Shane Lowry and Graeme McDowell will start the final day of the QBE Shootout with a share of the lead after a blistering second-round 64 in Naples, Florida.

Rory McIlroy has retained his best friend Harry Diamond as his caddie for the 2018 season.

Peter O’Keeffe will never make a cent playing golf again but if the new Flogas Irish Amateur Open champion had his time again, he knows from painful experience the key to success is not just innate talent but a big, fat wallet to match an insatiable appetite for hard work.

World number nine Rickie Fowler warmed up for next week’s Masters by setting an imposing early clubhouse target at the Shell Houston Open.

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Phil Mickelson saw major championship history elude him at the last moment but at least has the comfort of a healthy lead going into today’s Open Championship second round.

Rory McIlroy may have enhanced his chances of completing the career grand slam by opting out of the par-three contest, but the world No 3 still faces a tough task to end Europe’s surprising Masters drought.

Rory McIlroy has cut down on the distractions as he attempts to complete the career grand slam at Augusta this week.

Rory McIlroy coming out on top at the WGC-Cadillac Match Play in San Francisco last week does not mean the new format at Harding Park worked perfectly – far from it.

Top seed and four-time major winner Rory McIlroy has been handed a tough draw for the new-look WGC-Cadillac Match Play Championship in San Francisco after being grouped with Billy Horschel, Brandt Snedeker and Jason Dufner. 

Jordan Spieth was staying one step ahead of his nearest challengers as his bid for a wire to wire Masters victory remained on course at Augusta National last night.

Q: Rory, who would you pay to go and watch?

Fellow PGA Champion Keegan Bradley says Pádraig Harrington’s double Honda Classic success is inspirational to everyone competing on the PGA Tour.

Graeme McDowell has followed Ernie Els to become the second US Open winner in confirm his appearance in what is shaping up as one of the most high profile Irish Opens.

The golf seasons tend to merge into each other these days, so much so that this week’s first European Tour event of 2015 is actually the third of the 2015 season, writes Phil Casey.

Graeme McDowell won’t be going "tee" total any time soon, after launching a new beer for golfers.

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.

Lee Westwood has added his voice to those backing Darren Clarke to be Europe's next Ryder Cup captain.

"What type of coach are you?" That’s one of the questions I’ve been asked a lot in the past few months.

World number one Rory McIlroy insists he is not the new Ryder Cup king-maker, but appreciates that his voice was heard.

A defeated and dejected United States Ryder Cup team head back across the Atlantic today dealing with recrimination and regret in equal measure.

The repercussions of another Ryder Cup defeat for the USA have already begun, with senior professional Phil Mickelson openly questioning the captaincy of Tom Watson.

Jamie Donaldson completed a "remarkable journey" from journeyman to hero at Gleneagles.

World number one Rory McIlroy led by example as Europe won the 40th Ryder Cup after being given an early scare at Gleneagles.

Live updates from the final day of the Ryder Cup.

When Europe needed him most, Rory McIlroy stepped up to the mark and delivered.

Paul McGinley has turned to Rory McIlroy to get beaten and bruised Ian Poulter back into Ryder Cup hero-mode after reuniting the pair for this morning’s fourballs session at Gleneagles.

You can’t say that Tom Watson doesn’t change with the times.

United States Ryder Cup captain Tom Watson conceded his team were outplayed on the opening day at Gleneagles but defended his decisions on pairings.

Nowhere are the twin impostors of success and failure more in evidence than in the cauldron of Ryder Cup battle.

Europe got back on level terms with victory in the first foursomes match on the opening day of the 40th Ryder Cup at Gleneagles on Friday.

European Ryder Cup captain Paul McGinley admits he will worry about making the right decisions over the next three days but is confident his experience will mean he gets more right than wrong.

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.

Over the past 30 years Europe more often than not have found a way to disrupt golf’s natural order in the Ryder Cup.

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.

Ryder Cup veteran Phil Mickelson insists the United States remain underdogs at Gleneagles despite making fun of the speculation about disharmony in the European team.

Paul McGinley is confident Rory McIlroy’s conversion into the dominant figure in world golf also includes a new-found penchant for punctuality given his predecessor Jose Maria Olazabal’s heart-stopping moment at Medinah two years ago.

Graeme McDowell might have called it a "conscious uncoupling" but whatever way you put it, the Ryder Cup star admitted his golfing dynamic with Rory McIlroy was very different now to when they first played together five years ago.

Tom Watson has targeted beating European hero Ian Poulter in Scotland this weekend as the way for his USA team to gain redemption for their Medinah meltdown two years ago.