The former Ryder Cup stalwart said he expected consequences from his decision to join the contentious Saudi-backed series, but he did not anticipate “being torn to shreds”.

SHE might be one of the hottest young properties in Irish golf at the minute, months away from a big move Stateside, but Beth Coulter’s heart will always belong to the close-knit community in Ballygalget and the camán code with which she was raised.

In the week that Mount Juliet hosts the Irish Open, Paul Kelly looks back on the historic staging of the tournament at Royal Portrush in 2012.

STEPHANIE Meadow has confirmed she will return to play in the ISPS Handa World Invitational at Galgorm Castle and Massereene GC this year.

LEADING an Irish team to European Championship glory last weekend was a proud moment for Gareth McNeilly – but the recognition golfers with disability are now receiving off the course in Ireland is as much a cause for celebration.

FROM 'The Greatest Game Ever Played' to the "the most disgraceful and disgusting moment in the history of professional golf", Brookline has witnessed both ends of the golfing extreme.

The most lucrative golf tournament in history got under way on Thursday, following a trumpet fanfare and with fighter planes circling overhead.

SWIMMING star Bethany Firth has revealed how her sporting success might not have happened if it hadn't been for the encouragement of her PE teacher.

PADRAIG Harrington will make his debut at The Senior Open Presented by Rolex in 2022 when he joins a host of fellow Open Champions at Gleneagles from July 21 to 24.

IT is a fickle relationship the sports-watching public have with those at whose altar they so often worship.

RORY McIlroy hopes a relaxed approach and some online homework will pay dividends as he seeks a third US PGA Championship title in Tulsa.

IT was an Ulster shootout at The Island as Colm Campbell of Warrenpoint won the Flogas Irish Men’s Amateur Open championship once again after overcoming Malone’s Matthew McClean in a sudden-death play-off at the first tie-hole.

SHANE Lowry is relishing the opportunity to bring his red-hot recent form to home soil when the 2021 Ryder Cup player tees it up in the Horizon Irish Open at Mount Juliet Estate, from June 30 to July 3.

GOLFING superstar Tiger Woods is to play in a pro-am tournament in Co Limerick in July.