DUBLIN, OH – MAY 31: Hideki Matsuyama of Japan plays a shot during the pro-am round of The Memorial Tournament Presented By Nationwide at Muirfield Village Golf Club on May 31, 2017 in Dublin, Ohio. (Photo by Sam Greenwood/Getty Images) THIS year’s Dubai Duty Free Irish Open Hosted by the Rory Foundation is set to be bigger and better than ever before with a world class line-up of golfers and the chance to watch Northern Ireland ...
Archive for: June, 2017
Caption: Mullingar Lady Captain Siobhan O’Donnell-Murphy, Paula Grant (Lisburn), ILGU President Vonnie Noonan, ILGU Chairman Breege McCarrick (Photo: Pat Cashman) The final day of the 2017 Irish Women’s Close Championship provided a spectacle of golf as the semi-finals and finals of the Irish Close Championship and the Ita Wallace Plate got underway. 2010 Irish Close Champion and this year’s Leinster Women’s Team Captain Mary Dowling (New Ross) won the 9th hole with a par to level the match ...
[Photo. Tim Cowie] Leona Maguire is the 2017 winner of the ANNIKA Award, which honours the most outstanding female Division I collegiate golfer as voted on by her peers, coaches and golf media. “This award is a huge honour for me and to win it for the second time is a very special feeling,” said Maguire. “To win an award that Annika has put her name to and that is voted on by my fellow coaches, competitors ...
Rory McIlroy and Thomas Pieters of Europe react on the 14th green during afternoon fourball matches of the 2016 Ryder Cup at Hazeltine National Golf Club on October 1, 2016 in Chaska, Minnesota. (Photo by David Cannon/Getty Images) RYDER Cup stars Thomas Pieters and Ian Poulter are among the latest luminaries confirmed in the star-studded field for the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open hosted by the Rory Foundation, along with fan favourite Andrew ‘Beef’ Johnston. As Portstewart ...
The Ladies European Tour has strengthened its strategic partnership with OMEGA through the joint development of a world class Tournament Management and Scoring System for golf. Operated by Swiss Timing, the Official Timekeeper of the Olympic Games, which also partners with the International Olympic Committee, the European Olympic Committee and most of the world’s International Sports Federations, the new Tournament Management and Scoring System includes a host of innovative features which will bring the world-class action ...
Paula Grant leads stroke play qualifiers on six-under-par Cut for top 64 players set at seven-over-par Paula Grant produced a fine three-under-par round of 68 to her opening round of 71 to lead the qualifiers for the matchplay stage of the 114th Ladies’ British Open Amateur Championship at Pyle & Kenfig in south Wales. Five of the 10 Irish entrants made the cut with world No 1 Leona Maguire, Olivia Mehaffey, Mairead Martin and Chloe Ryan also making the top ...
Rafa Cabrera-Bello of Spain – The K Club May 2016 (Photo by Ross Kinnaird/Getty Images) Rafa Cabrera Bello, the World Number 28 and star of The 2016 Ryder Cup, will be hoping to convert his impressive form at the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open Hosted by the Rory Foundation into victory when he returns to Northern Ireland and Portstewart Golf Club, from July 6-9. As part of the Rolex Series for the first time – a premium ...
North West Portugal is a destination more renowned for the unique wines of the Douro and Vinho Verde Valleys, excellent port, beautiful rivers and mountains. Mention that you’re heading to Portugal to play golf and one automatically thinks Algarve, well not this time. I was flying north to Porto in the north west of the country to play some Links courses on the Wild Atlantic’s Costa Verde, parkland in beautiful wooded valleys, to courses that have been ...