Golf
Tiger Woods at 50: A legendary career of titles, surgeries and hopes for a competitive return
As Woods marks his milestone birthday, questions about his fitness remain, alongside hopes for competitive golf
Rory McIlroy - A Battle Won: Fascinating profile of a sporting hero with human failings
You have to credit McIlroy for possessing something all too rare in professional sport: a moral compass
Rory McIlroy crowned after career Grand Slam season — wins sixth AGW Golf Writers’ Trophy
Northern Irishman’s landmark Masters win, Irish Open success and Ryder Cup heroics seal a historic 2025
Tom McKibbin wins Hong Kong Open to earn exemptions into next year’s Masters and Open
Second professional career win adds to 2023 European Open triumph on DP World Tour
Cottage on Trump’s Doonbeg golf course sells for €850,000
Property put on the market in 2024 with an asking price of €900,000.
‘You must be your best even to be in with a sniff’: Leona Maguire on gruelling LPGA Tour
Lots of golf to play before November’s megabucks finale, with golfer keeping eye on Solheim Cup place
Delgany Golf Club says keeping residential zoning is essential for its viability
Retaining designation of land would ‘rescue us in event of economic disaster’, councillors hear
Players battle through horrendous conditions on day two of Dunhill Links Championship
Decision made to stop play at Kingsbarns, St Andrews and Carnoustie as Storm Amy leaves courses waterlogged
Ryder Cup abuse was no surprise: this was the wannabe American jock’s dream arena
I have played and watched sport with people as obnoxious as they are insecure, writes Dave Hannigan
Bill Murray golfs across Ireland in new BBC road trip series
Bill Murray is joined by celebrity friends as he tackles breathtaking golf courses in new Off Course series
Ryder Cup: Philip Reid previews Friday’s foursomes
Rory McIlroy paired with Tommy Fleetwood to face USA’s Collin Morikawa and Harris English
Ryder Cup: Luke Donald’s Europe seeks strategy in Bethpage to defy weight of history
Europe prepares to defend the trophy against the USA team at Bethpage Black this week
The really nauseating thing about the Ryder Cup is how seamlessly it will all happen
Imagine the war cabinet that would have been assembled if paediatric spinal surgery was a global spectator sport
The Irish Times view on the Irish Open at Doonbeg: a good walk spoiled
When the US president is also the proprietor of the venue, every handshake and every word of praise carries weight
Get ready for Establishment Ireland to swoon over Trump when the Irish Open comes to Doonbeg
If the sight of us shampooing the red carpet for the planet’s most notorious golf cheat inspires anything, it is contempt
Ryder Cup players and patrons often resist surrendering to their better angels
Over three days, both teams compete with a fiercely different mindset to what they are used to
US Ryder Cup team announcement: Keegan Bradley confirms he won’t play in the Ryder Cup – As it happened
Bradley picks Justin Thomas, Xander Schauffele, Patrick Cantlay, Ben Griffin, Cameron Young and Sam Burns
‘Rory did win. He brought the Open to Portrush’: Standing ovation for local hero McIlroy
There have been many winners from Royal Portrush Golf Club to town of Portrush and Northern Ireland
‘We’re now in the golden years of Portrush’: Why golf’s Open has the town smiling all over again
The world’s oldest golfing tournament is bringing a feel-good factor as well as 270,000 spectators from across the globe
Heavy rain showers and thunderstorms could hit Portrush course
Met Éireann forecasts cloudy conditions for most of Friday
Bryson DeChambeau focuses on links test over Rory McIlroy rivalry as he arrives in Portrush
The Open: American, who has struggled with links courses in past, plans to be strategic at championship
Shane Lowry: ‘If I win another one, I’ll celebrate twice as much’
Irishman explains the emotion of winning the Open at Portrush in 2019, the relief from getting over the line, and plans to add to his solitary major
‘It is more fun to be involved’: Open golf score records down to two local women
Alison Algeo and Sammy Barry are chief recorder and chief scorer at the Portrush tournament
There’s nothing casual about how The Open arrives at any venue but Portrush is better prepared than most
The Co Antrim seaside town hosted its first Open 74 years ago, when you could sneak in for free and send a postcard from the course
Calamity Corner: Open players will want to steer clear of Royal Portrush 16th’s ‘card wrecker’ chasm
Royal Portrush’s most dramatic hole is its most unforgiving
Best golf courses in Co Sligo: Bucket list courses and hidden gems from Rosses Point to Tubbercurry
Mountain views, sand dunes aplenty and the Atlantic make this a special part of the world for golfers
Best golf courses in Co Down: Bucket list courses and hidden gems from Royal County Down to Belvoir Park
Newcastle course offers a perfect mix of scenery, prestige and course configuration, but there are supremely scenic alternatives
Best golf courses in Mayo, Roscommon and Leitrim: Bucket list courses and hidden gems from Carne to Carrick-on-Shannon
Course designer’s last great creation perfectly complemented by new additions
Best golf courses in Co Clare: Bucket list courses and hidden gems from Lahinch to Dromoland Castle
An Alister Mackenzie masterpiece, a five-star resort and a US president’s playground
Best golf courses in Co Louth: Bucket list courses and hidden gems from Baltray to Ardee
Baltray links course designed in 1890s by Scottish professional with wonderful name of Mr Snowball
Best golf courses in Co Kilkenny: Bucket list courses and hidden gems from Mount Juliet to Castlecomer
Thomastown masterpiece was designed by Jack Nicklaus and has tested the likes of Tiger Woods
Golfer Leona Maguire: ‘We came from a modest background. I don’t need a lot of money to keep me happy’
Ireland’s leading woman golfer on her favourite meal, rivalry with her twin and how she spends her money
Best golf courses in Co Dublin (North): Bucket-list courses and hidden gems from Portmarnock to Corballis
Spiritual home of Irish golf continues to pack a punch 98 years after first Irish Open
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