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The famed Irish links gem Lahinch is this weekend proudly hosting the 51st staging of the Walker Cup. Lahinch Golf Club was founded 134 years ago in 1892 by Alexander W. Shaw and Richard J. Plummer, officials of Limerick Golf Club. They laid out an 18-hole course, the original course had ten holes on each side of the road. Lahinch has often been described as the “St. Andrews” of Ireland and that could be down to the original course designer Old Tom Morris, who was born and lived ...

Super-talented Scottish 18-year-old amateur Connor Graham is making a third straight Walker Cup appearance for this weekend’s showdown against the Americans at the famed Lahinch course in Ireland. Graham brilliantly made his GB&I Walker Cup team debut in the 2023 side by becoming the youngest player at age just 15 to play in the Walker Cup. Though any joy was somewhat soured as the team lost by three points on the Old Course at St. Andrews. He retained his place for the 2025 team that ...

Presently there are five major champions, including a former double tournament winner, confirmed to contest next month’s 25th anniversary hosting of the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship over the regular three courses in Scotland. The five – triple major champion Ireland’s Padraig Harrington and tournament champion in 2002 and 2006, double Masters winning Bubba Watson, St. Andrews Open winner Aussie Cam Smith, US Open champion Matt Fitzpatrick and five-time major champion Brooks ...

World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler has smashed Tiger Woods’ PGA Tour career earning record in 60 less tournaments. Scheffler’s 22nd Tour success in Sunday’s concluding Tour Championship earned the Texan a $10m first prize payout and lifted his overall earnings to a whopping $US 130,390,661. That’s $US 9, 391,495 than Woods earned in his record-equalling 82 touranment victory PGA Tour career. Scheffler was a cut above his rivals posting a closing round of 66 to capture a third victory ...

Englishman Joe Dean ended a 14-year wait since a maiden DP World Tour event as an amateur to capture a first DP World Tour victory wait thanks to a brilliant final round 63 at the Husqvarna British Masters at The Belfry. Dean, 32, produced course record equallying nine birdie last day haul in the badly weather affected event to win by three shots in only his 70th Tour start after making his debut in the 2012 KLM Open. The Danish duo  of Jacob Skov Olesen and Niklas Norgaard, and each with closing ...

You cannot but admire Rory McIlroy. From the first occasion this journalist gathered among the media to speak with McIlroy in his debut DP World Tour event at the 2005 Dunlop Masters at the Forest of Arden. Two years on and I stood alongside McIlroy at the back of the 18th green at the Old Course at St. Andrews as we watched Paul Lawrie putting for birdie on the final day of the 2007 Dunhill Links Championship, and McIlroy remaking to me: “If Lawrie misses this birdie putt that’s my Tour ...

World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler only has to finish 13th and Rory McIlroy a little higher as runner-up in today’s closing round of the Tour Championship to surpass Tiger Woods in career PGA Tour prizemoney. That’s the scenario heading to the last day in the final tournament of the official 2026 PGA Tour schedule. Tiger has PGA Tour career earnings of just shy of $120.1m since making his professional debut on the PGA Tour 30-years ago this week at the 1996 Greater Milwaukee Open. TW accumulated ...