Jim Jarmusch was the perfect man to make a film about his friend Iggy Pop and The Stooges, writes Helen Barlow

The drought is over for Cleveland, and the debate is over as well.

Fit-again Rory McIlroy will not add tournaments to his 2015 schedule in order to make up lost time for his injury-enforced absence this summer.

Shane Lowry from Clara, Co Offaly, last night pulled off the biggest win of his golfing career when claiming the first prize of US$1,570, 000 (€1.45m) in the WGC Bridgestone Invitational Championship at Akron, Ohio.

First it was Rory McIlroy injured playing football and now fellow PGA Championship winner Pádraig Harrington fears injuring his knee playing tennis could see him miss next week’s championship at Whistling Straits.

Shane Lowry let slip a lofty position in bogeying his closing two holes on the opening day of the WGC–Bridgestone Invitational in Akron, Ohio.

Shane Lowry will use this fortnight of competition in the States to finally establish himself well inside the top-50 on the world rankings.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have rubbed shoulders with Brooklyn royalty when they met Jay Z and Beyonce at a New York basketball match.

Tiger Woods played a practice round at Valhalla on Wednesday and declared himself ready to play in Thursday's first round of the PGA Championship.

The PGA Tour is under pressure to show transparency and reveal the reasoning for Dustin Johnson’s decision to step down from competition for an indefinite period ensuring the troubled American will miss the Ryder Cup.

It will be back to work for Open champion Rory McIlroy this week as he gets on with the business of being a multiple Major winner.

Shane Lowry sparkled on the final day of The Open to earn his highest finish in a major but fall agonisingly short of the world top-50 ranking he craved.

Fota Island Resort chief executive Jonathan Woods has called for more international sporting and music events to be staged in Munster following the overwhelming success of the Irish Open in Cork at the weekend.

Rory McIlroy’s break-up with fiancee Caroline Wozniacki is just the latest incident in a long line to threaten the Irishman’s golf game.

His game is dominant, and with five victories in 12 starts this year as well as two major top-10 finishes, the success rate is phenomenal.

Phil Mickelson may have his heart set on the US Open title that will bring a career Grand Slam but he insists he is more than ready to land a sixth major victory anywhere, including at this week’s PGA Championship.

Rory McIlroy has promised a surprise when he hosts tomorrow night’s past PGA Championship winner’s dinner at the Oak Hill club in upper New York State.

Tiger Woods fired a blistering round of 61 at the WGC–Bridgestone Invitational in Akron, Ohio, last night but Rory McIlroy’s struggles continue unabated.

For a change, Rory McIlroy can prepare for Augusta with someone else under more scrutiny than himself.

IN the back of a huge, gleaming tour bus, The Black Keys’s drummer Patrick Carney is nostalgic for the bad old days.

Rory McIlroy is heading to this week’s PGA Championship with the addition of some much needed ‘sparkle’ to his game following a good finish in the WGC–Bridgestone Invitational.

Rory McIlroy birdied two of his first three holes to move into the top 10 on day three of the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational in Akron, Ohio.

Tiger Woods lamented his putting after finding himself seven shots off the lead following the opening round of the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational.

Ireland’s US Open-winning duo of Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell will go out quickly looking to make up ground on the leaders heading to day two of the WGC — Bridgestone Invitational in Akron, Ohio.

Ireland's three-time Major winner Padraig Harrington starts the Reno-Tahoe Open in Nevada tomorrow hoping victory could set him on a late run for a Ryder Cup place.

Graeme McDowell is quietly confident a decision to journey from Orlando, Florida to Akron, Ohio via Kiawah Island, South Carolina will lead to glory later next week along the Atlantic Ocean shoreline.

Pádraig Harrington starts the Reno-Tahoe Open in Nevada today hoping victory could set him on a late run for a Ryder Cup place.

It was a sobering moment when Rory McIlroy was reminded, in the first city in the world to hold an AA meeting, that its been five months since he last savoured the ‘addiction’ of success on either the European or PGA Tours.

DARREN CLARKE flew out of Atlanta last night as delighted to be heading for a well-earned break as he was disappointed with the form that prompted his missed cut at the PGA Championship.

GOLFERS arriving at Atlanta Athletic Club yesterday for this week’s PGA Championship were greeted with heat in the American south reaching three-digits on the heat index.

MONEY rules — as thousands who understandably advocate the return of the Irish Open to Killarney for a third successive year may soon learn to their regret.

IRELAND’S four golfing musketeers arrive in Akron, Ohio today ahead of Thursday’s WGC-Bridgestone Invitational at Firestone Country Club and for three of them at least, the week represents some new frontiers.

IT may not have been the finish either Major winner envisaged but Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell will both head to the United States next week in positive mood following their Irish Open performances.

WHATEVER about major winners, the Irish Open presented by Discover Ireland stayed true to form in Killarney as it produced another English winner after Simon Dyson edged home in a dramatic finale.

DARREN CLARKE will tee off for the first time as a Major champion today, fully aware that the rest of his professional career — and the way he approaches it — is in need of a rethink.

RORY McILROY could never have imagined that a throwaway remark about Tiger Woods last month would come back to haunt him during one of the biggest weeks of his career.

Two weeks before the Ryder Cup Lee Westwood has come through his first 18-hole fitness test with flying colours - not just physically, but also how he played.

IT says much about Tiger Woods’ current form that his appearance on the early US PGA Championship leaderboard came as something of a surprise at Whistling Straits last night.

GRAEME McDOWELL is finally getting his feet back on the ground seven weeks after his US Open heroics and right on schedule for a proper assault on a second major title at this week’s USPGA Championship.

A NEW week, a new start.

Struggling Tiger Woods will seek to bounce back from his worst tournament finish as a professional at the US PGA Championship this week and resurrect his Ryder Cup chances.

TIGER WOODS last night suffered his worst tournament finish as a professional in the WGC Bridgestone Invitational in Akron, Ohio – but still held onto his position as world number one.

Phil Mickelson is focused on performing well at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational this weekend, rather than usurping Tiger Woods at the top of the world rankings.

RORY MCILROY took over the leading Irish honours after Graeme McDowell was reminded of the well-worn “a day is a long time in politics” adage in the second round of the WGC–Bridgestone Invitational in Akron, Ohio.