The early bird catches the decent round. With the rest of us only turning over for our second sleep, Tyrone’s Darren Clarke and Cork’s James Sugrue were spinning rocks on the range. 4.30 in the morning you’d have found them out on the Royal Portrush practice grounds. The alarm had to be set for four. […]

7 years ago

The world was gripped by Tiger’s quest for 15. In the end, it was a nerveless 35-year-old from Turin, Italy that got the job done. Francesco Molinari was 14 when Tiger Woods won his first Major. On Sunday, at Carnoustie, the Italian teed off with the American shortly after 2pm and out-performed him to claim […]

8 years ago

In fairness to the locals, Sky Sports did start playing ‘Three Lions: It’s Coming Home’ as his intro. Harry Kane has decided to spend some of his off-season in Dundee. There is lots to see and do, of course, in Dundee (Tay Rail Bridge, fudge-making, Broughty Castle… and more) but Kane is up in Scotland for […]

8 years ago

That’s the bloody spirit. 69. 69. That’ll do, for a start. Rory McIlroy briefly had the joint lead in The Open but, for the second round running, the finishing stretch at Carnoustie saw him grudgingly give shots back that he had fought so hard to earn. The 18th on Thursday and the 15th on Friday. […]

8 years ago

G-Mac is facing an uphill battle to make it to the British Open now. The 38-year-old Portrush golfer hasn’t been in top form over the last while and that’s why he has to face into qualifier events like these. The 2010 US Open champion hasn’t hit those same heights since and that’s why he’s dropped […]

8 years ago

We’re not quite in Ernie Els territory here but it is close. Club hackers around the world were wincing as they watched the big South African take six putts from inside three feet at Augusta back in April. It is never easy to watch a pro golfer suffer with the yips and there was much sympathy […]

10 years ago