GOLF in Ireland received a welcome boost last night with the news that the Irish Open remains on the 2011 European Tour schedule.

THE ‘3’ Irish Open looks almost certain to be returning to Killarney after the success of this year’s tournament, according to Keith Waters, Director of International Policy with the European Tour.

Justin Rose has resigned from the European Tour five weeks after being left out of the Ryder Cup team.

MIGUEL ANGEL JIMENEZ has chosen to fight for a Ryder Cup place at Glen-eagles this week after canceling plans to attend his nephew’s wedding.

Ireland's newest golf star Shane Lowry is determined to make the right impression on and off the course in his new career.

THE clerk of the weather did all in his power to destroy the 3 Irish Open and inflict untold damage on it for many years to come.

EUROPEAN Ryder Cup captain Colin Montgomerie has been given a third wild card for next year’s match at Celtic Manor in Wales.

The English Open, due to be played at St Mellion in Cornwall on August 13-16 and again next season, has been affected by the economic downturn and will not now return to the European Tour until 2011.

The Royal Trophy is set to return for its third edition in Thailand in January, a year after the match-play event between Asia and Europe was postponed following the death of the sister of the King of Thailand.

Nineteen-year-old Rory McIlroy no longer leads on his own, but he still has a great chance to become the youngest winner on the European Tour since Seve Ballesteros won the first of his record 50 titles.

European golfers will no longer have to fly to the Far East or Aruba to try to qualify for November’s World Cup in China.

Two more bombs exploded in Bangkok just after midnight, wounding seven people, including six foreigners, a Thai television station reported today.

Swedish golfer Daniel Chopra, who took a two-shot lead into the third round of the Western Open in America today, is still eligible for the Ryder Cup after all, it emerged tonight.

Swedish golfer Daniel Chopra, who took a two-shot lead into the third round of the Western Open in America today, may not be eligible for the Ryder Cup after all.

Final qualifying for next year’s British Open championship has been brought forward to give more players a chance to earn a place at Hoylake.

Ian Woosnam is about to discover his worries about Europe not fielding their strongest side in the Ryder Cup next year are not going to go away.

Luke Donald, one of the rising stars of European golf, could be about to make himself ineligible for this year’s Ryder Cup.

The European tour have announced their 2002 schedule with one notable absentee the Dunhill Links Championship won at St Andrews on Monday by Paul Lawrie.