Brian KeoghApril 26, 2024Comment

Lowry and McIlroy fire 61 to share Zurich Classic lead

Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry fed off each other and played the carefree of their amateur days to blast 11-under 61 and grab a share of the lead in the Zurich Classic of New Orleans.

Brian KeoghApril 26, 2024Comment

Lowry and McIlroy fire 61 to share Zurich Classic lead

PGA TourBrian KeoghApril 25, 2024Comment

McIlroy willing to return to board “but only if people want me involved”

Rory McIlroy wants to return to the PGA Tour policy board to help speed up an agreement with Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund and reunify the game.

PGA TourBrian KeoghApril 25, 2024Comment

McIlroy willing to return to board “but only if people want me involved”

Amateur golfBrian KeoghApril 24, 2024Arnold Palmer Cup, Palmer Cup, Kate Lanigan, Sara Byrne, Ryan Griffin, Max Kennedy, Lahinch

Griffin, Kennedy, Lanigan and Byrne named on Arnold Palmer Cup team for Lahinch

Four Irish players have been named on the International team for the Arnold Palmer Cup match against the United States at Lahinch from July 5-7.

Amateur golfBrian KeoghApril 24, 2024Arnold Palmer Cup, Palmer Cup, Kate Lanigan, Sara Byrne, Ryan Griffin, Max Kennedy, Lahinch

Griffin, Kennedy, Lanigan and Byrne named on Arnold Palmer Cup team for Lahinch

Brian KeoghApril 23, 2024Comment

Power sees "good things on horizon" as speed returns

Scottie Scheffler and Nelly Korda make the game look easy as they dominate the world rankings.

Brian KeoghApril 23, 2024Comment

Power sees "good things on horizon" as speed returns

PGA TourBrian KeoghApril 22, 2024Comment

Scheffler five clear as RBC Heritage goes into Monday finish

Scottie Scheffler saved a miraculous par in fading light to take a five-stroke into his last three holes of the weather-delayed RBC Heritage at Hilton Head.

PGA TourBrian KeoghApril 22, 2024Comment

Scheffler five clear as RBC Heritage goes into Monday finish

Majors, LPGABrian KeoghApril 22, 2024Comment

Korda clinches Chevron Championship for fifth win in a row

Nelly Korda claimed her fifth consecutive victory and second major title with a two-shot win in the Chevron Championship in Texas.

Majors, LPGABrian KeoghApril 22, 2024Comment

Korda clinches Chevron Championship for fifth win in a row

Amateur golfBrian KeoghApril 21, 2024Comment

Murphy wins Boyle Sports Lee Valley Scratch Cup

Douglas’ Jack Murphy underlined his status as a player to watch when he cruised to a four-stroke win in the Boyle Sports Lee Valley Scratch Cup.

Amateur golfBrian KeoghApril 21, 2024Comment

Murphy wins Boyle Sports Lee Valley Scratch Cup

Challenge TourBrian KeoghApril 21, 2024Conor Purcell, Abu Dhabi Challenge

Purcell boosts DP World Tour card bid with tie for fourth in Abu Dhabi

Conor Purcell shot four rounds in the sixties for the first time in his Challenge Tour career to tie for fourth behind England’s Garrick Porteous in the Abu Dhabi Challenge and boost his chances of winning promotion to the DP World Tour.

Challenge TourBrian KeoghApril 21, 2024Conor Purcell, Abu Dhabi Challenge

Purcell boosts DP World Tour card bid with tie for fourth in Abu Dhabi

PGA TourBrian KeoghApril 21, 2024Comment

Power and McIlroy in Scheffler-chasing posse in Hilton Head

Seamus Power and Rory McIlroy face the formidable task of trying to deny Scottie Scheffler his fourth win in five starts at the RBC Heritage.

PGA TourBrian KeoghApril 21, 2024Comment

Power and McIlroy in Scheffler-chasing posse in Hilton Head

Amateur golfBrian KeoghApril 21, 2024European Nations Cup, Jack Hearn, Sean Keeling, Hugh Foley, Matt McClean

Ireland wins European Nations Cup

Ireland won the team title at the European Nations Cup for the first time since 2016 and only the second time in their history in Sotogrande yesterday.

Amateur golfBrian KeoghApril 21, 2024European Nations Cup, Jack Hearn, Sean Keeling, Hugh Foley, Matt McClean

Brian KeoghApril 20, 2024Comment

Purcell just one back in title chase in Abu Dhabi

Portmarnock’s Conor Purcell lies just a shot off the lead as he bids for his maiden win in the Abu Dhabi Challenge tomorrow.

Brian KeoghApril 20, 2024Comment

Purcell just one back in title chase in Abu Dhabi

Majors, LPGABrian KeoghApril 20, 2024Comment

Maguire cut as Meadow vows to “go for it” in Chevron Championship

Leona Maguire missed her first cut in a women’s major for four years in the Chevron Championship in Texas.

Majors, LPGABrian KeoghApril 20, 2024Comment

Maguire cut as Meadow vows to “go for it” in Chevron Championship

Majors, LPGABrian KeoghApril 20, 2024Comment

Leona Maguire misses first major cut for four years

Leona Maguire missed her first cut in a women’s major for four years in the Chevron Championship in Texas.

Majors, LPGABrian KeoghApril 20, 2024Comment

Leona Maguire misses first major cut for four years

DP World TourBrian KeoghApril 18, 2024Comment

Crowds to be capped at 16,000 for Amgen Irish Open as Royal County Down seeks star studded field

Crowds will be limited to around 16,000 a day for the Amgen Irish Open at Royal County Down where organizers are hoping to attract some big PGA Tour names from September 12-15.

