Golf fans will need to be up at the crack of dawn tomorrow to arrive in good time at Fota Island to watch the marquee draw in the first round of the Irish Open Championship.

Paul McGinley’s love/hate relationship with the PGA Centenary course continued with Europe’s Ryder Cup captain delighted to make the cut in the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles.

THE REPUBLIC Of Ireland got their defence of the Centenary Shield off to a satisfactory start when they drew with Wales in the first International game to be played at the excellently prepared Killarney Celtic Grounds last evening.