Event: Irish Close

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Mullarney four shots clear after course-record 62

Galway’s Ronan Mullarney will take a healthy four-shot lead into today’s second round at the Flogas Irish Amateur Open Championship after setting the pace with a course-record and career-low 62 in Sligo.

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Robert Brazill ready to burn rubber on Bridgestone circuit

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O’Keeffe aims to emulate Harrington heroics

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Alex Gleeson digs deep for AIG Irish Amateur Close

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Golfing Union of Ireland changing for the future

CHARLIE MULQUEEN: Patience pays for McGinley

England halt Irish title run

Ireland were denied a fifth consecutive senior men’s Home International title at Southerndown on the south Wales coast yesterday by a much-improved England outfit.

Fri, 21 Sep, 2012

GUI bask in reflected glory

ROLLO McCLURE remembers the first time he saw Rory McIlroy swing a club.

Tue, 21 Jun, 2011

Beach boy hits the high note

WINNING major championships can do wonders for a golfer’s career.

Tue, 22 Jun, 2010

Pat Murray: winner of the Irish Close Championship in June

PAT MURRAY has the ideal opportunity to show the Irish selectors the error of their ways in the 108th South of Ireland Championship which begins at Lahinch today.

Sat, 25 Jul, 2009

Higgins back on right track after enduring period in the rough

WATERVILLE’S David Higgins is confident his career is back on track having successfully battled illness and loss of form.

Tue, 26 May, 2009

Kearney and O'Hanlon go head to head at Lahinch

The Curragh's Paul O'Hanlon and Royal Dublin's Niall Kearney will meet in this afternoon's final of the South Of Ireland Championship at Lahinch.

Wed, 30 Jul, 2008

Lowry into West of Ireland semis

Irish Close champion Shane Lowry beat the Castle's Ryan Boal at the 20th to clinch his place in Wednesday's West of Ireland Championship semi-finals at Rosses Point.

Tue, 25 Mar, 2008

Controversy over Ryder points for World Match Play

THOUGH Paul McGinley isn’t complaining, it is understandable that players resent the awarding of Ryder Cup and Order of Merit points to those contesting the £2.44m (€3.61m) HSBC World Match Play Championship at Wentworth.

Tue, 13 Sep, 2005

McDowell ready to take on the world

GRAEME McDOWELL’S ambition of getting into the world’s top 50 before the end of the season is edging ever closer.

Wed, 27 Oct, 2004

Higgins has 80 reasons to smile

EIGHTY euro may not seem like a lot of money these days.

Tue, 19 Oct, 2004

Too little too late for Clarke

TOO little, too late. That was the message yesterday from Darren Clarke who this time converted an immaculate long game into a three under par round of 68 and a two under par total of 282.

Mon, 19 Jul, 2004

Higgins happy to be back with the big shots

IT cannot be easy for a 29 year-old to turn his back on competitive golf for six months, at a time when his career is in crisis.

Fri, 05 Sep, 2003

Waterford golfer to represent Ireland abroad

FRIDAY was a red letter day for both West Waterford Golf and Country Club and young Séamus Power when it was announced that he had been selected to play for his country in the Boys’ Home Internationals against the cream of young golfers from England, Scotland and Wales at Royal St David’s Golf Club in Wales from August 5th to August 7th.

Tue, 29 Jul, 2003

My Portmarnock priorities

IT was a very frustrating Open Championship for me. I didn’t bring my A game to Royal St George’s and I told the press lads that, but the general feeling still was it would be all right on the day.

Tue, 22 Jul, 2003

McHenry steels himself for a second coming

FORMER Walker Cup star and European Tour regular John McHenry is all set to make his return to the big time having spent four years in virtual retirement.

Wed, 14 May, 2003