The European Tour heads to the sunny Algarve next week, but with an end of season chill now in the air, we asked four golf writers to review 2014, from McIlroy’s Majors to McGinley’s Ryder Cup — and everything else in between.

Seán Quinn’s family have demanded the financial regulator be brought to task for his handling of Quinn Insurance — and defended the exorbitant price tag on the now infamous family wedding cake.