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There will no trouble spotting leading Irish photographer, Fran Caffrey proudly driving around the streets of Drogheda behind the wheel of a flashy BMW 6 Series convertible. Fran will have access to the convertible for a week as his prize in a BMW International Open Photographer’s competition held this week during the tournament outside of Pulheim. Fran heads the successful www.golffile.ie photo agency and shares duties covering all European Tour events will colleagues Eoin Clarke, Jenny ...

Padraig Harrington is just one round away from ending a long four-year winless drought after storming his way into contention on day three of the Traveller’s Championship in Connecticut. The Dubliner will head to the final day on nine under par and just three strokes from the leadin duo of England’s Brian Davis and American Roland Thatcher. Davis (64) and Thatcher (65) head the field by two strokes and will have the big added pressure of seeking a first PGA Tour success. Harrington commenced ...

Any hope Paul McGinley had of ending a 7-year winless drought was ruined by five three-putts on the third day of the BMW International Open at Pulheim in Germany. McGinley went from nine under par and just two strokes from the lead heading to day three to card a 77 and be lying in a share of 27th place at four under par and now eight strokes behind England’s Danny Willett who heads the field by a stroke on 12-under par on the Gut Larcenhof course. The triple winning Ryder Cup star began well ...

Alan Dunbar scored a first over the likes of Major Champions Rory McIlroy, Graeme McDowell and Darren Clarke in capturing the 117th British Amateur Championship at Royal Troon. Dunbar, 23 defeated Austrian teenager Matthias Schwab by one hole to become the third Northern Irish winner after Michael Hoey in 2001 and Garth McGimpsey in 1985. The Portrush amateur takes the Amateur Championship trophy back to Northern Ireland hard on the heels of McDowell and McIlroy winning the 2010 and 2011 US Opens, ...

Paul McGinley finds himself being drawn in the last group out in Monday’s 36-hole Open Championship qualifier at Sunningdale in Surrey. The R & A have drawn the 45-year old Dubliner to compete alongside Sweden’s Niclas Fasth and teeing up on Sunningdale’s Old Course at 10.12am local time Monday. The duo are then out at 2.47pm and in the last group for the second 18 holes on the New Course. McGinley will be looking to finish the top-10 among the 96 competitors for the assurance ...

Sweden’s Joel Sjoholm has no trouble dealing with albatrosses, eagles and birdies but he had his hands full dealing with a determined swan on day three of the BMW International Open in Cologne. Sjoholm, and the overnight leader at 11-under par, was preparing to hit his second shot into the par four, fifth hole on the Gut Larcenhof course when a swan started walking towards him. The swan had left the water guarding the green and no matter how much Sjoholm tried (As shown in a picture taken ...

Colin Montgomgerie celebrates his 49th birthday today playing the third round of the BMW International Open in the company of fellow Scot Peter Whiteford. Monty was met by BMW’s Marco Kaussler after his round of a level par 72 and presented with a bottle of champagne. And given Monty ended his round with three bogeys in his last five holes the champers was just the tonic for the Scot. However it also exactly a year to the day until Monty makes his European Senior Tour debut and the Dunning ...