Four of Ireland’s most distinguished professional golfers lined up at Adare Manor, Co Limerick, yesterday in tribute to the contribution five JP McManus pro-am events have made to charitable interests throughout the mid-west.

Kevin Markham chats with Noel Cronin, one of Irish golf’s great gentlemen.

Eighteen months ago, Quail Hollow club president Johnny Harris phoned PGA CEO Pete Bevacqua and Kerry Haigh, chief championships officer, and invited them to visit to discuss a few changes he had in mind for the course in advance of hosting the 99th PGA Championship this week.

Rory McIlroy has a lot to be happy about as he returns to one of his favourite venues, Quail Hollow, for this week’s USPGA Championship, writes John McHenry.

The world’s top golfers will be able to sink pints as well as putts during the JP McManus Pro-Am in Adare Manor in 2020.

The world’s top golfers will be able to sink pints as well as putts during the JP McManus Pro-Am in Adare Manor in 2020.

Billionaire JP McManus has said his dream is to bring the 2026 Ryder Cup to his five-star Adare Manor Hotel and Golf Resort in Co Limerick, which is due to reopen in September after major reconstruction and refurbishment.

A "major" announcement is to be made this coming Monday, at the five-star Adare Manor hotel and golf resort in Co Limerick, reliable sources have said.

The five-star Adare Manor Resort redesign is eagerly anticipated, writes Kevin Markham.

Adare Manor Hotel and Golf Resort is being lined up to host the Ryder Cup within the next 10 years.

Tommy Barker hears how a chance sing-song opened extraordinary doors for owner of this Waterville home.

IT’S like picking your best GAA 15 – or your top football formation – it’s more a case of who to leave out rather than who to choose. So Charlie Mulqueen knew he was entering dangerous waters when it came to selecting the country’s 10 top links.

Defending US Open champion Geoff Ogilvy shot “in the mid-80s” and lost seven balls. Is Oakmont about to reduce the world’s best players to weekend hackers, asks Simon Lewis in Pittsburgh.

HELICOPTER traffic is busier than usual around Waterville these days, with the rich and famous arriving for a unique golfing event.

OAK HILL, the home of the Country Club of Rochester, was good to European golf in 1995 when the visitors somehow pulled off a quite remarkable victory in the Ryder Cup.

TOM FAZIO, the celebrated golf course architect responsible for ‘Tiger-Proofing’ Augusta, is the man behind the major changes being made to the great Waterville links.