JUST when it appeared the Irish Seniors Open would fall by the wayside after the withdrawal of AIB’s long-standing sponsorship, support for the event at Carton House next weekend came from an unusual quarter.

Barry Lane was delighted to show he can still mix it with the young guns of the European Tour after the veteran Englishman took the clubhouse lead following a weather-shortened second day at the Avantha Masters in Delhi.

The six nations bidding for the 2018 Ryder Cup in Europe have been invited to come together at a Heathrow hotel on January 13 to share opinions, information and questions.

IT has been another good year on the European Seniors Tour for Ireland’s Denis O’Sullivan.

WHEN you’ve done it once,three times or even 14 times,you know you can do it again.

FORMER Ryder Cup players Eamonn Darcy and Des Smyth will hope to follow the example of Shane Lowry and provide a home winner when the pair tee up in the Irish Seniors Open in association with Fálite Ireland and AIB Bank next week.

Bernhard Langer has refused to distance himself from a possible return as Europe’s Ryder Cup captain but insisted he would only take the position if he were asked.

Golf fans in New York were waking today to an unwelcome reminder of America’s final-day slump and Europe’s Ryder Cup heroics.

Tom Kite carded a course-record nine-under-par 63 to grab a three-stroke lead after the first round of the Senior PGA Tour’s MasterCard Championship.