Portumna’s Sam Murphy will likely turn professional after firing a bogey-free, eight-under 64 to take a two-stroke lead into the final round of the Alps Tour Qualifying School in Italy.

Amateurs Sam Murphy and Cathal MacCanna made positive starts in the first round of the Alps Tour Qualifying School Final Stage near Rome.

Bookies' favourite Alex Maguire became the first player for 30 years to successfully defend the East of Ireland Amateur Championship when he beat Dundalk's Carolan Rafferty and Portumna's Sam Maguire in a three-hole aggregate playoff at a sun-splashed County Louth.

Slieve Russell’s Shane McDermott eagled the 18th to card a second successive 68 and take a one-stroke lead into the final two rounds of the East of Ireland Amateur Open Championship at County Louth.

Team selection is a thankless task but Royal Dublin's Hugh Foley looks determined to make a mockery of his non-selection for the Eisenhower Trophy after he produced a barrage of back-nine birdies to beat clubmate Richard Knightly and move into the semi-finals of the AIG Irish Amateur Close at Headfort.

History beckons at Headfort, but who will be the man (or boy) to make it?

Jack Hearn and Alex Maguire secured top 30 finishes in the Tiger Invitational hosted by Jason Duffner and Auburn University in Alabama.

Ireland lie 14th after the opening round of the 2021 Spirit International Golf Championship at Whispering Pines Golf Club in Texas.

Newly-crowned South of Ireland champion TJ Ford heads a stellar field for the 59th Mullingar Scratch Trophy this weekend.

Dun Laoghaire's Alan Fahy survived a marathon 42-hole day to battle his way into Sunday's semi-finals of the Pierse Motors Volkswagen sponsored South of Ireland Championship at Lahinch.

Richard Knightly claimed the scalp of another Royal Dublin man for the second match running when he finished birdie-birdie to clinch a dramatic one-hole win over leading qualifier Max Kennedy to reach the quarter-finals of the Pierse Motors Volkswagen sponsored South of Ireland Amateur Open at Lahinch.

A call to coach Noel Fox worked like a dream as Douglas' Peter O'Keeffe kept his dream of winning the Pierse Motors Volkswagen sponsored South of Ireland Amateur Championship alive with a super second round 66.

Portumna’s Sam Murphy is making a habit of racking up big wins as he showed by romping to a 10-shot victory in the Kerry Group sponsored Kerry Scratch Cup at magnificent Tralee.