Gary Hurley is upbeat and pain-free heading to this week’s NTT DATA Pro-Am at Fancourt Golf Estate.

Patrick Reed sounds determined to deny Rory McIlroy his eighth Harry Vardon Trophy after he claimed his second DP World Tour title in three weeks to leap to the top of the Race to Dubai.

Patrick Reed took a two-shot lead into the final round of the Qatar Masters in blustery Doha

Pádraig Harrington combined “fear” and good-humour to grind out a one under 71 in his 500th DP World Tour appearance at the Qatar Masters.

John Parry capped a stellar 2024 by claiming a second DP World Tour title more than 14 years on from his first as a brilliant burst of scoring on the back nine saw him win the AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open by two shots.

Anna Foster leads a four-strong Irish challenge for Ladies European Tour cards into the fifth and final round of the Lalla Aicha Q-School in Morocco.

Gary Hurley and Lauren Walsh are looking to continue their positive run of form this week with one eye on achieving big things in 2025.

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.

Seamus Power struggled to a five-over 76 to finish a disappointing nine shots behind Peter Malnati in the Valspar Championship in Florida.

John Parry secured a dramatic return to the winner’s circle in the Delhi Challenge, firing a sensational seven under par round of 65 on the final day to triumph at Classic Golf & Country Club.

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.

Golf Ireland offers ambitious young players a clear pathway from the amateur game to the world’s top tours and this week it officially launched the 2023 Golf Ireland Professional Scheme with seven golfers receiving €35,000 each from Sport Ireland.

Irish trio Gary Hurley, Tom McKibbin and Brendan Lawlor missed the cut as Grant Forrest shot the low round of the week to join Lucas Herbert and Jazz Janewattananond in a share of the lead at the ISPS HANDA-CHAMPIONSHIP in Japan.