With his tongue firmly in cheek, Clare hurling boss Davy Fitzgerald says he's looking forward to "an easy time" on his visit to Fota Island golf resort in Cork today.

THE European Tour’s Dubai Desert Classic beginning over the Emirates Course on Thursday, offers $2.5m (€1.8m) in prize money while, across the Atlantic, The AT&T Pro-Am on the US PGA Tour carries a purse of $6.3m (€4.6m).