Halved match is fair day's workIt could have been better, but it could have been a lot worse tooThu Aug 10 2000 - 01:00
Coakley to play for favourites LeinsterIf hardly a mere formality, the odds on a Leinster triumph in this week's AIB Women's Interprovincial matches must be overwhelming…Tue Aug 08 2000 - 01:00
Confident McDowell sweeps onIf success is any indicator, then Graeme McDowell - who just can't stop winning these days - is the genuine articleThu Aug 03 2000 - 01:00
McDowell proves a name to reckon withThe embroidered name on the golf bag is slightly awry in that the "a" and "e" are transposedWed Aug 02 2000 - 01:00
Five newcomers on Boys' teamAlthough backboned by the sextet who helped Ireland attain the runners-up position in last month's European Boys' team Championship…Tue Aug 01 2000 - 01:00
Wannabes to cause major stampedeImitation, apparently, is the sincerest form of flatteryTue Aug 01 2000 - 01:00
Clash of dates hits MullingarAn unavoidable near-clash of dates with the European men's amateur individual championship in Austria next week is set to deprive…Tue Aug 01 2000 - 01:00
Champion Campbell makes early exitThey don't talk of it as a jinx, but it dates back to Michael Guerin's feat in the formative years of the 1960s - when he won…Mon Jul 31 2000 - 01:00
Trip to US event provides the spurThe hardship of enduring five matchplay encounters - and, possibly, six, should the eventual champion happen to emerge from the…Sat Jul 29 2000 - 01:00
Els struggles for the solutionWhen your first name is not Tiger, and you're not number one in the world, you get asked a lot of dumb questionsTue Jul 25 2000 - 01:00
Irish putting troubles in perspectiveDevoured, like so many others, by the Tiger, the over-riding sentiment among the Irish quartet as they tended to their wounds…Mon Jul 24 2000 - 01:00
US MastersAugusta National, April 1997 - Tom Watson had seen a lot of great golfers before he set eyes on Tiger WoodsMon Jul 24 2000 - 01:00
Faldo happy to follow new wayA decade ago, Nick Faldo was the man who moved into a fifth gear..Mon Jul 24 2000 - 01:00
New deal for last year's main menRather than quietly slither out of his hands, the silver claret jug crashed with an almighty bangSat Jul 22 2000 - 01:00
Clarke fittest of Irish survivorsIn surviving the treacherous 17th hole with what he termed "a good bogey", having putted onto the road in rather bizarre fashion…Sat Jul 22 2000 - 01:00
Junior strikes a blow for the seniors"I can't believe these guys," said the spectator, speaking to his friend by the side of the 13th fairwayFri Jul 21 2000 - 01:00
Patience a vital ingredient for Irish quartetAn orderly line of guys were on the range, belting ball after ball over the targets painted "250" and into the faraway dunes, …Thu Jul 20 2000 - 01:00
Snead steals the showThere were so many wobbly knees and creaking joints on the first tee-box last evening that you almost expected the ghost of Old…Thu Jul 20 2000 - 01:00
Ridiculed Frenchman has ridden out the stormYou look at him and wonder why the gods laughed down on him, why they pelted him with arrows and turned him into a cartoon character…Wed Jul 19 2000 - 01:00
McDowell's run just too late to stop leader FoxEven with one counting championship remaining, in-form Graeme McDowell's charge on titles on the domestic calendar has come too…Tue Jul 18 2000 - 01:00
Omelia makes progressThe back to his roots philosophy worked for Bryan Omelia yesterday as he secured one of five places on offer in the British Open…Tue Jul 11 2000 - 01:00
Home countries go separate waysSadly, for the last time that a Britain and Ireland team will compete as one unit in the Eisenhower Trophy, there will be no …Tue Jul 11 2000 - 01:00
Another milestone for WestwoodLee Westwood is a champion who likes the good lifeMon Jul 10 2000 - 01:00
