Three Irish golfers, Peter O’Keeffe (Muskerry), Damian Mooney (Ballyliffin) and Mark Staunton (Ballinasloe), take part in the first European Tour School at the Roxburghe Hotel, Kelso, Scotland today.

A third-round, seven-under-par 65 from Sweden’s Pontus Widegren may have pushed hopes of a home win in the European Amateur Championship beyond leading Irish men Kevin Phelan and Alan Dunbar.

Having withstood the worst the wet weather can throw at it, Fota Island’s Deerpark course welcomes the return of the 888poker.com PGA EuroPro Tour today for the second Audi Cork Irish Masters.

BARRIE TRAINOR pressed the pedal over the weekend to take the chequered flag in the final lap of the Lexus Race to Mount Juliet in association with Ping and Bord Fáilte.

BARRIE TRAINOR’S good form has closed the gap on Irish PGA Order of Merit leader David Higgins as the Lexus Race to Mount Juliet, in association with Ping, continues.

A DOUBLE eagle blast on the back nine shot Barrie Trainor to the top of the leaderboard at Malahide in the north Dublin club’s annual pro-am tournament.

NIALL KEARNEY spectacularly chipped in for a late eagle to keep his tour card hopes alive at the European Tour Qualifying School finals at PGA Golf de Catalunya.

NIALL KEARNEY and Simon Thornton both broke 70 but still slipped further down the leaderboard on a day of red-hot scoring in the third round of the European Tour Qualifying School final stage at PGA de Catalunya.

WORLD No 1 Lee Westwood has questioned the PGA’s decision to award America’s Ricky Fowler the Rookie of the Year title over his Ryder Cup teammate Rory McIroy.

BIG-HITTING Damian Mooney followed up the longest drive ofhis career with a solid opening round in the frost-delayed European Tour Qualifying School finals at PGA Catalunya Resort in Spain.

JUST because you’ve been there, done that and bought the tee shirt, doesn’t mean you have any right to cruise through the six-day “prison sentence” they call the European Tour Qualifying School final stage.

WATERVILLE’S David Higgins is the man to beat as the Irish PGA Region’s season comes to an exciting climax at Mount Juliet on Saturday.

CONNEMARA’S David Mortimer etched his place in the history books when he holed a monster 40-foot eagle putt on the last to win the Ladbrokes.com PGA Irish Championship by a stroke from European Tour star Damien McGrane.

COACH Neil Manchip put one over on pupil Shane Lowry when he outscored the European Tour star by three shots in the opening round of the Ladbrokes.com Irish PGA.

THIRTEEN players are separated by only two shots at the halfway stage of the Czech Open – and they include two of the men chasing a Ryder Cup place.

THE field for the ‘3’ Irish Open at Killarney’s Golf and Fishing Club (July 29-August 1) was yesterday boosted by the inclusion of Rory McIlroy, the weekend’s PGA championship winner Simon Khan and 2004 British Open champion Todd Hamilton.

THE 30th player in this week’s Barclays Scottish Open at Loch Lomond will receive in excess of €30,000, comfortably more than the total prize fund of €26,000 on offer in the Irish PGA Championship which starts at the European Club in Co Wicklow this morning.

DONEGAL giant Michael McGeady feared he might have thrown away his chance of appearing in this week’s 3 Irish Open at Baltray when he faltered over the closing six holes of the Italian Open in Turin on Sunday.

WHAT a difference a week makes. Seven days ago, 28-year-old Colm Moriarty from Athlone was relying on invitations to Challenge Tour events as he attempted to get his career back on track after a dismal 2006 season.

Padraig Harrington is on track to become the first home winner of the Irish Open in 25 years after a superb 68 at a windswept Adare Manor.

COURSE designer Robert Trent Jones once described the 18th hole at Adare as “the finest par five in the world” and it certainly lived up to its billing during yesterday’s first round of the Irish Open at Adare.

AS Paul McGinley and co play for the £1 million first prize in the HSBC World Match Play Championship at Wentworth, other matters are taxing the minds of hundreds of hopefuls all over Europe.

THE DONALD Steel-designed Lackabane course at Killarney hosts the first European Challenge Tour event in the Republic of Ireland over the next four days with the arrival of the Ireland Ryder Cup Challenge.

Athlone's Colm Moriarty shot a 69 at Carton House today to lie just one shot off the lead of the Nissan Irish Open this evening.

Sweden’s Klas Eriksson is now the sole leader of the Nissan Irish Open at Carton House Golf Club in Maynooth.

Klas Eriksson has provisionally made it a three-way tie at the head of the Nissan Irish Open at Carton House.

Darren Clarke turned in a brilliant 32 on the back nine of the "inland links" he yesterday described as "stunningly difficult" to make a fine start to the Nissan Irish Open.

STEPHEN BROWNE became the 21st Irishman in the Nissan Irish Open field after a late call up last night.

SEVENTEEN Irish golfers face the starter as the 10th Smurfit European Open at The K-Club gets underway this morning.

DAMIAN MOONEY gave himself a great boost yesterday as he heads into the €137,000 PGA Irish Championship at St Margaret's today.

PLANNING the year’s schedule is one of the most important tasks for any top ranking professional golfer. The temptation to play in just about everything is always there given the enormous sums of money on offer almost every week.

Damian Mooney gave notice that he intends to be a big player on the Irish circuit this season with a stunning performance in the €15,000 Great Northern Hotel pro-am tournament at Bundoran.

With one round still to go, Damian Mooney looks a sure-fire winner in the €15,000 Great Northern Hotel pro-am event at Bundoran, having opened up a seven shots gap at the top of the leaderboard.

Damian McGrane polished off a superb performance at City of Derry with an eagle two to win the £20,000 54-holes McCambridge-Duffy pro-am tournament yesterday.

English man Philip Harrison squeezed in among leading Irish players John Dwyer and Damian Mooney during the second round in the £20,000 McCambridge-Duffy pro-am tournamant at City of Derry.

Brendan McGovern chalked up his tenth win of the season when he topped the leaderboard after the 36-holes €23,000 Shell-backed Dr William Flynn Memorial pro-am tournament at Shannon.

Dundalk Club pro Leslie Walker snatched the PGA Ulster Open Championship title from defending champion John Dwyer at The Hilton Templepatrick after a four holes shootout..

Peter Hanna toured the neat little Co Tyrone course at Fintona in five-under-par 67 to win the club’s annual pro-am tournament with three shots to spare over the chasing pack.

Brendan McGovern played the shot of a lifetime at Sutton during the BCM Handy Wallace pro-am tournament.

Shane O'Grady upstaged everyone in yesterday's pro-am tournamant at The Curragh by walking in at the death with a six-under-par 66 to snatch the winner's cheque after three players were poised to split the loot.

Damian McGrane looked set for to take the winner's cheque on his own at Enniscorthy after the Riverside Park Hotel pro-am tournament but Damian Mooney walked in at the end of the day to match McGrane's super 66.

Eamon Darcy is winding down on the European Tour but putting in a strong finish as he heads for the Seniors' Tour School in America.

It was a case of local pro making good at Wexford as Damian McGrane closed with a five-under-par 67 to win the Advance Cleaner pro-am tournament.

Philip Walton chalked up his first win on the Irish PGA Tour in more than two years with a storming finish in the 36-holes £20,000 AIB Connemara pro-am.