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Rush for the Open: 10 wonderful gems to play while you're up north
S Rush for the Open: 10 wonderful gems to play while you're up north
Ahead of this year’s Open Championship, Kevin Markham highlights ten excellent courses in Northern Ireland, where travelling golfers can enjoy a round during the tournament.

Tue, 25 Mar, 2025

Valspar Championship 2025 - Round One
Seamus Power rises 15 places in rankings while Shane Lowry hits career-high
Waterford native power is hoping to play himself into the Masters over the next two weeks. 

Mon, 24 Mar, 2025

Valspar Golf
Viktor Hovland regains winning feeling
SĂ©amus Power and Shane Lowry in the mix but finish tied eighth

Sun, 23 Mar, 2025

Valspar Championship 2025 - Round Two
Course 'tricky' but Shane Lowry going well after good second round at Valspar Championship
Lowry carded six birdies on the opening nine holes of his second round, eventually finishing four-under for the day and the tournament. 

Fri, 21 Mar, 2025

Golf club and golf ball on a green lawn in a beautiful golf course - Stock Photo
Golf clubs given new options on handicap allowances for competitions
Golf Ireland to launch campaign aimed at helping members understand WHS

Wed, 19 Mar, 2025

Players Championship Golf
Scottie Scheffler confident form is improving as he gears up for Masters defence
Scheffler has warned his rivals that he has “figured out” the reasons behind his comparatively slow start to the season.

Wed, 19 Mar, 2025

Players Championship Golf
Now Rory McIlroy just needs to tune out the noise 
McIlroy’s phone-grab reaction only opens the door for more heckling even when he remains one of the most popular players in golf. Once people know something bothers you, they tend to keep using the needle.

Tue, 18 Mar, 2025

Players Championship Golf
McIlroy overcomes nerves and disappointment for Patrick's Day trophy parade
Five good shots. That’s all Rory McIlroy focused on when he went to bed on Sunday night.

Mon, 17 Mar, 2025

Players Championship Golf
Rory McIlroy wins the Players Championship after defeating JJ Spaun in a playoff on St Patrick's Day
"I'm unbelievably proud and happy to win my second Players Championship and I think this is the third time I have won on St Patrick's Day so it's been a good luck charm for me."

Mon, 17 Mar, 2025

Players Championship Golf
Rory McIlroy to face JJ Spaun in play-off at Players Championship
Rory McIlroy couldn’t close the door on a three-shot lead with five holes to play on Sunday. Now he’ll wake up to face a three-hole aggregate playoff Monday morning against dogged underdog J. J. Spaun with the Players Championship on the line.

Mon, 17 Mar, 2025

Players Championship Golf
Rory McIlroy to face JJ Spaun in a playoff for the Players Championship title on Monday
Spaun had the chance to win it on the 18th green but his birdie putt just stopped short, meaning the tournament will have to be decided with a playoff on St Patrick's Day.

Sun, 16 Mar, 2025

THE PLAYERS Championship 2025 - Round One
Shane Lowry: 'I’m proud of the way I went out there dealing with what happened on the eighth hole'
Four hours later, McIlroy cleaned up a birdie on 12 while Spaun three-putted for bogey a hole behind him on 11. That gave McIlroy, the 2019 Players champion, a three-shot cushion over Tom Hoge (posted 10-under with Sunday 66), Spaun and Akshay Bhatia.

Sun, 16 Mar, 2025

THE PLAYERS Championship 2025 - Final Round
Rory McIlroy leads by one as play suspended due to a storm at the Players Championship
Shane Lowry churned his way all the way up to a tie for 17th with six birdies through 16 holes in the final round.

Sun, 16 Mar, 2025

THE PLAYERS Championship 2025 - Round Three
McIlroy in hunt among unheralded leaderboard,  but storms ahead at Sawgrass
Likely thunderstorms mean players will tee off more than four hours earlier than scheduled on Sunday

Sun, 16 Mar, 2025

THE PLAYERS Championship 2025 - Round One
Shane Lowry fails to take advantage of early start at Players Championship
Lowry was in that first pairing on Saturday morning. But instead of the 2019 Open champion taking advantage of the circumstances, it was the first alternate who got in the field at the last minute who caught the winds just right and sailed up the board.

