USA: A long-time inmate who was recently released from prison pleaded guilty in federal court to robbing a bank in Wyoming and asked a judge to impose the maximum sentence, saying going back to prison would be like going home.

USA: Andre Monterio has a fishing story about one that got away and eventually was caught.

Jason Day finally bridged the gap to major championship victory on Sunday night as he held Jordan Spieth at bay to complete a three-stroke PGA Championship win.

Jason Day finally bridged the gap to major championship victory on Sunday night as he held Jordan Spieth at bay to complete a three-stroke PGA Championship win at Whistling Straits.

The final major of the year is set to serve up a thrilling last day as Jason Day bids to hold off Jordan Spieth in the PGA Championship fourth round at Whistling Straits.

PGA Championship play in the second round at Whistling Straits was brought to an abrupt and premature halt on Friday night as thunder and lightning storms forced a suspension in play with Australia’s Jason Day and Matt Jones leading the final major of the year.

Mention has been made in these parts of Martin Kaymer’s irritation at his PGA Championship victory at Whistling Straits back in 2010 being framed as the major Dustin Johnson threw away, yet imagine how annoyed you’d be if you were Johnson?

Intriguing personality, this Aussie Jason Day.

Martin Kaymer got ever so slightly aggrieved yesterday as he held court in the PGA Championship interview room at Whistling Straits.

No. 1, 408 yards, par 4:

How can you reasonably define a great golf course? 

Tiger Woods has warned Rory McIlroy to be prepared for a tough week as he returns to action following an ankle injury to defend his PGA Championship title at Whistling Straits.

Europe’s Ryder Cup captain Darren Clarke believes Shane Lowry has a tough decision to make over his WGC-Bridgestone Invitational title defence in 2016 but is in no doubt the European Tour made the right decision not to sanction next year’s prestigious tournament.

Dustin Johnson’s supporters say that what gets overlooked when you focus on the ending to his 2010 PGA Championship is how well he played to charge into the lead. 

Six years after sitting disconsolately in his hotel room in Akron wondering if he had the game to play on tour, Shane Lowry stands on top of the world safe in the knowledge that he’s now a man to be feared.

If Rory McIlroy does return to the fray this week in defence of his PGA Championship crown, Colin Montgomerie hopes the Irishman is in the right shape to do so.

The grand slam may not be on the line and the defending champion looks set to miss out, but if the last major held at Whistling Straits is anything to go by, the US PGA Championship should provide a thrilling end to 2015’s major season.

Jimmy Crowley’s book on the songs of Cork is the latest instalment in his longterm love affair with the culture of his hometown, writes Dan Buckley

In spite of his disappointing performance at Wentworth last week, Rory McIlroy will inevitably be very much the focus of attention at Royal County Down this week. Even so, the fans and television viewers will also keep more than one eye on several other Irishmen, and most especially Darren Clarke, Shane Lowry and Pádraig Harrington.

ON A SNOWY winter’s evening in Toronto, a famous actor named Arthur Leander dies on stage during a performance of King Lear. 

Police in Indiana have admitted it could take years to investigate whether others have fallen prey to Darren Vann, a convicted sex offender suspected of murdering at least seven women.

Star Wars creator George Lucas has picked Chicago to host his much-anticipated museum of art and movie memorabilia, in a major victory for the US' third-largest city.

TOMORROW, my younger sister and I will travel to Notre Dame University for my son’s graduation. But today, we’re on the train, heading towards Hotel Lincoln, Old Town Chicago, and my sister’s tapping in unnerving fashion on her iPad, giving me a beady look from time to time. Not quite the stink-eye but almost.

I COULDN’T help it.

The misery inflicted by Superstorm Sandy intensified yesterday as millions along the US East Coast faced life without power or transport for days to come.

The misery inflicted by superstorm Sandy intensified today as millions along the US East Coast faced life without power or transport for days to come.

Huge swathes of New York have been left deserted and dark after America’s largest city suffered the full force of Superstorm Sandy.

President Obama has declared a "major disaster" in New York and Long Island after superstorm Sandy swept across the east coast of America, killing at least 16 people.

Michael Jackson's fans held a vigil outside his childhood home yesterday on what would have been his 54th birthday.

Scientists are monitoring a massive pool of fresh water in the Arctic Ocean that could spill into the Atlantic and potentially alter the ocean currents that bring Western Europe its moderate climate.

A massive winter storm roared into America’s heartland today, carrying a paralysing punch of dangerous ice and snow that shut down airports, schools, colleges and government offices.

GERMANY’S Martin Kaymer has a very good command of the English language but it took the first major victory of his career to learn the meaning of “unflappable”.

German Martin Kaymer sealed a Ryder Cup debut in the grandest manner possible on Sunday night – by winning the final major of the season after a three-hole play-off with left-hander Bubba Watson.

German Martin Kaymer and American Bubba Watson went into a three-hole play-off for the USPGA Championship at Whistling Straits on Sunday night after Watson’s compatriot Dustin Johnson dramatically suffered a two-stroke penalty on the final hole.

ANOTHER major ended in anticlimax for Tiger Woods last night as a wide-open USPGA Championship built towards an exciting conclusion at Whistling Straits without the world number one.

THIS was one homecoming that Darren Clarke will not have relished.

Tiger Woods emerged from the fog – in the air and perhaps in his head too – to give his battered confidence a much-needed boost when the final major of the season began today.

PADRAIG Harrington will seek reassurance from the manner of his 2008 US PGA Championship victory that his first victory since then is not already out of reach following a disappointing opening round at Whistling Straits.

Tiger Woods emerged from the fog – in the air and perhaps in his head too – to make the perfect start to the final major of the season today.

Golf’s final major of the year, the USPGA Championship, was hit by a fog delay of more than three hours at Whistling Straits in Wisconsin today.

Fog delayed the start of the USPGA Championship – final major of the golfing season – at Whistling Straits in Wisconsin today.

SHANE LOWRY begins his first major championship in the United States today finally beginning to feel at home amongst the best players in the world.

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.

AS the spiritual home of the US Open, the storied Pebble Beach Golf Links seemed perhaps an incongruous place to announce the destination of a new venue on the circuit for the 2017 tournament.