Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry fed off each other and played the carefree of their amateur days to blast 11-under 61 and grab a share of the lead in the Zurich Classic of New Orleans. McIlroy was making his debut in the event at TPC Louisiana and while he’s struggled of late, he was close to his best as the Irish duo birdied the first four holes and never looked back. They added further birdies at the seventh, eighth and 10th and followed three in a row from the 12th with a closing birdie four. It all added up to a betterball 61, which left them in a four-way tie for the lead with Mark Hubbard ..read more

Rory McIlroy wants to return to the PGA Tour policy board to help speed up an agreement with Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund and reunify the game. Speaking ahead of his debut in the Zurich Classic of New Orleans, where he teams up with Shane Lowry, the world number two said he believed he had the "connections" that might help the sides come to an agreement. As for reports that he is set to receive as much as $50 million in equity for staying loyal to the PGA Tour, with Tiger Woods possibly getting $100m for not joining LIV Golf, and whether those numbers would make them feel "valid ..read more

Scottie Scheffler and Nelly Korda make the game look easy as they dominate the world rankings. But West Waterford's Seamus Power feels "good things are on the horizon" after he clinched his best finish for 17 months in the RBC Heritage at Hilton Head. As Scheffler finished par-par-bogey to shoot a three-under 68 and win by three strokes from Sahith Theegala to clinch his fourth win in his last five starts, Power parred the 18th to close with a one-over 72 and tie for 12th. After suffering a hip injury that wrecked his Ryder Cup hopes last year, the Tooraneena man (37) feels he's close to his ..read more

Scottie Scheffler saved a miraculous par in fading light to take a five-stroke into his last three holes of the weather-delayed RBC Heritage at Hilton Head. The Masters champion, bidding for his fourth win in five starts, found water hit his approach left into water at the par-five 15th after heavy rain led to a two hour and 32-minute suspension at Harbour Town Golf Links. A bogey looked on the cards, but Scheffler hit a 127-yard fourth that spectacularly spun back to 11 feet. The hooter sounded to signal that players could mark or finish the hole as play was suspended due to darkness. But Sc ..read more

Nelly Korda claimed her fifth consecutive victory and second major title with a two-shot win in the Chevron Championship in Texas. The 25-year-old Floridian went into the final round tied for second with Canada’s Brooke Henderson on 10-under-par, just one shot behind Korea’s Haeran Ryu at The Club at Carlton Woods in The Woodlands. But as Ryu bogeyed three of her first five holes en route to a 74 that left her fifth on nine-under, Korda was in a class apart. The world number one birdied the third, fifth, eighth and 10th to storm clear before bogeys at the 11th and 15th saw her lead reduced to ..read more

Douglas’ Jack Murphy underlined his status as a player to watch when he cruised to a four-stroke win in the Boyle Sports Lee Valley Scratch Cup. Murphy (pictured above by Niall O’Shea) opened with a 69 to share the first round lead with club mate James Walsh before following it with another 69 to lead by four shots from Walsh and Castletroy’s Andrew McCormack after 36 holes. He then closed with a two-over 74 to win by four shots on four-under 212 from Kevin LeBlanc and McCormack with Fota Island’s David Howard and Dundalk’s Caolan Rafferty a shot further back. Murphy’s talent has been spotted ..read more

Conor Purcell shot four rounds in the sixties for the first time in his Challenge Tour career to tie for fourth behind England’s Garrick Porteous in the Abu Dhabi Challenge and boost his chances of winning promotion to the DP World Tour. The former Walker Cup star (26) went into the final round just one shot behind Porteous, South Africa’s Wilco Nienaber and France’s Alexander Levy at Al Ain Equestrian, Shooting and Golf Club. But he never quite caught up after a bogey-birdie-bogey start, and while he sandwiched an eagle at the seventh between birdies at the fifth and eight to turn in 32, he ..read more

Ireland won the team title at the European Nations Cup for the first time since 2016 and only the second time in their history in Sotogrande yesterday. Tramore Golf Club’s Jack Hearn held a one-shot lead in the individual standings heading into the final round and while he closed with a three-over 75 to finish three strokes behind Wales’ James Ashfield on two-under, his tie for third was key Ireland snatched the team prize by a single shot. The team of Hearn, Roganstown’s Sean Keeling, Malone’s Matt McClean and Royal Dublin’s Hugh Foley won the weather-delayed event by the slimmest of margins ..read more

Leona Maguire missed her first cut in a women’s major for four years in the Chevron Championship in Texas. The Co Cavan star (29) added a four-over 76 to her opening 72 at The Club at Carlton Woods to miss out on the weekend action by two strokes. It was Maguire’s first failure to make the weekend in a women’s major since the 2020 AIG Women’s Open at Royal Troon. The world number 23 made six bogeys and two birdies, hitting just six fairways and greens in regulation. The reverse comes less than a fortnight after she lost to world number one Nelly Korda in the T-Mobile Match Play and leaves Ste ..read more

Crowds will be limited to around 16,000 a day for the Amgen Irish Open at Royal County Down where organizers are hoping to attract some big PGA Tour names from September 12-15. The decision to reduce the number of specators at the famous Newcastle links has been made by the DP World Tour to ensure maximum comfort and the best possible spectating experience, especially for young fans. “So interestingly, they’ve capped this year's actually Irish Open at 15-16,000 a day, which isn't a huge year’s amount,” said Kevin Lowry, chairman of the club’s Irish Open committee, at a facilitation day for th ..read more