Ronan Collins, PGA Professional at Fota Island, reckons he can make some kind of golfer out of Larry Ryan in six lessons at Fota’s state-of-the-art Golf Academy. 

I’m taking up golf. There is no more palatable way of saying it.

Rory McIlroy has targeted a return to world number one after signing a new equipment deal with TaylorMade.

She always thought of golf clubs as a place for the boys. So when the team behind the Irish Open offered Ciara McDonnell a crash course, she accepted – to see if the boys’ club was no more.