DP World TourBrian KeoghApril 18, 2024Comment

Crowds to be capped at 16,000 for Amgen Irish Open as Royal County Down seeks star studded field

MajorsBrian KeoghApril 13, 2024Augusta National Golf ClubRory McIlroy, Masters, Paul McGinley

McIlroy seeks Masters miracle — "I still think I can go out tomorrow and shoot a low one and have half a chance on Sunday”

Rory McIlroy needs one of the greatest miracles in Masters history to complete the Grand Slam this week, but he still believes he has "half a chance" to come from ten shots off the lead and don the green jacket.

MajorsBrian KeoghApril 13, 2024Augusta National Golf ClubRory McIlroy, Masters, Paul McGinley

McIlroy seeks Masters miracle — "I still think I can go out tomorrow and shoot a low one and have half a chance on Sunday”

MajorsBrian KeoghApril 13, 2024Augusta National Golf ClubRory McIlroy, Scottie Scheffler, Masters, Max Homa, Bryson DeChambeau, Shane Lowry

McIlroy 10 back after another day of pain at Augusta

Rory McIlroy will go into the weekend a whopping ten shots off the lead after another day of pain in the Masters at an attritional Augusta National.

MajorsBrian KeoghApril 13, 2024Augusta National Golf ClubRory McIlroy, Scottie Scheffler, Masters, Max Homa, Bryson DeChambeau, Shane Lowry

McIlroy 10 back after another day of pain at Augusta

MajorsBrian KeoghApril 13, 2024Augusta National Golf ClubShane Lowry, Masters

Lowry survives brutal Augusta and looks for "mad things to happen"

Shane Lowry looked like he’d just gone 12 rounds with Marvin Hagler rather than majestic Augusta National but he was proud to grind out a second-round 74 in the toughest conditions he’s ever faced to make the cut with ease in the Masters.

MajorsBrian KeoghApril 13, 2024Augusta National Golf ClubShane Lowry, Masters

Lowry survives brutal Augusta and looks for "mad things to happen"

MajorsBrian KeoghApril 10, 2024Augusta National Golf ClubBernhard Langer, Champions Dinner, Ben Crenshaw, Seve Ballesteros, Jose Maria Olazabal

Masters diary: Wednesday

Thunderstorms and winds gusting to 45 mph are threatening to turn today's first round into a long and possibly disappointing start to the 88th Masters.

MajorsBrian KeoghApril 10, 2024Augusta National Golf ClubBernhard Langer, Champions Dinner, Ben Crenshaw, Seve Ballesteros, Jose Maria Olazabal

MajorsBrian KeoghApril 09, 2024Augusta National Golf ClubTiger Woods, Masters

Tiger Woods — 'Rory's too talented, too good not to complete Grand Slam’

Tiger Woods has reiterated his firm belief that Rory McIlroy will complete the career Grand Slam at the Masters at some point in his career.

MajorsBrian KeoghApril 09, 2024Augusta National Golf ClubTiger Woods, Masters

Tiger Woods — 'Rory's too talented, too good not to complete Grand Slam’

MajorsBrian KeoghApril 09, 2024Augusta National Golf ClubMasters, Map & Flag, Brooks Koepka, Ludvig Åberg

Masters off-course hospitality a big hit

Augusta National rarely makes mistakes when it comes to planning, so it was no surprise to learn that its first off-property hospitality venture was a massive success.

MajorsBrian KeoghApril 09, 2024Augusta National Golf ClubMasters, Map & Flag, Brooks Koepka, Ludvig Åberg

Masters off-course hospitality a big hit

MajorsBrian KeoghApril 09, 2024Augusta National Golf ClubShane Lowry, Masters

Confident Lowry dreaming of becoming first Irish Masters champion — "I'd give anything to be that person"

Shane Lowry insists he's not in Augusta to make up the numbers and would "give anything" to become the first Irishman to win the Masters.

MajorsBrian KeoghApril 09, 2024Augusta National Golf ClubShane Lowry, Masters

Confident Lowry dreaming of becoming first Irish Masters champion — "I'd give anything to be that person"

PGA TourBrian KeoghApril 08, 2024Augusta National Golf ClubRory McIlroy, Masters, Valero Texas Open, Akshay Bhatia, Denny McCarthy

McIlroy upbeat for Masters tilt: 'If I can control my emotions, it makes the physical control of everything a lot easier'

Rory McIlroy heads for Augusta National with a spring in his step after closing with a bogey-free six-under 66 to finish third in the Valero Texas Open.

PGA TourBrian KeoghApril 08, 2024Augusta National Golf ClubRory McIlroy, Masters, Valero Texas Open, Akshay Bhatia, Denny McCarthy

McIlroy upbeat for Masters tilt: 'If I can control my emotions, it makes the physical control of everything a lot easier'

LPGABrian KeoghApril 08, 2024Leona Maguire, T-Mobile Match Play, Nelly Korda

Maguire upbeat for opening major despite Match Play defeat

Leona Maguire might have lost 4&3 to Nelly Korda in the T-Mobile Match Play final in Las Vegas, but she heads to Chevron Championship believing she has the game hit the Major jackpot.

LPGABrian KeoghApril 08, 2024Leona Maguire, T-Mobile Match Play, Nelly Korda

Maguire upbeat for opening major despite Match Play defeat

LPGABrian KeoghApril 07, 2024Comment

Maguire to face Korda for Match Play title in Las Vegas as McIlroy trials by 10 in Texas

Leona Maguire will be seeking to tap into her well of positive Solheim Cup memories when she faces world number one Nelly Korda in the final of the T-Mobile Match Play in Las Vegas today (2155 Irish time).

LPGABrian KeoghApril 07, 2024Comment

Maguire to face Korda for Match Play title in Las Vegas as McIlroy trials by 10 in Texas