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.

BIRTHDAY boy Brett Rumford - he is 27 tomorrow - will be able to afford a decent hotel after his surprise but well-merited win in the Nissan Irish Open at Baltray yesterday.

Hours after the Premier League season ends, the game’s brightest and best are getting busy blowing off steam

As the curtain comes down on yet another inter-county season, the next few weeks and months will be filled with talk of club football and, of course, what’s to be done about the scourge of the black card.

Dustin Johnson admitted an opening 66 in the US PGA Championship was as easy as he made it look, but the hard part will be converting that into an overdue first major title after numerous near misses.

I made an exception to my “no guests” rule and agreed to share the house for two weeks with a loved one whose family are headed off on holiday. This may turn out to be a serious error, writes Terry Prone.

It’s easy to write off a player like Graeme McDowell following his stuttering start to 2015.

Paul Dunne was not the only man to miss out on history at St Andrews last night as Jordan Spieth’s shot at golfing immortality went begging but for all the disappointments The Open Championship still managed to conjure up a very special conclusion.

IT’S funny you know. You turn up at a major championship venue on the Monday, have a look at the course, play maybe nine or 18 holes, and come off shaking your head in bewilderment.

IN sport, the opportunity for redemption rarely comes so quickly. In the aftermath of Munster’s defeat in Kingsholm, the team, and the forward unit in particular, were seething.

The last thing Shane Lowry needs is to be a hostage to fortune — but while the new Open Champion insists he would retire happy with a single major win on his resumé, a steely ambition for further success lurks not far beneath the surface.

Still trying to find the perfect pair of jeans? Annmarie O’Connor has done the work for you. Here are her new denim rules.

Long after the final whistle and Donegal boss, Declan Bonner, was trying to process how his side were caught on the line in Saturday night's Allianz League opener in Ballybofey.

This may not be Pádraig Harrington’s last shot at glory but the triple major champion knows age is catching up with him and his blistering 63 at Lahinch yesterday was a sign he is not inclined to waste a minute of the time he has left in elite golf.