Big Irish team launch bid for British titleIn terms of the numbers competing, the British Seniors Open amateur championship - which starts at Royal Portrush tomorrow - …Tue Aug 07 2001 - 01:00
Easy for iceman from BirrAll through his junior golf days, and into his fledgling but increasingly impressive senior career, Justin Kehoe has always had…Thu Aug 02 2001 - 01:00
Browne's break from the bank begins to pay dividendThe lure of the fairways will always beat the attraction of counting other people's money, and that's exactly what persuaded …Wed Aug 01 2001 - 01:00
Cool Fox scrapes throughIf only those poor, late lamented goats had been around to warn usTue Jul 31 2001 - 01:00
Major decision for Hoey and McDowellThe art of being in two locations at the same time is something that has even evaded those top amateurs, players who somehow …Tue Jul 31 2001 - 01:00
Cullen displays old fireYou don't expect so much civility on the Sunday of a South of Ireland championshipMon Jul 30 2001 - 01:00
Ryder wild card looks only option for GarciaIf Sam Torrance was hoping the British Open would ease the Ryder Cup qualifying snarl up, and possibly elevate potential "wild…Tue Jul 24 2001 - 01:00
Duval can make the transition with easeIf history is anything to go by, and in David Duval's case it should be, then the new British Open champion - who has moved back…Tue Jul 24 2001 - 01:00
Tiger takes defeat in his strideAll of a sudden, he has stopped walking on water, and can't turn water into wine. What's gone wrong?Mon Jul 23 2001 - 01:00
Duval shows pedigree and nerve to claim titleThe pedigree is a good one, with a father and an uncle who have used careers as golfing professionals to nurture their bank balances…Mon Jul 23 2001 - 01:00
Monty stays just ahead of the packDestiny may be summoning him, or so the multitudes congregating over the links of Royal Lytham & St Annes would have us believe…Sat Jul 21 2001 - 01:00
Back-to-wall shot works for LoveThere is only one place you will always find sympathy, and that is in the dictionarySat Jul 21 2001 - 01:00
McGinley plots steady course after balancing actPaul McGinley emerges from the recorder's hut and looks across to where all the media hacks are corralled behind the wooden railing…Fri Jul 20 2001 - 01:00
Montgomerie proves he has what it takesThe fallacy has persisted for some time that Colin Montgomerie simply can't play links golf, but he has now put an end to such…Fri Jul 20 2001 - 01:00
Hole-by-hole guide1: 206 Yards Par 3 The only course on the British Open rota to start with a Par 3, the main difficulty here is not the hole's…Thu Jul 19 2001 - 01:00
A severe test of brain and bodyIf you don't think Royal Lytham & St Annes produces great champions, a few minutes spent looking at the assorted photographs…Thu Jul 19 2001 - 01:00
Two who have the one driveOne of them they call "the Goose", the other is affectionately known as "the Great Dane"Wed Jul 18 2001 - 01:00
A calm Tiger is preparedWord got out on Monday of the impending arrival of a certain Tiger WoodsWed Jul 18 2001 - 01:00
A short and brutish courseNo one man can change a game, which is why it would be unfair to point the finger at Tiger Woods and blame him solely for the…Tue Jul 17 2001 - 01:00
Smyth does it with styleDes Smyth has spent almost three decades pursuing the nomadic existence that is part and parcel of life as a professional golfer…Tue Jul 17 2001 - 01:00
Unfazed Hoey plans for further heroicsSome fingers are pointing towards the young man dressed in blackTue Jul 17 2001 - 01:00
Old soldier refuses to just fade awayIt's sad when the mighty fall, and even worse when they realise it.Tue Jul 17 2001 - 01:00
Walton unlikely to make itThere are times when golf can be quite brutal to its bygone heroes, and nowhere is this truer than in the final qualifying for…Mon Jul 16 2001 - 01:00
This could be new beginning for ClarkeDarren Clarke doesn't pretend to be a clairvoyant, but the temptation to look a little ahead into the future is irresistibleTue Jul 10 2001 - 01:00
