Open Championship hero Paul Dunne has stayed true to his instincts and confirmed he will remain an amateur until after the Walker Cup this September.

Paul Dunne may only be 22 but he already has his barstool bragging rights lined up for old age, after an opening round at St Andrews which saw him briefly stand atop The Open leaderboard.

USA: The Cincinnati village of St Bernard is being taken over by the smell of cats.

Thousands of people have gathered in Selma, Alabama, ahead of a speech by President Barack Obama at the 50th anniversary of a landmark event of the civil rights movement.

FOR years, we’ve heard that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. 

There have been too many examples over the years of promising young Irish amateur golfers losing the run of themselves and turning professional without considering all the implications.

After 24 hours of the nation holding its breath, we can finally all breathe a sigh of relief. New Orleans rose Molly Molloy Gambel is delighted to be getting married — and she can see the funny side of her initial live response to the proposal.

The Rose of Tralee had its first marriage proposal live on stage tonight.

A Harvard-educated biologist who went on a shooting rampage during at an Alabama university, killing three colleagues and wounding three others, was jailed for life without parole.

NUI Maynooth struck a blow for Irish college golf yesterday as their Paddy Harrington scholars lifted the coveted Barton Shield on the second day of the All-Ireland Cups and Shields finals at Kinsale Golf Club.

GRAEME McDOWELL has declared it his dream to play the Open Championship in his hometown of Portrush as he vowed to help bring major golf back to Northern Ireland.

Graeme McDowell has declared it his dream to play the Open Championship in his hometown of Portrush as he vowed to help bring major golf back to Northern Ireland.

The death toll from the devastating tornadoes that hit America’s south climbed to 337 today, making it the second-deadliest day for a tornado outbreak in US history.

A JUDGE pulled a gun on a crutch-swinging defendant who went berserk in a crowded rural courtroom after being found guilty of harassment.

TWO weeks to the Masters and Tiger Woods is gradually pre-paring the ground for Augusta.

A biology professor at a southern US university has been charged with murder over the shooting deaths of three fellow biology professors at the campus.

West Waterford’s Seamus Power maintained his successful run at the PING-Arizona Intercollegiate tournament in Arizona last week as he completed his second straight top-five finish in the event.

It is a big weekend for Merry Monk Ballina, who play two home games as week two of the Nivea for Men SuperLeague gets underway.

GRAEME McDOWELL has climbed to 38th in the world rankings after tying for second in the Bay Hill Classic in Orlando at the weekend.

GRAEME McDOWELL’S ambition of getting into the world’s top 50 before the end of the season is edging ever closer.

GRAEME McDowell’s spectacular final round of 64 that shot him up to a tie for fourth in the French Open at the weekend means that Ireland now has three players in the top ten of the European Tour order of merit.

WEATHER delays or not, it was a marvellous weekend for Ireland's Graeme McDowell and Fiji's Vijay Singh.

WHEN it comes to choosing the young Irish golfer most likely to fill the shoes of the modern stars like Padraig Harrington and Darren Clarke, it is difficult to look beyond Graeme McDowell, the former amateur star from the Rathmore club in Portrush.

IRELAND’S Graeme McDowell has only to look around him this week to see what a difference one shot has made to his life.

WHILE there was understandable surprise that Graeme McDowell should have emerged victorious in only his fourth appearance on the European Tour on Sunday, those who have followed his progress in the amateur ranks both here in Ireland and on the collegiate circuit in the United States were confident he was destined for great things in the game of golf.

GRAEME McDOWELL, playing only his fourth European Tour event, claimed a remarkable victory in the Volvo Scandinavian Masters in Stockholm.

Graeme McDowell is today hoping to continue his belated birthday celebrations in the Volvo Scandinavian Masters.

NORTHERN IRELAND'S Graeme McDowell set a new course record to lead in the first round of the Volvo Scandinavian Masters here in Stockholm but it was Colin Montgomerie's former caddie Alastair McLean who had the last laugh.