Tom McKibbin was one of eight DP World Tour members to be granted permission to play in conflicting tournaments on LIV Golf for the 2026 season while Jon Rahm’s route remains a more complicated issue.

Ireland’s Sam Murphy got his professional career off to a flying start by winning on his first outing to capture the 2026 Ein Bay Open at Sokhna Golf Club in Egypt on the developmental Alps Tour.

The Women’s Ireland team enjoyed a strong week to finish runner’s-up in the early season Octagonal Matches at Costa Ballena in Spain.

Anthony Kim completed one of the most inspirational, and improbable, comebacks ever seen in golf after out-duelling Jon Rahm and Bryson DeChambeau to win the individual title at LIV Golf Adelaide on Sunday.

The NI Legends event will return to Galgorm from September 4-6 as part of the new 2026 Staysure Legends Tour international schedule. Markus Brier is the defending champion after the Austrian defied the elements to complete his memorable win in 2025.

In a week where Ireland’s Pádraig Harrington reached a magical 500 tournament appearances milestone, Patrick Reed kept up his recent imperious form to win his second DP World Tour event in three weeks with a two-stroke triumph at the 2026 Qatar Masters.

The Ladies European Tour (LET) announced the 2026 schedule with 30 international events including the KPMG Women’s Irish Open at The K-Club and a record prize purse of more than €40 million.

Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry didn’t have the weeks they wanted at the Hero Dubai Desert Classic where Tom McKibbin closed out as the leading Irishman in a week when LIV raider Patrick Reed finished top of the pile at The Emirates Golf Club.

Shane Lowry and Rory McIlroy were both in the mix at the Dubai Invitational, but it was Lowry who left with the sourest taste after an untimely double bogey on the final hole cost him his chance of a first individual win since 2022.