Title win gives Rice big liftTimmy Rice has experienced some heat in Toledo, where he is on a golfing scholarship to the state university, but it was nothing…Tue Jun 23 1998 - 01:00
Where now for Dublin football?The symbolism was rather apt, even if the actual structure was unquestionably sound. "Hill 16 is falling down, falling down.Mon Jun 22 1998 - 01:00
Power cements his love affair with The IslandEddie Power would be the first to acknowledge that golf can be a crazy game of co-incidencesThu Jun 18 1998 - 01:00
Cullen's `long old day'The lad from the club down the road has been adopted to some extent by the host club members, all of which has done Gary Cullen…Wed Jun 17 1998 - 01:00
Play golf and help sick childrenPlay golf and help sick children! It sounds too good to be true, but that's precisely what a major new All-Ireland Inter-Club…Tue Jun 16 1998 - 01:00
Madeira fails to attract top namesLife goes on, even with most of the European Tour's big names away chasing the season's second major - the US Open - at the Olympic…Tue Jun 16 1998 - 01:00
Relieved Omelia finds the key to beating BradyLike the condemned man who'd discovered the key and unlocked his own cell door, pre-championship favourite Bryan Omelia was suitably…Tue Jun 16 1998 - 01:00
Irish Open NewsHe's Europe's answer to Tiger Woods, and the hottest amateur in world golf is bound for Druids Glen! Sergio Garcia, the Spaniard…Tue Jun 16 1998 - 01:00
Ireland's boys have experienceIreland's quest for a first European Boys' team championship victory will be backboned by players who have already made history…Tue Jun 16 1998 - 01:00
Symes leads as Fanagan goes outAmidst the carnage and heartbreak wreaked on scorecards by some devilish rough and greens fast enough to test the upper limits…Mon Jun 15 1998 - 01:00
Island to test Close contendersThey don't row the boat across Malahide estuary to The Island golf club any more, the course has been realigned since the old…Sat Jun 13 1998 - 01:00
Clarke given low-key pairingDarren Clarke, who was the joint leading European player in the US Masters earlier this season, wasn't complaining in New York…Thu Jun 11 1998 - 01:00
The Nineties in the shadesThe nineties have spawned many changes in our perceptions of golf, not least in the area of equipment developmentTue Jun 09 1998 - 01:00
Kearney in form at right timeKen Kearney's year as Irish champion has been an odyssey of far-flung fairways in pursuit of golfing gloryTue Jun 09 1998 - 01:00
Dowdall heads Under-21 selectionFour survivors of the team that played in Nairn two years ago have been selected on the Irish team for the European Women's Junior…Tue Jun 09 1998 - 01:00
Westwood's reputation growingLee Westwood possesses the outer demeanour of a comedian, and the inner strength of a judge unafraid to take control of his own…Mon Jun 08 1998 - 01:00
Young tigers lead huntSome of golf's young tigers chose to roar, a number of them even managing to dislodge Colin Montgomerie from the head of the …Sat Jun 06 1998 - 01:00
Irish stutter and stumble as Montgomerie takes the leadApart from the joker in the pack, a tour rookie Frenchman by the name of Nicolas Joakimides, yesterday's first round of the English…Fri Jun 05 1998 - 01:00
Enigmatic Louth overrun WicklowLouth are as hard to figure out as a rubik's cubeMon Jun 01 1998 - 01:00
Doherty restoredAlan Doherty is glad to be back in the thick of the action, rather than watching Louth's progress in the Leinster senior football…Fri May 29 1998 - 01:00
Corcoran out to end barren run for CorkThey knew it wouldn't be easy, but nobody told Cork that it would be so toughFri May 29 1998 - 01:00
Hat-trick of holes in oneMaybe it had something to do with the worthy cause - which just happened to be the St Brigid's Hospice in the Curragh - but golfers…Tue May 26 1998 - 01:00
Promise of East holds off lure of MuirfieldSince bilocation was not an option, Andrew McCormick and David Dunne have resisted the lure of Muirfield and instead will pursue…Tue May 26 1998 - 01:00
