| Irish Open: Manassero cut record in jeopardy |
Italian teenager Matteo Manassero's record of not missing a cut as a professional is in jeopardy after he was given a two-stroke penalty following his first round in the 3 Irish Open at Killarney. |
| Irish Open: Clarke continues to impress |
Darren Clarke continued his recent revival with a five under par 66 when the 3 Irish Open began at Killarney today. |
| Irish Open: McIlroy makes early move |
Rory McIlroy's bid to make the 3 Irish Open at Killarney his first professional victory on European soil began brightly today. |
| Irish Open: Ryder Vice-Captains shine in Killarney |
Paul McGinley and Darren Clarke, two of Europe's three vice-captains for the Ryder Cup, turned their attentions back to playing in Killarney today - with great results. |
| 3 of a kind |
ALL week, Rory McIlroy has been turning heads as much in the car park as on the golf course -- boys of all ages (up to 50 and over) have been posing for pictures alongside the sleek, black 198mph Audi R8 V10 he piloted from Co Down to Killarney for the '3' Irish Open. |
| Not-so-dire Straits for Clarke as US PGA opens Ryder door |
DARREN CLARKE had expected to be moving house back to Portrush over the next fortnight -- now he'll be trying to move a Ryder Cup mountain instead. |
| G-Mac dreaming of Opens in North |
US Open champion Graeme McDowell would love to see the '3' Irish Open and the British Open go North, and preferably being played in Portrush, his home town. |
| Carlow hero Greene 'putts' McDonagh to sword on way to South title |
If happiness is a long walk with a putter, then Carlow's John Greene was the happiest man in Munster as he dissected Athlone's Kelan McDonagh with the blade to claim the 109th South of Ireland Championship at sun-kissed Lahinch yesterday. |
| Lowry a shining light for amateur dreams |
SHANE LOWRY fielded the question of the day from European Tour colleague Peter Lawrie as they ambled down the 16th fairway on the Killeen Course at Killarney Golf and Fishing Club. |
| McIlroy feels momentum swinging his way for crack at Irish Open |
RORY McIlroy rates his early-season form as "three out of 10" -- but now he's ready to justify his ranking as '3' Irish Open favourite. |
| Tee-times for round 1 |
7.0: H Otto (Rsa), S Chowrasia (Ind), T Aiken (Rsf). 7.10 : J Huldahl (Den), R Ramsay (Sco), A Wall (Eng). 7.20: B Dredge (Wal), P Sjoland (Swe), D Vancsik (Arg). 7.30: G Boyd (Eng), C Suneson (Swe), J Luiten (Hol). 7.40: D Sugrue (Irl), P Walton (Irl), P Cutler (Irl, am). 7.50: R Green (Aus), P McGinley (Irl), R Echenique (Arg). |
| McDowell believes record could go at Irish Open |
Graeme McDowell believes the European Tour's first-ever 59 is possible this week - just days after he achieved the magic figure for the first time in his life. |
| Murray eager to end 'South' agony |
Pat Murray broke his 'major' duck by claiming last year's Irish Close title but the Limerick star plans to make the 80-mile drive to Killarney tonight with a more coveted prize in the boot of his car. |
| Brophy takes after his better half |
KEEPING it in the family -- that's Mount Wolseley captain Greg Brophy. |
| Westwood's ryder dream |
GOLF: Lee Westwood is looking forward to working under his seventh different Ryder Cup captain as he dreams of being handed the honour himself one day, writes Tim Clement. |
| Harnett thrilled to be short of Southern comforts |
teenager Liam Harnett is hoping to clean up in more ways than one after marching impressively into the last 16 of the South of Ireland Championship. |
| Irish Open needs support of fans to survive the cut |
LOCATION, location, location! That famous clarion call, first uttered by US department store magnate William Dillard, applies right across the business spectrum from real estate to movie-making. |
| Late bogey costly for Leona |
A bogey five at the tough closing hole on the Kuneticka Hora course in the Czech Republic on Saturday meant heartbreak for 15-year-old Leona Maguire as she missed out on a medal in the European Ladies Amateur Championship. |
| Lernihan makes light of shoulder injury to keep title tilt alive |
Dara Lernihan is thinking big after he cruised into the third round of the South of Ireland Championship at a rain-spattered Lahinch. |
| Langer enjoys senior moment |
Former Ryder Cup captain Bernhard Langer handed Corey Pavin the first of hopefully two defeats on European soil this season in denying the current USA captain victory in the British Senior Open at Carnoustie yesterday. |
| Swede Johnson responds to home comforts as he wraps up victory in style |
Swede Richard S Johnson sunk a 30-foot birdie putt at the last hole to claim the Scandinavian Masters title yesterday as British Open champion Louis Oosthuizen narrowly failed to win back-to-back trophies. |
| Nothing to carry now but the memory of glorious yesterdays |
Legendary golfing partners looked out on the famous 17th hole which was becoming more sodden by the minute. Lee Trevino kept insisting he was prepared to brave the elements, but his one-time caddie, Willie Aitchison, was especially grateful the Champions Challenge had been cancelled. |
| Fear of Tiger opened major door for Oosthuizen |
Up to last weekend, only the name of Tiger Woods came immediately to mind when considering huge margins of victory in the major championships in the modern game. And intriguingly, it may be that the enduring world No 1 also had a significant hand in this latest procession, from Louis Oosthuizen. |
| Captain can win the Ryder Cup . . . and he can lose it |
Time has not dimmed Paul McGinley's recollection of an image of his startled self, thrashing about in a Belfry lake after holing the putt that won Europe the 2002 Ryder Cup. But it has transformed his perspective on what such a moment meant. |
| Oosthuizen rues slip-up |
British Open champion Louis Oosthuizen blamed a "stupid" shot for dropping one off the lead with a round to go at the Nordea Scandinavian Masters in Stockholm. |
