A COMPANY town with a company golf course, almost everything you see in this corner of Sheboygan County, Wisconsin appears to have the name ‘Kohler’ stamped on it, from the bathtubs to the owner of this week’s US PGA Championship venue.

PÁDRAIG HARRINGTON has declared himself ready to do some heavy lifting ahead of this week’s US PGA Championship at Whistling Straits.

US RYDER CUP captain Corey Pavin didn’t know whether to laugh or cry after surveying the leaderboard at the end of the WGC Bridgestone Invitational in Akron.

TIGER WOODS is scheduled to meet Ryder Cup captain Corey Pavin at the US PGA Championship this week, with his golf game now appearing to resemble what has happened to his private life this past year – a total shambles.

AS it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be. It was the best of times.

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.

YOU will have no problem identifying the Cork people in your vicinity today.

THE theme of demolition jobs by Kilkenny hurling sides began early in Croke Park yesterday afternoon.

HIS team had just taken care of Cork with consummate ease to reach yet another All-Ireland final but Kilkenny manager Brian Cody was as usual a model of serenity after yesterday’s action in Croke Park.

THE online whistle-blower WikiLeaks said it will continue to publish more secret files from governments around the world despite US demands to cancel plans to release classified military documents.

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.

WALES boss Warren Gatland has rejected accusations that Ryan Jones was made a scapegoat for his team’s shambolic draw against Fiji a week ago.

HANDING Harry Redknapp’s mob the odd crumb of comfort in 17 years isn’t really grounds for the renting of Gooner clothes and the donning of sackcloth and ashes. Nevertheless there were enough angry fans calling for the baby to be thrown out with the bathwater, when the final whistle blew on Saturday’s fiasco.

SHEIKH MANSOUR’S £1billion investment in Manchester City was unable to save the Blues from an embarrassing Carling Cup defeat to West Brom’s second string at the Hawthorns.

GIOVANNI TRAPATTONI said he hopes fans in his native Italy will look back on his time in charge of the national side in a different light, following the arrest of former referee Byron Moreno.

VETERAN Cork defender Anthony Lynch insists Sunday’s All-Ireland victory is not diminished for him by the fact he was ruled out of contention by injury.

CORK’S pursuit of All-Ireland glory has frequently had a miserable outcome in recent seasons but rewriting that script last Sunday afternoon did not provoke wild euphoria.

IT was no surprise that Graham Canty’s first thought when the final whistle blew yesterday was not for himself but for a man left standing in familiar shoes.

FOR the Cork players, and all they have been through over the past few years, this was the sweetest thing.

IN all the talk about Down’s incredible record at Croke Park prior to yesterday’s game, the fact that their appearances in All-Ireland finals had only been sporadic over the past 50 years had been overlooked by many.