Sat, 15 Mar, 2025

Team Europe Ryder Cup Press Conference - Wentworth Golf Club
Letter from Sawgrass: As geopolitical tensions rise what will that mean for the 2025 Ryder Cup
It is not unreasonable to worry that tensions could erupt into something beyond just rude name calling, as fans of not only opposite teams but opposite sides of the political aisle will be sharing the same space and the same alcohol on sale.

Sat, 15 Mar, 2025

THE PLAYERS Championship 2025 - Round Two
Min Woo Lee threatening to finish what he start two years ago at the Players Championship
Australia’s Min Woo Lee hold a share of the lead at the Players Championship along with American Akshay Bhatia. Rory McIlroy is two shots back in a tie for fourth. 

Fri, 14 Mar, 2025

Players Championship Golf
Late blemish can't take shine off McIlroy's Friday surge at Sawgrass
The Irishman reeled off six birdies in 11 holes to start his second round at the Players and is well positioned as the winds come in for the weekend

Fri, 14 Mar, 2025

FedEx St. Jude Championship - Round One
Letter from Sawgrass: Jordan Spieth's first round was a mixed bag of good and bad
That struggle with the demons in his swing is offset by the angels he still can conjure up.

Fri, 14 Mar, 2025

THE PLAYERS Championship 2025 - Round One
Rory McIlroy one shot off the lead at the Players Championship
McIlroy climbed within a shot of the lead shared by Lucas Glover, J.J. Spaun and Camilo Villegas, who all fired six-under 66s.

Fri, 14 Mar, 2025

Players Championship Golf
No hidden secrets of Sawgrass as Glover finds early Players groove 
The 45-year-old American is trying to become the second oldest Players champion behind Fred Funk (49 in 2005).

Thu, 13 Mar, 2025

Fota Island teenager John Doyle part of Ireland Euro Nations team
Fota Island teenager John Doyle part of Ireland Euro Nations team
The championship will take place at Copa Real Club de Golf Sotogrande in Spain beginning on March 26.

Thu, 13 Mar, 2025

THE PLAYERS Championship 2025 - Round One
Lowry level at Sawgrass, Power 'wasn’t very good at all today'
Lowry and Power will both need to gain some ground on Friday afternoon.

Thu, 13 Mar, 2025

THE PLAYERS Championship 2025 - Previews
Special branch - new sixth tee tree honours Sawgrass designer
The sixth tee at TPC Sawgrass that will surely rekindle some old gripes at that Players Championship.

Thu, 13 Mar, 2025

THE PLAYERS Championship 2025 - Previews
Lowry happy with game as he closes on top 10 goal
The Offaly man has climbed to No. 14 in the Official World Golf Ranking, eclipsing the No. 16 ranking he achieved in 2019

Wed, 12 Mar, 2025

Scheffler grabs all of the attention as he goes hunting Sawgrass three-peat 
Scheffler grabs all of the attention as he goes hunting Sawgrass three-peat 
He’ll soon have owned the No. 1 ranking for more consecutive weeks than any golfer not named Tiger Woods and, among the galleries and his peers, the Texan is a hot topic

Wed, 12 Mar, 2025

Players Championship Golf
Rory McIlroy: 'Something has gone terribly wrong if I have to compete at golf at 50'
'It sucks,' added McIlroy when asked about the latest setback for his friend and TGL business partner Tiger Woods.

Wed, 12 Mar, 2025

Jay Monahan
Jay Monahan aims to address slow play as future with LIV still in negiotions
The tour will begin publishing speed-of-play-related statistics, launch new speed-of-play policies including assessing penalty strokes for violations on the developmental tours and test the impact of using rangefinders during the six tournaments between the Masters and PGA Championship.

