Pádraig Harrington reacquainted himself with the high-pressure stakes of the business end of a major championship and felt right at home at St Andrews.

It turned out to be a day too far for the Irish at St Andrews yesterday.

To have an amateur leading The Open Championship going into today’s final round is the stuff of fairytales.

Paul Dunne is a man in demand, even if he isn’t a man with a grand plan.

The Dubai Duty Free Irish Open may have migrated north for this year’s prestigious European Tour event but while the tournament heads to Royal County Down next month, schoolchildren up and down the country have a chance to bring the winners’ trophy and the Open’s famed Claret Jug to their classroom.