Bubba Watson is among the pre-tournament favourites for this week’s PGA Championship at Whistling Straits, where he has bittersweet memories of his performance at the links-style venue five years ago.

His success in the WGC Bridgestone Invitiational has made Shane Lowry a bona fide star of world golf, but followers of the European Tour will remember when he burst onto the scene in 2009, winning the Irish Open as an amateur at Baltray.

Ohio is the birthplace of golf’s most famous son Jack Nicklaus, so it was a fitting stage for Shane Lowry to “come of age” in winning one of the game’s most prestigious titles, the Bridgestone World Golf Championship on Sunday night. 

Aidan O’Shea is right. No sooner had he completed his latest wrecking-ball display then he’d tell reporters before they’d tell him, “The reality is we’re always going to be judged on whether we get over the line.”

Rory McIlroy could have taken a longer, safer route to the 18th green at Whistling Straits. Instead he bounded down a steep hill like a mountain goat who’d just spotted a particularly juicy clump of grass.

In February of last year, Kerry were chasing a late equalising point against Dublin in their opening Division 1 game in Croke Park when Aidan O’Mahony fell to the ground in the hope of persuading David Coldrick to award him a free.

In the second of a five-part series, we visit Cappataggle, Co Galway, where the closure of the post office led one retired schoolteacher to go on hunger strike in protest

World number one Rory McIlroy will not defend his WGC-Bridgestone Invitational title next week as he continues his recovery from an ankle injury.

Legendary American college football coach Nick Saban once said: “Championship teams have to be resilient. No matter what is thrown at them, no matter how deep the hole, they find a way to bounce back and overcome adversity”.

The whistleblower row which has rocked the banking inquiry will delay its final report into the collapse of Ireland’s financial system.

By now, you know the cold, hard facts about one of the most jarring weekends for Cork GAA. 

It was a small thing but it told us a lot.

Not a spectacular Sunday, in keeping with the hurling championship to date, but an interesting one. 

If Cork fans were told before the game that Galway would strike 23 wides to seven for the Rebels, they would have rubbed their hands in anticipation.

James Owens improved his chances of refereeing his first senior All-Ireland hurling final with an impressive handling of the Galway-Cork All-Ireland quarter-final yesterday.

Thurles on a Saturday evening for knock-out championship with two teams still searching for their true identity.

After taking some heat for the penalty decision which changed the course of the Munster final in Killarney a few weeks ago, Padraig Hughes erred on the side of caution in Cavan on Saturday night.

A minister has questioned whether the banking inquiry should hear evidence from David Drumm via video link, amid growing criticism the probe would be facilitating the former Anglo boss who has refused to co-operate with gardaí and authorities.

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

My first big defeat was the most traumatic. It was the first round of the South Derry U12 Championship. I was the 10-year-old left corner-back.