players gathered at Portmarnock on Wednesday for a friendly game where they were joined by GUI National Coach Neil Manchip, world No 22 Shane Lowry and Challenge Tour player Ruadhri McGee ahead of next week's matches at Royal Lytham and St Annes.

School's almost out and anyone who’s got boys aged 8 to 13 knows the summer can be a challenging time. So even if they’ve never touched a golf club in their lives, they can try the game and still check out the talent on show in the Titleist Leinster Boys U13 Series - four events scheduled for Malahide, Greystones, Rathdowney and Wexford from July 2-14.