Enniscorthy’s Paul Conroy added a one-over 71 to rounds of 70 and 69 to go into the final round just one shot outside the qualifying mark at the First Stage of the DP World Tour Qualifying School at Huddersfield Golf Club.

Ballymena’s Dermot McElroy built on his third-place finish in Cadiz and opened with a four-under 67 in the Swiss Challenge.

Leona Maguire sees improvement in her game despite recent results, while Dermot McElroy, Max Kennedy, James Sugrue and John-Ross Galbraith are hitting form

Six Irish players made their seasonal bow on the Alps Tour in the Ein Bay Open in Egypt

Max Kennedy opened with a six-under 67 in the Hotel Planner Tour’s NTT DATA Pro-Am at Fancourt.

Gary Hurley, Max Kennedy and Dermot McElroy have work to do to make the 72-hole cut at the Final Stage of the DP World Tour Qualifying School.

Irish golf will have just three players at this week’s Final Stage of the DP World Tour Qualifying School after Paul Dunne, Niall Kearney, Liam Nolan, and Jonny Caldwell missed out in a Monday finish in Almeria.

Conor Purcell got 2024 off to a hot start when he fired an eagle and four birdies in a five-under 67 to lie just a shot off the lead in the Challenge Tour’s Bain’s Whisky Cape Town Open.

Gary Hurley opened with a four-under 68 in his first event for eight months to lie just four shots behind leaders Wilco Nienaber and Alexander Levy in the Sunshine Tour’s SDC Open in South Africa.

Tom McKibbin fired just one of eight bogey-free rounds to share 20th on his debut in the Nedbank Golf Challenge.

Paul Dunne missed out but Naas’ Conor O’Rourke and Ballymena’s Dermot McElroy kept their hopes of winning a DP World Tour card alive by coming through the weather-delayed Second Stage of the Qualifying School in Spain.

Rookie Tom McKibbin ended a run of three straight missed cuts with his seventh top-25 finish of the season in the KLM Open as former Irish teammate Liam Nolan claimed the Brabazon Trophy at Sunningdale.