Millionaire property mogul, television personality, prospective Republican Party nominee for the US presidency, Obama-baiter.

The violent storms that battered the west coast throughout the past 48 hours prevented Donald Trump junior and his brother Eric from making their way to West Clare to visit their magnificent new acquisition at Doonbeg.

Congratulations to Tricia Mangan on her appointment as the next high performance director of the Irish Ladies Golf Union (ILGU).

Despite his obvious disappointment, Pádraig Harrington could see a plus in missing the halfway cut in the Scottish Open at Castle Stuart.

It may be nearly five years since Pádraig Harrington last won a Major, but his reception yesterday in the local McDonald’s in Inverness indicated he had lost none of his popularity.

But for Rory McIlroy’s solo march to his second major at Kiawah Island, golf’s final grand event of the season, the USPGA, might have been shunted into the sidings by the medals and records, inspiration and heartache of the London Olympics.