Mobile phones were all the buzz in the days leading up to this week’s Irish Open but the only sounds puncturing the quiet of the tenth tee early yesterday as a trio of Irish players got their rounds under way was the birdsong from beyond the surrounding dunes.

John McHenry dissects the pick of the Ryder Cup rookies.

England’s Paul Broadhurst overcame a four-shot deficit on the final day to clinch the Senior Open title at Carnoustie.

Who pushed the boundaries this year?

Rory McIlroy’s injection of golfing Hollywood into the Irish Open was manifestly evident approaching 8am yesterday, as elements of the game’s royalty limbered up to unleash their opening shots of the 2015 renewal.

Rory McIlroy might feel he has unfinished business at this week’s Dubai Duty Free Irish Open but there’s no doubt in Paul McGinley’s mind that the young Ulster man has nothing to prove at Royal County Down.

Shane Lowry secured his place in next month’s US Open with another superb display at the BMW PGA Championship.

From winning smiles to anger management, Rory McIlroy’s amazing run of form hit a speed bump at Wentworth yesterday, but not so bad as to send his BMW PGA Championship title defence off course.

Sergio Garcia insisted he stood a chance of winning the Open de Espana after a third-round 67 saw him close to within five shots of the lead during Saturday.

European Ryder Cup heroes Victor Dubuisson, Jamie Donaldson and Miguel Angel Jimenez have become the latest stars to confirm their plans to play Royal Co Down in two weeks as the entry deadline closed for this year’s Dubai Duty Free Irish Open.

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. 

Rory McIlroy believes the USA are ‘desperate’ to end Europe’s dominance in the Ryder Cup.

Miguel Angel Jimenez has expressed his disappointment at missing out on the Ryder Cup captaincy for 2016 and hinted his chance may have gone.

Miguel Angel Jimenez has expressed his disappointment at missing out on the Ryder Cup captaincy for 2016 and hinted his chance of the job may have gone.

Former Open champion Darren Clarke hailed the support of some of Europe’s top players after being named 2016 Ryder Cup captain yesterday.

Miguel Angel Jimenez will look to get over the disappointment of not being chosen as Europe’s next Ryder Cup captain by extending his own record as the European Tour’s oldest winner in the Hero Indian Open.

It did not need George O’Grady to tell us it is Darren Clarke’s time to captain Europe at the Ryder Cup, writes Simon Lewis.

Darren Clarke admits his lack of experience as a skipper will leave him heading into the unknown at Hazeltine in 19 months’ time.

Darren Clarke will lead Europe’s bid for a fourth successive Ryder Cup victory after being named captain today for the 2016 contest with the US at Hazeltine.

Darren Clarke, Miguel Angel Jimenez and Thomas Bjorn were set to discover on Wednesday which of them will have the daunting task of following in Paul McGinley’s footsteps as Europe’s Ryder Cup captain.

Paul Azinger has welcomed reports Davis Love will captain the US Ryder Cup team for the second time at Hazeltine in 2016. 

Former Open champion Darren Clarke remains a strong favourite to be named European Ryder Cup captain for 2016 on Wednesday.

Davis Love will captain the United States Ryder Cup team for the second time in 2016, according to a report by the Golf Channel.

The European Tour could tomorrow confirm Paul McGinley’s successor as 2016 Ryder Cup captain.

Shane Lowry has given himself eight events up to the first week of June to secure full PGA Tour playing rights. 

Tiger Woods has opened up on the chip he didn’t want to make — the one to his tooth after getting walloped by a cameraman.

Rory McIlroy celebrated his first ever professional tournament hole-in-one today in Abu Dhabi.

Miguel Angel Jimenez nailed a hole-in-one today and celebrated like a boss.

Darren Clarke seems far from a certainty for the 2016 Ryder Cup captaincy vote after Miguel Angel Jimenez refuted claims in a Spanish newspaper that he was not interested in leading the European team.

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.

Tiger Woods believes either Darren Clarke or Miguel Angel Jimenez would make an ideal European Ryder Cup captain in 2016.

Ross Fisher sits two shots clear at the top of the leaderboard after an impressive first day at the Nedbank Golf Challenge.

England’s Ian Poulter had a real fight on his hands to claim a first European Tour victory in two years in the weather-affected Turkish Airlines Open.

Ian Poulter continued his brilliant form at the Montgomerie Maxx Royal after making an early start to the second round of the Turkish Airlines Open on Friday.

Two weeks after struggling to break 90, Miguel Angel Jimenez carded a flawless 63 to claim the lead after the first round of the £4.5m Turkish Airlines Open.

Darren Clarke’s quest to become the new European Ryder Cup captain has been given a surprise boost with Spain’s Sergio Garcia believing compatriot Miguel Angel Jimenez’s poor English will rule him out of captaincy contention.

Germany’s Marcel Siem claimed his fourth European Tour title in dramatic fashion after a three-man play-off for the BMW Masters in Shanghai on Sunday.

Graeme McDowell believes the continuing fallout from Europe’s Ryder Cup victory at Gleneagles will ensure a "fairly epic" contest in two years’ time.

Paul McGinley flees from the idea that he was the perfect captain or that he has turned the Ryder Cup into a poisoned chalice for his successor.

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

Ryder Cup hero Graeme McDowell praised Paul McGinley as the best captain he had played under and then backed his friend Darren Clarke to succeed the Dubliner in 2016.

Pádraig Harrington wants to play in the 2016 Ryder Cup but admits he was so daunted by Paul McGinley’s sensational captaincy that he is now "less keen" to be captain himself.