Rory McIlroy enjoyed a belated birthday present with a superb second round of 66 in the Wells Fargo Championship.

They say a good start is half the work and that’s exactly what Paul McGinley emphasised when he gave Great Britain and Ireland the benefit of his team golf expertise as they prepare to do battle in the 48th Walker Cup match at Seminole in Florida ...

“I now feel ready to take the next step in my career and I have been looking forward to this day since I was a young girl!“

The University of Louisville star (22) is bracing himself for “carnage” on the links

Reports have come out that the backers of the proposed golf league – formerly dubbed the Premier Golf League but now going by SGL – plan to start operation in 2022

Having started out as the Premier Golf League — the project may actually now have been rebranded to include the word “Super”, unless the ESL prompted another rethink

Lowry, 34, who this year has secured a top-10 finish at The Players Championship and a career-high tie for 21st at the Masters to take his PGA Tour earnings to over €1m so far for 2021

McKibbin has followed in McIlroy’s footsteps by turning professional at the age of 18 and will make his debut in this week’s Tenerife Open

Cork Golf Club and Killarney Golf and Fishing Club were among the courses welcoming members back on Monday

As the end of April inches ever closer, golfers are heading back to the golf course after one of the longest breaks anywhere in the world.

The 21-year-old left-hander took a two-shot lead into the final round at Meloneras Golf and carded a flawless closing 63 to finish 25 under par.

Kevin Markham looks at some important things to bear in mind as we return to the golf course

Ace was first on PGA Tour for Portrush golfer

Ireland's Niall Kearney shoots fine six under par 64 at European Tour event

Cabrera-Bello is following in the footsteps of the likes of Rory McIlroy, Lee Westwood, Justin Rose and Tommy Fleetwood in hosting a European Tour event, the inaugural Gran Canaria Lopesan Open

Monday will be a red letter day for Irish golfers as they are allowed back onto their courses for the first time this year, having lost more than 30 weeks in the last 13 months to Covid-related shutdowns

Cavan's Maguire, 26, hit six birdies but also had a double-bogey and two bogeys in an eventful opening round which sees her sit in the top 20.

The Ryder Cup team-mates missed the cut in the inaugural edition of the two-man team event in 2017 and tied for 19th the following year

'Golfweek' reports that ten players will share bonus pot for driving fan and sponsor engagement 

'I’ve been calling home and calling my coach and saying, it’s close, it’s close. So it really is close now'

American Stewart Cink has five-shot lead heading into final round at Hilton head

Shane Lowry moved into contention at the RBC Heritage after an excellent second-round 65 that included an eagle and five birdies. The Clara player had come into day two on the PGA Tour stop in Hilton Head, South Carolina, on one under.

Kevin Markham recalls Nick Faldo's failed bid to transform Bartragh Island into a world-renowned golf course

Swedish golfing legend Annika Sörenstam will compete on home soil for the first time in 13 years at an innovative mixed tournament co-sanctioned by the European Tour and Ladies European Tour.

Shane Lowry expressed his worry that Irish Open could face a similar problem to last season when travel restrictions forced the European Tour to move the event to Galgorm Castle Resort in Northern Ireland

Hideki Matsuyama’s Masters victory wasn’t just big in Japan — it’s given golfers here a taste of what they’ve been missing as a return to play here finally appears on the horizon. Nothing compares to Augusta in April — but which Irish course comes closest?

Matsuyama closed with a 1-over 73 and a one-shot victory that was never seriously in doubt, despite Xander Schauffele’s late charge

Open champion admits that Government's new restrictions of vistors has put him, and the Irish Open, in a spot of bother

Matsuyama becomes the first male golfer from Japan to win a major and the first Asian to don the green jacket.

Despite setting up his best finish in six career Masters starts, Shane Lowry left Augusta National a little less than satisfied.

'I've wanted to do this my entire life, and now I’m doing it.'

Four players sit tied second at 7-under four shots back – Xander Schauffele, Marc Leishman, Will Zalatoris and Justin Rose.

Sitting level par and losing ground on the leaders, Shane Lowry classified his up-and-down performance as “disappointing” heading to Sunday’s final round of the Masters.

Play has been suspended at the Masters due to an approaching thunderstorm. Justin Rose remains one-shot clear after six holes of his third round at Augusta National before officials sounded the klaxons.

Olazabal made his first cut since 2015 and first Masters cut since 2014. It was his first competitive golf since playing in the Masters last November.

The spry bounce in his step that has largely defined the Holywood man’s career hasn’t been seen in weeks. In its place is a slumped-shouldered gait of a man stalking the gallows.

With lots of tea and no TV, Justin Rose slept on the second-largest first-round lead in tournament history and needed every bit of it to remain atop the leaderboard at 7-under par halfway through the 85th Masters.

Rose shot even par 72 on a softer and more receptive course Friday while a host of players made big moves to line up closer behind him at Augusta

Lowry didn’t speak after his second-round 73, but his self-assessment a day earlier could apply to his stumble from inside the top 10 to outside the top 20

It's been a rough Masters on the limited group of three amateurs, with none of them making the cut

Rose held a four-shot lead following a brilliant 65 on a tough opening day when just two other players broke 70

Rose opened up a four-shot lead with a brilliant 65 in tough conditions on Thursday

Rose has a curious Masters record. He’s the only player to have at least a share of the lead after 18, 36, 54, and 72 holes but never won a green jacket

Despite much tougher conditions than players faced five months ago In November, plenty of contenders with all manner of pedigree managed to navigate the firm and fast test with minimal damage

McIlroy was already two over par when he pushed his approach to the seventh hole to the right of the green, where it bounced and caught his father

Lee Elder stood on the tee with his driver and soaked in a reception much warmer than the one that preceded his first appearance in 1975

So many things needed to go wrong for the Masters to be so right - Civil War, the Great Depression, a destructive hurricane, a lost match and a minor snub. Scott Michaux explains

The 86-year-old was not able to hit a ceremonial drive on the opening hole but was warmly applauded after being introduced to the spectators

Needing ‘only’ the Masters to become just the sixth player to complete the career Grand Slam, McIlroy arrives in Augusta with new coach Pete Cowen, hoping to throw off the weight of expectation once again

'You’ve got to go for the usual suspects,' McGinley said, tipping Bryson DeChambeau, Justin Thomas, and Jordan Spieth to do well at Augusta this week