Wed, 12 Mar, 2025

Tiger Woods file photo
Achilles surgery likely to rule Woods out of  Major championship season
Golf icon reveals another huge setback in a long list of injuries that have piling up from Woods dating back to 2002

Tue, 11 Mar, 2025

THE PLAYERS Championship - Round Two
Ready for more Rory? Sawgrass the spark for new TV age as PGA launch World Feed
The long-term goal of Tour's new dedicated international broadcast is to eventually be more locally curated, meaning Ireland will eventually see more of McIlroy, Shane Lowry and SĂ©amus Power

Tue, 11 Mar, 2025

No luck for Lowry as Henley wins at Bay Hill
No luck for Lowry as Henley wins at Bay Hill
Offaly star finishes tied seventh with McIlroy tied 15th

Sun, 09 Mar, 2025

Shane Lowry
Lowry the clubhouse leader at Bay Hill, McIlroy among chasing pack 
Offaly golfer Lowry has a two-shot lead over American Wyndham Clark

Fri, 07 Mar, 2025

Bay Hill Golf
Strong starts for Shane Lowry and Rory McIlroy at Bay Hill 
Wyndham Clark has a two-stroke lead at the Arnold Palmer Invitational.

Fri, 07 Mar, 2025

Shane Lowry
Lowry and McIlroy fire each other up as both jump to front of field at Bay Hill
Paired together for the opening two rounds at the $20m Arnold Palmer Invitational, the Irish duo made the most of lighter afternoon conditions 

Thu, 06 Mar, 2025

Texas holed'em: Scheffler loses to 10-handicap amateur in Arnold Palmer buildup
Texas holed'em: Scheffler loses to 10-handicap amateur in Arnold Palmer buildup
“He holed a bunker shot on 18 to win,” the 28-year-old explained. “I got out of the way because I thought he could potentially shank it and he ended up holing it. So it was kind of one of those."

Wed, 05 Mar, 2025

Tiger Woods File Photo
Tiger Woods set to miss Players Championship as ‘heart not into practising’
The 49-year-old cited the death of his mother Kultida last month and his commitments with the PGA Tour policy board as he said he was not ready to compete in the near future.

Wed, 05 Mar, 2025

Monkstown Golf Club to host Irish PGA Championship
Monkstown Golf Club to host Irish PGA Championship
The flagship event will take place from August 4th to 7th.

Tue, 04 Mar, 2025

Investec South African Open Championship 2025 - Day Four
Naidoo edges out Canter in play-off to win South African Open
Final round abandoned due to weather

Sun, 02 Mar, 2025

Cognizant Classic In The Palm Beaches 2025 - Round One
Jake Knapp shoots 59 at the Cognizant Classic - the 15th sub-60 round in PGA Tour history
Knapp joined the PGA Tour’s sub-60 club on Thursday, shooting a bogey-free 59 in the opening round at PGA National

Thu, 27 Feb, 2025

Anna Nordqvist file photo
Anna Nordqvist named European Ryder Cup captain for 2026 Solheim Cup
The Swede, 37, was a playing vice-captain in 2023 and 2024, the latter her ninth time representing Europe in the competition

Mon, 24 Feb, 2025

Tiger Woods file photo
Tiger Woods says yardage mix-up ‘one of the most embarrassing moments’ of career
The blunder left team-mates Kevin Kisner and Tom Kim in fits of laughter as a perplexed Woods tried to work out what had happened.

Wed, 19 Feb, 2025

The Open 2024 - Day One - Royal Troon
Tiger Woods says Donald Trump’s involvement will help golf ‘heal quickly’
PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan and player director Adam Scott met with Trump earlier this month.

Mon, 17 Feb, 2025

Ludvig Aberg claims second PGA Tour title at Genesis Invitational
Ludvig Aberg claims second PGA Tour title at Genesis Invitational
Aberg birdied four of the last six holes at Torrey Pines to complete a final round of 66.

Mon, 17 Feb, 2025

2024 Presidents Cup - Day Three
Scottie Scheffler scrambles his way into second, Rory McIlroy sits three shots off the lead
The Northern Irishman's five birdies in eight holes from the third propelled him into contention but it was followed by three successive fives - two of which were bogeys.

Sat, 15 Feb, 2025

Ireland’s Seamus Power trails Denny McCarthy in San Diego
Ireland’s Seamus Power trails Denny McCarthy in San Diego
Rory McIlroy had an up-and-down opening round as he finished the day even par.

Fri, 14 Feb, 2025

Tiger Woods file photo
Tiger Woods says ‘I’m just not ready’ and withdraws from Genesis Invitational
The 49-year-old says he is still processing the recent death of his mother, Kultida.

Mon, 10 Feb, 2025

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