Out of Bounds: Season now enters prime time for raking in the big prize money

We are still awaiting the appearance of a first Irish woman in the Ryder Cup equivalent

A 144-yard rescue club shot is the standout in the Belfast club’s four-point winning margin over Rathfarnham

Waterford player lost his full card but will still get some starts in new 2020 season

Ireland have three representatives in this weekend’s 17th edition at Royal Liverpool

Flights, tickets and accommodation details for cycling’s showcase event

Balls account for one third of the estimated €3 billion annual global golf equipment market

Out of Bounds: Rory McIlroy will provide some of the star power on this side of the pond

$15m man will play in Switzerland this week but reclaiming world No1 spot still a way off

Final round 66 was enough to earn McIlroy his second Tour Championship

Mcilroy just a shot behind leader Brooks Koepka going into the weekend at East Lake

McIlroy’s opening 66 leaves him at nine under as Justin Thomas struggles

The 30 who made it to the season finale will divvy up wheelbarrows full of greenbacks

Allianz Irish Times Officers’ Challenge at Galway Bay Golf Resort

New weighted points system gives BMW Championship winner a nice head start in season-ending finale

Two bad times in a round will incur a one-shot penalty while fines are increased by almost 200%

Shane Lowry cards level-par 72 as Justin Thomas and Jason Kokrak lead way

This week’s tournaments in Antrim will offer equal €250,000 pots for men and women

BMW Championship this week is the second of the three season-ending playoff events

Former Masters winner moves to second in FedEx Cup rankings behind Brooks Koepka

Not a whisper of any return of a Ladies Irish Open to the Ladies European Tour schedule

Hurling Cats pip Waterford Golf Club with Kilkenny GC claiming the third spot on offer

Different Strokes: Séamus Power in need of strong finish at Wyndham Championship

How the Champion Golfer of the Year put all the pieces together on road to Portrush triumph

Government’s investment could reach €50m but boost to Ireland will be many times that

Redesigned Limerick course could see record attendances for the event in Europe

British Open winner is very much on course to pair up with Rory McIlroy for Ireland

New Major champion says he hasn’t stopped going since leaving the 18th green on Sunday

The biggest win of his career has moved him to 17th, which equals his best-ever ranking

Successful return of golf’s oldest Major to north Antrim course could prompt quick return

It was three years before the Offaly man's first European Tour win as a professional

Irish man sixth to win one of golf’s Majors and fifth to lay claim to the Claret Jug

Six-shot victory over the world’s best sees Offaly man crowned champion in memorable style

The Offaly man will take a four-shot lead into the final round of the British Open

Philip Reid provides some snapshots of a famous week on the Causeway Coast

Rory McIlroy falls agonisingly on the wrong side of the line as Lowry keeps dream alive

A second cosecutive 67 sees Lowry seize initiative despite losing fluency on back nine

Compact nature of the field emphasised by 41 players being within four of the leader

Tournament favourite faces huge task just to make the cut after opening round of 79

Home hero opens his British Open bid with quadruple bogey eight at the first

Offaly man says his form is as good as it’s ever been coming into an Open

Championship could become a battle for survival on famous Portrush links

Spectacular course set to challenge the world’s best golfers

A winner of The Players earlier this season, he’s played a light schedule in the run-up

Dubliner insists ‘there is nothing that I fear out here this week, I can definitely do it’

Caddie’s familiarity with famous Portrush links another feather in world No 1’s cap

In the past he played a lot of links golf in Ireland ahead of various British Opens

For many years the idea of Northern Ireland hosting a British Open was unthinkable

English player has been a model of consistency this year without tasting success

Rory McIlroy gets under way at 10.09am alongside Gary Woodland and Paul Casey

Philip Reid uses the alphabet to guide you through the British Open’s past and present

Philip Reid picks his favourites, mid-rangers and dark horses for final Major of the year

Until Harrington’s victory in 2007, Major championship brought only tales of woe

Former world number one among those who arrived early ahead of final Major of the year

Next week is a new dawn that few in darkest days of the Troubles could ever have envisaged

Young prodigies have signed lucrative deals after their breakthrough on the PGA Tour

McIlroy to resume competitive play at Scottish Open alongside Dunne, McDowell and Harrington

Tournament may have to be moved from usual slot to avoid clash with WGC in US

Pádraig Harrington, for one, was impressed with how Sharvin went about his business

He moves to the top of Race to Dubai order of merit and back into the world’s top-10

Sharvin well placed at Irish Open as English veteran shoots a tournament record of 60

Late Irish Open call-up finished one stroke inside cut before surging up leaderboard

Shane Lowry battles with a stomach upset as Cormac Sharvin leads the home challenge

Six birdies on the back nine see Waterford man roar back to post an improbable 66

26-year-old taking it ‘one shot at a time’ as he chases one of three places at British Open

Dubliner follows fine opening round with a 73 on Friday while Cormac Sharvin digs in

Shane Lowry overcomes nerves and climate change protestors to start well at Lahinch

Offalyman says he feels the added pressure this week but sits just one off clubhouse lead

47-year-old puts struggles behind him and seizes moment with fine 63 at Irish Open

The finishing hole offers an opportunity for a birdie but also the potential for disaster

Rahm confident his temperament allows him to adapt to different challenges of links golf

Dublin player says while driving would normally be a strength, it has been letting him down of late

Offalyman would love nothing better than to repeat his Irish Open win of a decade ago

Dawson benefits from Moynihan’s fortune with possible sellout in store at Lahinch

Although missing many of the game’s top stars, Lahinch is set to swing on and off the course

Real loss is that male-only membership is restricting the hosting of big tournaments

The Offaly player is on the hunt for a second win this season after his Abu Dhabi victory

Allianz Irish Times Officers’ Challenge

Seapoint star shoots a splendid 66 to make it to final qualifying stage next week

22-year-old bound for British Open and the Masters after win over Scotland’s Euan Walker

Mallow golfer brought to the 36th green by Scotland’s Euan Walker in epic encounter

Sugrue within touching distance of earning invitations to British Open and US Open

After battling back in quarter-final Mallow golfer takes out top-ranked Micheluzzi

'I haven’t tried to hide the fact that I'm playing a Major championship basically at home'

Mallow golfer joined in quarter-finals of British Amateur by Galway’s Ronan Mullarney

James Sugrue through as British Amateur Championship field is trimmed down to 32

Last year’s Ryder Cup in Paris boosted economic activity in France by €235.7 million

26-year-old’s mood lifts as a 68 at Portmarnock keeps his challenge alive and kicking

Australian Amateur Open champion struggles to an opening 76 at The Island

British Championship is free for spectators with world’s brightest prospects on show

History indicates McIlroy tends to continue playing well whenever he hits the winning trail

Shane Lowry finishes in second place as McDowell secures British Open place

Irish caddie enjoying every minute as his employer goes in search of a fifth Major title

McDowell and Shane Lowry four shots off the lead as Rory McIlroy makes move with 66

Irish golfer one shot off clubhouse leader Keegan Bradley after six-under 64

Out of Bounds: American has done nothing for his image this year with numerous gaffes

Leona Maguire’s US Open adventure comes to a premature end in stifling conditions

Two Irish players need improvements in their second rounds if they are to make the cut

Tiger Woods looked much improved on his missed cut at the US PGA as he shot a 70

Ireland will have two women professionals competing in a Major for the first ever time