McGinley's touch of the bluesTiger Woods has red as his power colour on the final dayMon Jul 10 2000 - 01:00
McGinley stays focusedSome days you grind it out, you just play the psychological battle with the course and escape to the sanctuary of the recorder…Sat Jul 08 2000 - 01:00
Deputy James to carry onRyder Cup captain Sam Torrance has no intention of asking one of his deputies Mark James to stand down as vice-captain ahead …Fri Jul 07 2000 - 01:00
Walton's confidence increasesCall it a stubborn streak that anyone from north of the Liffey is allowed to possess, or a simple increase in confidence, but…Fri Jul 07 2000 - 01:00
A potent cocktailWhat do you get when you put together one of South Africa's greatest ever cricket batsmen, one of The K Club's directors, a member…Thu Jul 06 2000 - 01:00
Swedish academy the role modelAt least one politician has gone into the Dail's summer recess with golf on his mindTue Jul 04 2000 - 01:00
Timely boost for O'ConnorIt has taken a while, but Christy O'Connor Junior's season has finally been kick-startedTue Jul 04 2000 - 01:00
Hard road gets easier for old dogsDes Smyth, walking with just the slightest hint of a hobble, couldn't wait to get his golf shoes offMon Jul 03 2000 - 01:00
Learning to live at a higher levelHe wouldn't exactly call it a phobia, but Paddy Gribben doesn't particularly like flying. He's working on it, thoughSat Jul 01 2000 - 01:00
Smyth is quick out of the trapsDes Smyth is growing older, but he is still playing like a young fellowFri Jun 30 2000 - 01:00
Relaxed and ready to take on the challengeYou can picture his mind, that of the analytical accountant, racing at a million miles an hourThu Jun 29 2000 - 01:00
Olazabal set for more US activityNot long after savouring the unique linksland of Ballybunion for the first time yesterday, Jose Maria Olazabal - sporting a couple…Wed Jun 28 2000 - 01:00
A King who set her people free"Performing is very fleeting, it's very intangible, it's very momentary. And it's wonderfulMon Jun 26 2000 - 01:00
Monty to miss Irish OpenColin Montgomerie has blamed an exhausting recent schedule as the main reason for his withdrawal from next week's Murphy's Irish…Tue Jun 20 2000 - 01:00
McNamara in demandThe year is just getting better and better for Derek McNamaraTue Jun 20 2000 - 01:00
Offaly prove they are still in the fast laneOffaly 3-15: Johnny Dooley 0-9 (six frees, one 65), J Errity 1-1, G Hanniffy 11, B Murphy 1-0, Joe Dooley 0-2, J Troy 0-1, J …Mon Jun 19 2000 - 01:00
Tiger burns a hole in the nightThree o'clock in the morning and even this night owl is questioning his sanityMon Jun 19 2000 - 01:00
Westwood won't be heading southWhen entries closed on Thursday for the Murphy's Irish Open at Ballybunion in a fortnight, one name was prominent by its absence…Sat Jun 17 2000 - 01:00
Fox earns St Andrews selectionNoel Fox may be a reluctant traveller to events in Britain, but his stay-at-home policy - which has seen the Portmarnock player…Tue Jun 13 2000 - 01:00
Irish are in fashion at EpsomAs a nation inebriated with most things equine, much of the past two decades have been a bit hard to takeMon Jun 12 2000 - 01:00
Clinical Dublin show no mercyDublin: 2-20 - V Murphy 1-3; J Gavin 0-6 (five frees); P Curran 1-1; J Sherlock 0-3; D Darcy 0-2; B Stynes, C Whelan, J McGee…Mon Jun 12 2000 - 01:00
Clarke's major ambition can be a realityDarren Clarke won't have to rely on transatlantic phone communication with Butch Harmon as he prepares for next week's US Open…Tue Jun 06 2000 - 01:00
Griffin hurls himself at TV roleIt seems like an age ago now, but when the documentary Sunday After Sunday was broadcast in 1984, to celebrate the centenary …Mon Jun 05 2000 - 01:00
Masters is a winnerFor an event that only made its debut last year, the Mitsubishi Motors/The Irish Times Ladies Masters hasn't taken long to steer…Tue May 30 2000 - 01:00
