THE 10th anniversary edition of the AIB Irish Seniors Open, in association with Greenstar and Fáilte Ireland, will be marked in grand style with a record prize fund, a glorious new venue and a five-star field littered with former Ryder Cup players.

WHEN he started on the European Seniors Tour back in 1998, Denis O’Sullivan’s chief rivals were people like Tommy Horton, Antonio Garrido, Brian Waites, Malcolm Gregson, Jose-Maria Canizares, Brian Huggett and Maurice Bembridge.

EDDIE POLLAND recorded his best result for almost 17 months when he finished joint second with Spaniard José Rivero and Sam Torrance of Scotland in the Algarve Seniors Open of Portugal at a rain-soaked Quinta de Cima Golfe on Sunday.

SCOTLAND'S Sam Torrance returns to the European Seniors Tour today looking to turn up the heat on Order of Merit leader Carl Mason of England in one of Continental Europe's golfing hotspots, the Algarve.

HAVING ousted the holders Enniscrone in Thursday’s semi-final, Moate overcame Newcastle West by three and a half matches to one and a half to capture the BMW sponsored Irish Mixed Foursomes at Monkstown Golf Club yesterday.

Denis O’Sullivan was the leading Irishman at the Travis Perkins Senior Masters as Argentine Eduardo Romero captured his maiden European Seniors Tour title at Wentworth.

EAMONN DARCY has his sights set on the second richest prize in European Seniors Tour golf when he tees up in the Ryder Cup Wales Seniors Open which starts at the Royal St David’s GC in Harlech this morning.

GOOD enough to stage any event — even the Ryder Cup. That was Sam Torrance’s considered view about the Seve Ballesteros designed Heritage course yesterday, after he opened the AIB Irish Seniors Open with a four under par 68 in blustery and often showery conditions.

Charlie Mulqueen, The Heritage

Ireland’s Eamonn Darcy saw his solid two under par start to the Jolie Ville Sharm El Sheikh Seniors Open eclipsed by Englishman David J Russell’s superb opening round of nine under 63 yesterday.

EAMONN DARCY made an excellent start to his 2005 European Seniors Tour season on the sun-kissed island of Tobago yesterday with a sizzling first round of six under par 66 to get within one shot of the first round lead at the Tobago Plantations Seniors Classic.

IT'S little wonder golfers can't wait to reach their 50th birthday these days. Carl Mason won just twice on the regular European Tour, but when he turned 50 at the end of June last year he quickly fattened up his pension fund.

IN spite of his disappointing weekend in the final Benson & Hedges International at The Belfry, Padraig Harrington is back up from 10th to 9th in the world rankings and up to third in the European Tour order of merit.

IT has been another wonderful weekend for Irish golfers Peter Lawrie and Denis O’Sullivan. Lawrie made sure of his card on the main European Tour for next year, while O’Sullivan claimed his fifth title on the European Seniors circuit.

JAMAICA’S Delroy Cambridge won his third title of the European Seniors Tour season when he defeated Ireland’s Eddie Polland

An all-Irish battle has been set up for the semi-final of the Daily Telegraph/Sodexho European Seniors Tour Match Play Championship over the new Flamingos GC in southern Spain.

Ian Stanley has maintained his effort to win the British Seniors' Open Championship at Royal County Down as he has picked up two birdies against

Just nine players finished under-par last night after the third round in the British Seniors' Championship at Royal County Down.

Bob Charles has made a bold bid to win the British Seniors' Championship for

The overnight leaders in the £501,000 MasterCard British Seniors'

John Bland remains the front-runner in the £501,000 British Seniors’ Championship at Royal County Down.

American David Oakley made the early running today in the British Seniors’ Open Championship at Royal County Down posting a three-under-par 68 to be four-under for the tournament and is the clubhouse leader.

Ireland’s Denis O’Sullivan closed with a fine 69 to romp to his third European Senior Tours victory at the Palmerston Trophy over the new Nick Faldo course in Berlin.