Golf

Ahead of the 118th U.S. Open this week, we rank the top twenty players in contention per the bookmakers’ odds. While conflicting thoughts abound on how difficult the set-up at Shinnecock Hills will be, we will focus on form, statistics, and event/course suitability in determining who is best placed to claim victory in the year’s second Major. Here we rank …

Leona Maguire has lost none of her fantastic touch since entering the professional ranks. The 23-year-old, whose twin Lisa has also just shed her amateur status, is making her pro bow at the ShopRite LPGA Classic in New Jersey. Maguire, who owns the all-time women’s World Amateur Golf Rankings record for most weeks ranked No. 1 (135), is considered among the best amateurs …

It’s been 10 years since Tiger Woods limped to victory in the 2008 US Open, an unlikely triumph that has been followed by a once-inconceivable major championship drought. Woods defied the pain of a damaged left knee and two stress fractures to defeat Rocco Mediate in a Monday playoff at Torrey Pines 10 years ago — forcing the decider in …

​Ireland's Shane Lowry and former world number one Adam Scott booked their US Open berths in sectional qualifying on Monday.

The year’s second major is just around the corner as the PGA Tour heads to Memphis. TPC Southwind in Memphis, Tennessee has hosted the St. Jude Classic since since 1989, and measures 7,239 yards, which is lengthy for a par 70. The immediate concern for many players will be next week’s US Open, with the St. Jude Classic serving as the …

American Bryson DeChambeau captured the biggest win of his short professional career with a play-off victory in the Memorial on Sunday. DeChambeau, 24, birdied the second hole of a sudden-death playoff as South Korean An Byeong-Hun put his second shot into the crowd then chipped short of the hole. American Kyle Stanley was eliminated with a bogey at the first …

What a shot.  Tiger Woods has put in a superb second round display at The Memorial in Ohio after reaching five under before play was stopped because of the threat of lightning. The highlight of his premature round was at the Par-5 11th. Woods shot a sublime 95-yard wedge within a few feet of the hole and the crowd went …

​Justin Rose kept the accelerator down Sunday, firing eight birdies in a six-under par 64 to win the Fort Worth Invitational by three strokes from Brooks Koepka.

Italy’s Francesco Molinari won the PGA Championship at Wentworth on Sunday as fellow overnight leader Rory McIlroy failed to sparkle in the final round. The 36-year-old Italian made up for his disappointment at finishing runner-up in last year’s event with a steady round of four-under-par 68 to close on 271 and secure the winner’s cheque of €944,000 and his fifth …

Northern Irish golf star Rory McIlroy played such a sublime second round of golf at the PGA Championship on Friday he had defending champion Alex Noren quipping about early retirement. The 29-year-old quadruple major winner carded a bogey-free seven-under par 65 to move to 12 under and a three-shot lead over young Englishman Sam Horsfield and French journeyman Sebastien Gros, …

The BMW PGA Championship, the European Tour’s flagship event, is currently getting underway at the Wentworth Club in Surrey but it hasn’t been an enjoyable experience thus far for Thomas Pieters.  The 26-year-old Belgian carded a disappointing three-over-par 75 on the opening day and when he needed to gain some momentum early on in today’s round, things didn’t exactly go …

​Paul Scholes' pinpoint accuracy seemingly extends far beyond the football pitch.

Europe captain Thomas Bjorn named Lee Westwood, Padraig Harrington, Graeme McDowell and Luke Donald as vice-captains for this year's Ryder Cup.

It’s time for the European Tour’s flagship event at Wentworth, Surrey once again. As such, Europe’s best players are present at the BMW PGA Championship this week. The cavalry is headed by 2014 champion Rory McIlroy, who is joined by the likes of Paul Casey and defending champion Alex Noren. The Course The West Course is a 7,284 yard par …

Matt Kuchar has a reputation as the most steady man in golf, both in terms of form and mentality. That the popular American had made a staggering 30 consecutive cuts prior to this week’s AT&T Byron Nelson, and is renowned for his polite and patient nature are a testament to this. Kuchar has fancied his chances at this event over the …

Northern Ireland’s 15-year-old Tom McKibbin is set to make his European Tour debut after accepting an invitation to compete in the inaugural Shot Clock Masters at Diamond Country Club in Austria next month. McKibbin, who is a member of his hero Rory McIlroy’s home course at Holywood Golf Club, will compete in the innovative event which will see every shot …

​It has been confirmed that next year's Irish Open event will be held in Lahinch, Co. Clare.