Joe Lyons is hoping home advantage pays off as he takes on a stacked field at the Murray Timber Group Connacht Men’s Open Stroke Play Championship at Galway.

The weather threw everything at the thirty-three qualifiers on the final day of play with strong winds making life difficult for players, but in the end, it was Jake Whelan (Grange) who stood up to the challenge and walked away as the 2024 Murray Timber Group Connacht Men’s Stroke Play Champion at Portumna Golf Club.

Sweden's Linn Grant became the first woman to win on the DP World Tour when she closed with a superb 64 to cruise a nine-shot victory in the Volvo Car Scandinavian Mixed.

Galway Bay’s Eddie McCormack has a one-stroke lead heading into the last two rounds of the Connacht Men’s Stroke Play at Portumna.

Peter O’Keeffe won three events - the AIG Irish Close, the Munster Strokeplay and the Flogas Irish Amateur Open — and claimed the Bridgestone Order of Merit after a tremendous 2021. But who topped the stroke averages in Irish amateur golf?

Veteran Joe Lyons fired a brace of two-under 70s to share the halfway lead with Jack McDonnell heading into the final 36 holes of the Connacht Stroke Play at Portumna.

Hermitage’s Rowan Lester held off a late challenge by Kilkenny’s Mark Power to claim a two-shot win in the Connacht Stroke Play Championship at Portumna.

Hermitage’s Rowan Lester birdied five of the eight par fives to card rounds of 68 and 70 and take a three-stroke lead into the final 36 holes of the Connacht Stroke Play Championship at Portumna.