Behan bounces back to the topHer fortitude has never been questioned, either in Ganton or Prairie Dunes, so, as she stood on the seventh tee-box four down…Mon May 25 1998 - 01:00
McEvoy conquers adversityFour years ago, Mandy McEvoy was battling against ovarian cancer and unsure of what the future held.Sat May 23 1998 - 01:00
Break with tradition as big guns make it throughHazel Kavanagh's blank expression as she walked off the 18th green would have done justice to a poker player who'd just pulled…Fri May 22 1998 - 01:00
Fanagan-O'Brien finds her form at the perfect timeThe habit is proving quite addictive for Suzie Fanagan-O'Brien, particularly when the time for the national championship comes…Thu May 21 1998 - 01:00
Course on top as only Coffey matches parAppearances can be so deceptive, and the hypnotic view from the first tee box down to the azure waters of Belfast Lough lulled…Wed May 20 1998 - 01:00
Omelia leads St Andrews trioBryan Omelia arrived back in Dublin last night, still thinking of what might have beenTue May 19 1998 - 01:00
Irish Close champion stays coolTwelve months on, the defending champion has undergone a name change and been promoted onto the British and Irish Curtis Cup …Tue May 19 1998 - 01:00
McDermott enjoys the perfect homecomingSome 40 years after departing these shores, the prodigal son returned to conquerMon May 18 1998 - 01:00
Woodbrook capitulates to seniorsThe man known as "Nevada Bob" was out with his viewcam in the early part of the day, so taken was he with the scenerySat May 16 1998 - 01:00
Horton favoured to retain crownAlmost three decades since he swashbuckled his way into the history books by winning the British Open and US Open titles in successive…Fri May 15 1998 - 01:00
Coffey intent on Curtis Cup roleAlison Coffey has become the Irish golfing equivalent of US Tour star David DuvalTue May 12 1998 - 01:00
Milltown begin defence of cupMilltown, with Irish Close champion Suzie Fanagan back from honeymoon, will set out in defence of their ILGU Eastern District…Tue May 12 1998 - 01:00
Jones best Irish hope at WoodbrookWhen David Jones started out life as a professional golfer almost 30 years ago, he did so by carrying his own clubs and going…Tue May 12 1998 - 01:00
Omelia lone Irish raiderBryan Omelia will be the lone Irish raider in the English Amateur Open Strokeplay Championship - for the Brabazon Trophy - at…Tue May 12 1998 - 01:00
Tipperary scrape throughNobody could honestly profess to having seen a team likely to be still playing football in the late summer's heat on the field…Mon May 11 1998 - 01:00
Piling on the pressure in Pierce PurcellSo, you want to know about real pressure on a golf course? Don't be fooled into thinking you'll find it on the 18th green at …Tue May 05 1998 - 01:00
Irish Open to produce worthy championAs an addition to any player's curriculum vitae, the Irish Amateur Open Championship - which has witnessed Padraig Harrington…Tue May 05 1998 - 01:00
St Colman's keep tradition aliveThe sight of a young man in a sweat-stained blue jersey bearing the St Colman's of Newry crest clamouring up some steps or other…Mon May 04 1998 - 01:00
Gormley goal sends title to InchicoreGrown men do cry; unashamedly so, if the red blood of St Patrick's Athletic flows through your veins! Pat Dolan, mobbed and smothered…Sat May 02 1998 - 01:00
Canavan's season blighted by violent `friendly'The GAA's dark side resurfaced in what was supposed to be a low-key challenge match in O'Neill Park, Dungannon, on Tuesday night…Thu Apr 30 1998 - 01:00
Times are a changing in West WaterfordUntil recently, if any All-Ireland title was to wing its way back to Christian Brothers College, Dungarvan, then the likelihood…Tue Apr 28 1998 - 01:00
Els's short story is a winning oneIn recent years, it appeared as if the instructional video had overtaken the manualTue Apr 28 1998 - 01:00
