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How is this for yet another mouth-watering scenario for Irish golf; Graeme McDowell  as the 2026 European Ryder Cup Captain with Irish-born Major winners, Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry in his team teeing-up on Irish soil at Adare Manor. That is the prospect staring at the Emerald Isle following confirmation the Co. Limerick course will play host to one of sport’s greatest events. For McIlroy, it will mark 20-years since he was a keen teenaged spectator at the K Club with the four-time Major champ ...

Rory McIlroy superbly regrouped in fighting back from struggling at three-over par through 12 holes to then  birdie four of his closing five in a round of a one-under par 69 on the opening day of the inaugural WGC – FedEx St. Jude Invitational in Memphis. McIlroy’s effort sees him trailing seven strokes behind powerhouse Spaniard Jon Rahm who snatched eight birdies in a very impressive eight-under par 62 on the TPC Southwind course. Rahm capped his round with a hat-trick of birdies from ...

As widely expected, the Ryder Cup will return to Ireland in 2026 when Adare Manor, in County Limerick, hosts the biennial contest between Europe and the United States for the first time and Graeme McDowell could easily be appointed captain. Ryder Cup Europe – which comprises the Managing Partner the European Tour, the Founding Partner the PGA of Great Britain and Ireland, and the PGAs of Europe – today announced the five-star resort will follow in the footsteps of Whistling Straits in Wisconsin ...

Rory McIlroy’s touched down in the land of the delta blues for this week’s WGC – FedEx St. Jude Invitational in Memphis revealing he had not fathomed how much he would be overwhelmed by home support at last week’s Open Championship. McIlroy, and after starting on day one on the Dunluce course with a first hole ‘8’, then set a then new course record on Friday only to fall short by a shot in missing the Royal Portrush cut. And while he teed-up in golf’s oldest major declared he ...

Justin Rose joked he would be ‘scared’ to celebrate with new Open Champion, Shane Lowry as it would be a big night. Rose has journeyed to Memphis for this week’s renamed WGC – FedEx St. Jude Invitational at TPC Southwind having finishing well down in Sunday’s concluding Open Championship at Royal Portrush. Former US Open winning Rose finished T20th behind Lowry after a disappointing final round but he admits the scenes that he saw at Royal Portrush Golf Club were “amazing”. “Had ...

Shane Lowry is still refusing to let the Claret Jug out of his grasp, two days after his maiden major triumph at The Open. The Offaly man was primed for a hectic Clara homecoming on Tuesday evening and an emotional reunion with 82-year-old grandmother Emmy Scanlon. Lowry attended a press conference in Dublin on Tuesday attended by his friends in the Irish golfing media where he said his stunning victory on Northern Irish soil at Royal Portrush is still far from sinking in, and with madcap celebrations ...

Ryder Cup captain, Padraig Harrington is prepared to hand now fellow Open Champion Shane Lowry the lead match honours at next year’s Ryder Cup. Harrington was among the first to embrace the teary-eyed Lowry at the back of the 18th green late last Sunday after Lowry stormed to a six-shot success at Royal Portrush. The 2020 Ryder Cup qualifying process does not commence to September’s BMW PGA Championship and Lowry’s not assured of selection in 16-months but given his impressive Portrush showing, ...