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columnists

Young guns ready to stay course after Irish Open

Saturday evening would have been a restless night sleep-wise, for both Robin Dawson and Cormac Sharvin.

golf

Cormac Sharvin carries Irish hopes as Robert Rock holds lead in front of sell-out crowds at Lahinch

Cormac Sharvin will carry home hopes into the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open final round tomorrow, but it was Robert Rock’s stunning third round of 60 that wowed the sell-out crowds at Lahinch.

golf

Cormac Sharvin won’t let focus drift to Portrush dream

Cormac Sharvin knows it is only human to think about it but the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open’s leading Irishman is determined to not let thoughts of a place in this month’s Open Championship at Royal Portrush interfere with the business at hand.

columnists

A day for patience and tenacity as Lahinch bares its teeth to the stars

golf

Gavin Moynihan on track to regain card

golf

Seven-birdie blitz keeps Ruaidhri McGee in Tour card hunt

Gavin Moynihan leads Irish charge at European Tour Q-School

Gavin Moynihan surged back into contention to win his European Tour card on a good day for the Irish at the Final Stage of the Qualifying School in Spain.

Tue, 14 Nov, 2017

Irish quartet braced for Q-School sweat

Four Irish hopefuls will begin their final journey towards a European Tour card in the last Qualifying School stage at Lumine, Spain, today.

Sat, 11 Nov, 2017

Horrendous weather scatters field at Wolseley for second round of Volopa Irish Challenge

Horrendous weather conditions at the Mount Wolseley Resort to wreaked havoc with scoring in the second round of the Volopa Irish Challenge and scattered the Irish bid for a home victory to the four winds.

Sat, 10 Sep, 2016

Cormac Sharvin: ‘You can get very lonely very easily’

A year ago Cormac Sharvin was one of a record-breaking five-strong Irish contingent that helped Britain & Ireland defeat USA in the Walker Cup at Royal Lytham St Annes. A product of Ardglass, Sharvin completed a golf scholarship at the University of Stirling and, having turned professional after the Walker Cup success with ambitions to earn his full European Tour card at the earliest opportunity, he is currently finding his way on the European Challenge Tour.

Sat, 10 Sep, 2016

Home crew finding European Challenge Tour in Carlow tough

It was a tough day for the home contingent as the European Challenge Tour returned to Mount Wolseley Resort in Co. Carlow for the second Volopa Irish Challenge.

Fri, 09 Sep, 2016

Coles hoping luck of the Irish will hold out

Gavin Moynihan reckons he has to putt more aggressively but leader Robert Coles is simply hoping that the luck of the Irish will hold out for the second time in six years in the Volopa Irish Challenge hosted by Mount Wolseley Hotel Spa and Golf Resort.

Fri, 09 Oct, 2015

Inside Golf: Cormac Sharvin up for battle at Mount Wolseley

When Jordan Spieth said during The Open that he was unsurprised by the feats of Paul Dunne and the other top amateurs at St Andrews, he knew exactly what he was talking about.

Tue, 06 Oct, 2015

Captain hails record-breakers

Walker Cup

Mon, 14 Sep, 2015

Irish eyes are smiling as five home stars named on Walker Cup 2015 team

Three weeks out from the Walker Cup and Irish top amateurs are already claiming the headlines.

Tue, 25 Aug, 2015

Ireland's famous five who will face US in Walker Cup

PAUL DUNNE

Tue, 25 Aug, 2015

Paul Dunne digs deep to advance in US

Paul Dunne shook off the limpet-like American Robbie Ziegler on the last to move into the second round of the US Amateur Championship in Chicago last night.

Thu, 20 Aug, 2015

Irish still searching for elusive US Amateur win

Irish golfers have won The Open five times, the US Open twice and the US PGA three times, not to mention nine British Amateur Championships.

Mon, 17 Aug, 2015

Inside Golf: Captain backing Robin Dawson and Rowan Lester to deliver

Irish team captain Tony Goode has backed late call-ups Robin Dawson and Rowan Lester to make the most of the opportunities handed to them by the withdrawals of Paul Dunne and Gary Hurley from next week’s Home International defence at Royal Portrush.

Tue, 04 Aug, 2015

Super Cormac Sharvin emulates Rory McIlroy’s feat

Cormac Sharvin continued his impressive season when he lifted the English men’s open stroke-play title for the Brabazon Trophy over the Hollinwell course at Nottingham at the weekend.

Mon, 29 Jun, 2015

Hot putter leaves Michael Hoey best of Irish in Munich

A week spent playing golf with two former Northern Ireland soccer players along with the acquisition of a very expensive putter has put Michael Hoey in contention at the BMW International Open in Munich.

Sat, 27 Jun, 2015

Cormac Sharvin out to impress R&A selectors

The Walker Cup captain will not be there but Cormac Sharvin reckons the R&A selectors that come to Royal Dublin this week will be looking for fireworks from the home brigade when the Irish Amateur Open tees off today.

Thu, 07 May, 2015

Cormac Sharvin leads amateur stars’ charge

Cormac Sharvin will go into this week’s Irish Amateur Open Championship full of confidence after claiming a top-five finish at the prestigious Lytham Trophy over the weekend.

Tue, 05 May, 2015

Red-hot Marc Warren on charge in Qatar

Scotland’s Marc Warren was one of four players to claim a share of the lead heading into today’s final day of the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters.

Sat, 24 Jan, 2015

Hurley makes final day charge

A record-equalling seven under par 66 moved West Waterford’s Gary Hurley into joint fifth in the English Open stroke-play championship for the Brabazon Trophy at Seaton Carew, Hartlepool on Saturday.

Mon, 30 Jun, 2014

Savage stays cool for two-shot win

Scotland’s Jamie Savage proved a cool head is half the battle as he took advantage of a series of mistakes by Ireland’s leading contenders to snatch a two-shot win in the Irish Amateur Open at a wet and windy Royal Dublin.

Mon, 12 May, 2014

Dunne survives Kent wobble

Paul Dunne continued his triumphant march in the Amateur Championship by reaching the third round in Kent yesterday, just 24 hours after a record-breaking performance at the qualifying stage.

Thu, 20 Jun, 2013

Sharvin becomes Irish Close champ

Just five years after taking up the game, 20-year-old Cormac Sharvin from Ardglass Golf Club became the Irish champion at Connemara yesterday, beating Paul Dunne by one hole in the final.

Thu, 13 Jun, 2013

Sharvin top Close qualifier

Cormac Sharvin (Ardglass) won the Silver Medal as leading qualifier in the AIG sponsored Irish Amateur Close Championship at Connemara GC yesterday when he shot a six under par 66 in the second round.

Mon, 10 Jun, 2013

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