Charley Hoffman will feel right at home defending the Valero Texas Open title in San Antonio as he looks to put his Masters disappointment behind him.

THE impact of the economic downturn on the GAA is to the fore again as Laois are on the lookout for a new sponsor.

BALLYBUNION, one of the world’s finest links courses, will be the ideal home to the 13th AIB Irish Seniors Open which begins on Friday.

Anthony Kim compiled a flawless performance to open a four-stroke lead after the third round at the Wachovia Championship.

Colin Montgomerie, who has lost only three of his last 22 Ryder Cup games going back 10 years, this afternoon suffered his third defeat in three matches at this week’s Seve Trophy in Ireland.

Colin Montgomerie, who has lost only three of his last 22 Ryder Cup games, this afternoon suffered his third defeat in three matches at this week’s Seve Trophy in Ireland.

The biennial Seve Trophy gets under way this morning at the Heritage course in Co Laois.

Open champion Padraig Harrington has pulled out of next week’s Seve Trophy in Ireland because of fatigue.

Luke Donald has withdrawn from the Britain and Ireland side to defend the Seve Trophy against Continental Europe at The Heritage in Ireland in two weeks’ time.

Lee Westwood burst into contention for a second win of the year today – and then delivered some bad news to Nick Faldo.

AT Galway on Sunday, September 10, in a handicap hurdle, ten horses walked for some fifty yards before the race began in earnest. The contest was eventually won by Barry Geraghty on Artistic Lad.

Darren Clarke has been forced to withdraw from the Houston Open after receiving news of wife Heather’s medical tests.

BRIAN HANRATTY (Irish Examiner letters, November 3) is incorrect in his statement that Indaver Ireland’s municipal waste incinerator in Co Meath will “pose a new threat” to the heritage of the Boyne valley.

And so there were two. Padraig Harrington and David Howell are the only Ryder Cup men left in The Heritage at Woburn.

Ben Curtis, who won last year’s Open at Royal St George’s, is leading at the halfway stage of the Heritage in South Carolina.

The news that Jack Nicklaus is set to design his second course in Ireland — on the grounds of the Killeen Castle in Co Meath — has renewed the debate on just how many more new multi-million euro complexes this country can take.

THE news that Jack Nicklaus is set to design his second course in Ireland — on the grounds of Killeen Castle in County Meath — has renewed the debate on just how many more new multi-million euro complexes this country can take.

Gardai have named one of the victims of the two fatal road accidents in Ennis, Co Clare.