Amateur golf
Rafferty completes historic provincial career Grand Slam with North of Ireland win
Dundalk’s Caolan Rafferty etched his name in the history books when he closed with a one under 70 to win the North of Ireland Championship and become the first man to win all four of Irish amateur golf’s provincial titles.

Tiernan wins but Great Britain and Ireland crash to eight-point defeat in 50th Walker Cup
County Louth’s Gavin Tiernan got the lone singles win for Great Britain and Ireland as they were crushed 8.5-1.5 in the final session of the 50th Walker Cup at Cypress Point and lost 17-9 in a fifth successive defeat.
