Robbie Cannon
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Zoom calls with Rory and the GUI bake-off: Neil Manchip keeping the flag flying
- Golf
- May 28, 2020, 06:00
There is a sense of community that remains vibrant long after elite young golfers have left the technical and pastoral care of the Golfing Union of Ir(...)

Out of Bounds: Shane Lowry’s 2020 focus is on the ‘R’ word
- Golf
- January 15, 2020, 12:03
Shane Lowry isn’t one for writing down his season’s goals on a slip of paper and locking it way for safe-keeping to be examined at a later time. For h(...)

Shay’s Short Game: Ireland name Home Internationals team
- Golf
- September 10, 2018, 12:29
Four new faces on Irish team Ireland has named four new faces in the team that will be seeking a fifth successive win in the Home Internationals at C(...)

Cannon fires on all cylinders to take Irish Amateur Close
- Golf
- August 8, 2018, 22:06
Balbriggan’s Robbie Cannon looks certain to clinch an international return after beating Eoin Leonard 2&1 to claim the AIG Irish Amateur Close at (...)

Robin Dawson takes two-stroke lead into third round of Irish Amateur Open
- Golf
- May 18, 2018, 21:38
Tramore’s Robin Dawson kept his cool for the second day running to take a two-stroke lead into the third round of the Flogas Irish Amateur Open at Roy(...)

Robin Dawson keeps cool in the sun to lead way at Irish Amateur Open
- Golf
- May 17, 2018, 21:03
Tramore’s Robin Dawson took advantage of idyllic conditions to chisel out an impressive six-under-par 65 and lead the Flogas Irish Amateur Open at a s(...)

Whelan progresses to last 16 after a gruelling day in Lahinch
- Golf
- July 28, 2017, 22:18
He might have fallen in the semi-finals of the “West” but in the end a cruel westerly gust helped Newlands’s Jake Whelan make the last 16 in incredib(...)

Rowan Lester masters the tough conditions at Lahinch
- Golf
- July 26, 2017, 22:25
Maybe it’s the fact that he now plays his golf in Jordan Spieth’s home state of Texas but there was something otherworldly about the resilience and m(...)

Big guns silenced as wild West of Ireland takes its toll
- Golf
- April 16, 2017, 21:15
Schoolboy Robert Abernethy was one of the unlikely heroes as a host of big guns were silenced and the West of Ireland Amateur Open was blown wide ope(...)

Paul Dunne ready to push on to the next level
- Golf
- October 31, 2016, 07:00
It would probably take a degree in actuarial maths to fathom exactly how many air miles Paul Dunne eventually clocked up in his rookie season on tour.(...)