Rory McIlroy believes he needs at least one win from his next three events to become only the second man after Henrik Stenson to win the FedEx Cup and Race to Dubai in the same season.

Rory McIlroy believes he needs at least one win from his next three events to become only the second man after Henrik Stenson to win the FedEx Cup and Race to Dubai in the same season.

European captain Darren Clarke turned to Plan B as day two of the 41st Ryder Cup got off to an electrifying start at Hazeltine.

Ryder Cup captains Darren Clarke and Davis Love have backed their two top partnerships to get their sides off to a good start at Hazeltine National on Friday.

All sports have their great days and after the recent debacle surrounding the Olympics, the world of golf needed something positive this week.

Frustrated Rory McIlroy has more than just a broken three-wood to mend after another disappointing day at the 145th Open left him finally accepting he was out of the running at Royal Troon.

No world No. 1 has won the Masters since Tiger Woods in 2002, and current incumbent Jason Day does not consider himself the favourite this week.

Australia’s Marc Leishman ended a trying 2015 on a high after cruising to victory in the Nedbank Golf Challenge to claim his first European Tour title and complete an Australian double.

Audrey has been sorting out Cork people for years...

The distance between the Munchen Golf Club and Mount Juliet may be around 1,400 kilometres but Kevin Phelan felt right at home on the opening day of the BMW International Open.

For a man not renowned as having ‘sea legs’, it would be a lot easier to book a flight to take a trip from Cork to his home town in north Germany.

What makes a superstar in pro sports? Is it their overall game or their ability to dominate a tournament or hit defining “clutch” shots to win championships or is it their will to win and refusal to lose?

Graeme McDowell admitted he would be delighted to end his final stroke play event of the year accepting a third winner’s handshake from Hero World Challenge host, Tiger Woods.

As Graeme McDowell stressed the importance and focus of a new family life he insists his playing schedule will not alter heading into the New Year.

Patrick Reed gained a small measure of revenge for last month’s Ryder Cup defeat by knocking European hero Jamie Donaldson out of the Volvo World Match Play Championship yesterday.

Between them, Paul McGinley, Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell ensured that Europe’s Ryder Cup success over the United States had ‘Made In Ireland’ stamped all over it.

Live updates from the final day of the Ryder Cup.

Rory McIlroy got the partner and the match-up he wanted as opposing captains Paul McGinley and Tom Watson served up a fascinating opening session to the 2014 Ryder Cup this morning.

Rory McIlroy has the chance to let his golf do the talking against Phil Mickelson in the opening session of the Ryder Cup, in a match US captain Tom Watson predicted should be a “barn-burner”.

European captain Paul McGinley looked to have settled on a number of his pairings on the final day of practice for the 40th Ryder Cup at Gleneagles.

Former Celtic midfielder Vidar Riseth has warned the current Parkhead squad they had better do as Ronny Deila says if he is named their new boss — or they will find themselves looking for a new club.

The tell-tale puff of green and white smoke is widely expected any moment now at Parkhead to signal Roy Keane’s installation as the new manager of Celtic.

Ian Poulter believes European captain Paul McGinley will be delighted with the way his side is taking shape ahead of the Ryder Cup in September.

It was like a final insult in what was Rory McIlroy’s final event as the defending European No. 1 — being asked to tape a TV piece congratulating Henrik Stenson on succeeding him in winning the Race to Dubai.

Henrik Stenson hailed a “dream season” as he claimed an historic double in fitting fashion by storming to victory in the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai.

Graeme McDowell insists he’s not about to hit the panic button despite losing ground to Race to Dubai front-runner Henrik Stenson on the opening day of the final event of the season.

Graeme McDowell is not only fighting Henrik Stenson for the European number one title, but he is equally determined to unseat the Swede to be voted European Tour ‘Player of the Year’.

Graeme McDowell may be relaxing at home this week in Orlando but he’ll be glued to the computer monitoring scores at this week’s inaugural Turkish Airlines Open.

Over the course of an hour, on a cloudless afternoon in Oslo, Magnus Carlsen sinks from an upright sitting position to an open-legged slouch, to an almost full stretch, as if on a psychiatrist’s couch.

Graeme McDowell is intent on finishing this season as Europe’s number one golfer.

Rory McIlroy has not won all season, has gone from world number one to sixth in the rankings and is 62nd on a European Tour money list which he won last year to go with the US equivalent and five victories, including a second major title.

David Howell hopes his first European Tour victory in seven years can inspire him to the best years of his career, including a third Ryder Cup appearance in 2014.

Captain Paul McGinley believes $11m man Henrik Stenson is already 85% of the way to securing his place in next year’s Ryder Cup — and insists he has no worries about some of Europe’s other “flatlining” stars.

Norwich have completed the signing of striker Gary Hooper from Celtic.

Celtic manager Neil Lennon savoured the prospect of another two classic encounters against Juventus after being paired with the Italian champions and Serie A leaders in the last 16 of the Champions League.

MARTIN O’NEILL confessed he’d ran through dozens of scenarios in his mind as to how his first game as Sunderland manager would pan out.

Having rebuffed talk of his own retirement, Alex Ferguson is preparing for the succession of Edwin van der Sar.

Robert Karlsson produced a bogey-free final round seven-under-par 65 to win the Commercialbank Qatar Masters by three strokes in Doha today.