ONE of Europe’s leading golfers has pledged to donate €20,000 to a hospital where his young son was treated after taking ill during this year’s Irish Open.

VANTAGE points were at a premium in Co Kerry as thousands of golf fans lined the fairways to cheer the homegrown heroes who have turned the island into one of the game’s more unlikely superpowers.

FOTA ISLAND’S 27-hole golf complex is ready to host another Irish Open, says the Cork resort’s Director of Marketing Seamus Leahy.

KILLARNEY Golf and Fishing Club confirmed last night that they have reserved the week of the proposed Irish Open in 2011 pending a definite announcement that the championship will take place in July.

THE 3 Irish Open hosts can be well pleased with their efforts.