Next year’s Amgen Irish Open will move to Trump International Golf Links in Doonbeg, Co Clare from September 10-13, 2026, where defending champion Rory McIlroy will seek to thrill home fans just as he did recently at The K Club.

As the ever-thickening haar rolled in off the Pacific to replace what had recently been clear blue skies, so the curtain came down on the Great Britain and Ireland side’s attempt to beat the United States of America and win the 50th playing of the Walker Cup at Cypress Point.

Rory McIlroy doesn’t do half measures, he’s all in. He is one of the game’s gutsiest and most swashbuckling players, a generational player, and today he landed a second Amgen Irish Open title in sensational style in front of the home crowds at The K Club.

The Irish Men’s Senior team were crowned European Men’s Senior Team champions at the Diamond Country Club in Austria where veteran Joe Lyons played a starring role as Ireland landed their first team crown since 2017.

Luke Donald has selected Ludvig Åberg, Matt Fitzpatrick, Viktor Hovland, Shane Lowry, Jon Rahm and Sepp Straka as his six Captain’s Picks to complete his 12-man European Team for the 2025 Ryder Cup in New York.

Austria’s Markus Brier entered the winner’s circle once more after defying the elements to win the Black Desert NI Legends at Galgorm, holding his nerve in strong winds to claim a first Legends Tour victory since 2021.

Jon Rahm and Tyrrell Hatton each birdied the second playoff hole to outduel Crushers GC’s Bryson DeChambeau and Paul Casey for the LIV Golf Michigan Team Championship before a packed and enthusiastic gallery at The Cardinal at Saint John’s.

Tommy Fleetwood ended his long wait for a first PGA TOUR title with an emotional victory at the TOUR Championship to claim the FedEx Cup. The Englishman, who was making his 164th start on the American-based circuit, put the memories of a host of near-misses behind him in style at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta, Georgia. 

Legendary Northern Ireland footballers who play golf will be hitting the fairways at Galgorm next week in a celebrity Pro-am competition.