Mallon secures top spotFor most, getting their name etched onto the old claret jug is an impossible dream; and, for many, even just getting to play …Tue Jul 10 2001 - 01:00
Clarke stays calm to banish the demonsTime, of course, is a great healer; and Darren Clarke can only but agreeMon Jul 09 2001 - 01:00
Clarke magic captures European OpenFor almost two decades it has seemed as if all sorts of witches' curses, hexes and maledictions were placed on any Irish golfer…Mon Jul 09 2001 - 01:00
Clarke settles an old scoreYou could see it in his eyes, brown eyes that glinted and yet possessed unnerving, steely resolveMon Jul 09 2001 - 01:00
A diamond incentiveReality and fantasy. Padraig Harrington wants a "low maintenance" golf swing; his wife, Caroline, wants a £100,000 diamond, the…Sat Jul 07 2001 - 01:00
Clarke shows patience to move into contentionThere's compelling evidence of a generation gap evolving on the European Tour, and nowhere was the diversity more obvious than…Sat Jul 07 2001 - 01:00
Campbell part of five-piece jigsawMichael Campbell thought it all a little bit odd yesterday when Lee Westwood was introduced as the defending champion by the …Fri Jul 06 2001 - 01:00
Clarke senses something specialGolfers don't tend to live in the past, preferring to look to the future and whatever rewards they can get their hands onThu Jul 05 2001 - 01:00
Course to provide toughest of challengesOne of the attractions of the K Club as a venue, as Lee Westwood would tell you, is that players can "roll out of bed and onto…Thu Jul 05 2001 - 01:00
Montgomerie is a 'better person' nowHe may look much the same, apart perhaps from the fact that he tends to smile a bit more out on the course than in the old days…Tue Jul 03 2001 - 01:00
Time on Harrington's sideOne of the quirks of this season is that Padraig Harrington has ridden the crest of a wave, all the way to the top of Europe'…Tue Jul 03 2001 - 01:00
Satisfaction as patience pays off for Irish pairThe demons weren't exactly exorcised but, rather that the wailing and cries of anguish that traditionally accompany Irish challenges…Mon Jul 02 2001 - 01:00
The old order is restoredNo piper's lament on this occasion, rather a serenade of Scottish tunes to recognise that the old order had been restoredMon Jul 02 2001 - 01:00
Clarke's dawn patrolDarren Clarke may face more important 10 foot putts in his life, but the one he holed on the 18th green last evening - at a time…Sat Jun 30 2001 - 01:00
Cork pulls for HarringtonWhen what seems like half of Cork is on the other side of the ropes, many of them professing to be blood cousins, and all of …Sat Jun 30 2001 - 01:00
Darcy is in the comfort zoneThe hunger screeches of the gibbons, whether of the white-handed or agile variety, in the adjacent wildlife park close by the…Fri Jun 29 2001 - 01:00
Old injury of mild concern to HarringtonWeek in, week out, the giant European Tour physiotherapy unit lumbers from venue to venue and usually parks itself close to where…Thu Jun 28 2001 - 01:00
McGinley can break that spellIt seems a mite curious when Paul McGinley confesses that the hand of fate could deal an Irish winner in this week's Murphy's…Wed Jun 27 2001 - 01:00
Seniors Ryder Cup gathers momentumRather than gripping golf shafts, Christy O'Connor Junior may be more adept these days at clutching the two crutches that have…Tue Jun 26 2001 - 01:00
Nolan's happy hunting groundOn the wall of the corridor into the players' lockerroom at Fota Island, Keith Nolan is deserving of not one, but two, photographs…Tue Jun 26 2001 - 01:00
Woods leaves with no regretsTiger Woods may have lost, and never really contended, but it proves only one thing: he is humanTue Jun 19 2001 - 01:00
Clarke to revise gruelling itineraryDarren Clarke is reconsidering his upcoming tournament schedule after discovering that six successive weeks on the circuit took…Tue Jun 19 2001 - 01:00
Singh leaves it all too lateAs a quiz question, it would probably be tougher than the one about who ended the streakMon Jun 18 2001 - 01:00
Goosen lapse is Brooks' reprieveThe twists continued right to the end and, like a lesson on the darker side of life, it wasn't pretty.Mon Jun 18 2001 - 01:00
