RCD CHANGES: “WE’RE NEVER GOING TO REPAINT THE MONA LISA”

Golf Ireland, in collaboration with Sporting Insights, has unveiled a second National Club Survey which shows 72% of clubs increased their membership over the previous 12 months.

Dooks’ Tracy Eakin and Galway’s Joe Lyons have been crowned the inaugural Whirlpool Irish Senior Women’s and Men’s Order of Merit champions after successful silverware winning seasons in 2026.

Graeme McDowell was one of the first players to sign up for LIV Golf, but the Portrush star is the latest name to confirm that he will no longer be part of LIV 2.0.

Ireland’s Seamus Power was denied a PGA Tour win after losing a Monday playoff to Austin Smotherman at the Butterfield Bermuda Championship at Port Royal Golf Course in Southampton.

Warrenpoint Golf Club enjoyed a sensational closing day to race into a runner-up finish at the European Men’s Club Trophy at Cabot Bordeaux Golf Club in France.

Éanna Mulhare and Anna Dawson passed stern links tests to claim respective Irish Intervarsity Championship victories at Carne Golf Links. 

Northern Ireland’s Tom McKibbin is the latest player to confirm he will turn his back on LIV 2.0 and focus his attention on playing a full schedule on the DP World Tour in 2027.

Tiger Woods will be named the course designer of the first new links course in Northern Ireland to be built at Bellarena on the northwest coast with the 15 times Major winner’s role to be officially rubberstamped in the coming days.

The road to securing playing rights on the DP World Tour for the 2027 season continues next week as players from around the world and 12 players from Ireland compete across the four Spanish venues that makes up the Second Stage of Qualifying School.

Northern Ireland’s Tom McKibbin was forced to withdraw from his defence of this week’s Link Hong Kong Open due to s stomach bug.

Shane Lowry and Rory McIlroy will be playing a lot more off-season golf together with news that this year’s Amgen Irish Open winner completed the first trade in TGL from The Bay Golf Club to McIlroy’s Boston Common Golf.

World number two Rory McIlroy responded to criticism from fellow professional Kevin Kisner that he only competed in India last week because of appearance money, dismissing the comments by saying “two things can be true at the same time”.