Six Irish players made their seasonal bow on the Alps Tour in the Ein Bay Open in Egypt

Max Kennedy opened with a six-under 67 in the Hotel Planner Tour’s NTT DATA Pro-Am at Fancourt.

Gary Hurley, Max Kennedy and Dermot McElroy have work to do to make the 72-hole cut at the Final Stage of the DP World Tour Qualifying School.

Irish golf will have just three players at this week’s Final Stage of the DP World Tour Qualifying School after Paul Dunne, Niall Kearney, Liam Nolan, and Jonny Caldwell missed out in a Monday finish in Almeria.

Conor Purcell got 2024 off to a hot start when he fired an eagle and four birdies in a five-under 67 to lie just a shot off the lead in the Challenge Tour’s Bain’s Whisky Cape Town Open.

Gary Hurley opened with a four-under 68 in his first event for eight months to lie just four shots behind leaders Wilco Nienaber and Alexander Levy in the Sunshine Tour’s SDC Open in South Africa.

Tom McKibbin fired just one of eight bogey-free rounds to share 20th on his debut in the Nedbank Golf Challenge.

Paul Dunne missed out but Naas’ Conor O’Rourke and Ballymena’s Dermot McElroy kept their hopes of winning a DP World Tour card alive by coming through the weather-delayed Second Stage of the Qualifying School in Spain.

Rookie Tom McKibbin ended a run of three straight missed cuts with his seventh top-25 finish of the season in the KLM Open as former Irish teammate Liam Nolan claimed the Brabazon Trophy at Sunningdale.

Golf Ireland offers ambitious young players a clear pathway from the amateur game to the world’s top tours and this week it officially launched the 2023 Golf Ireland Professional Scheme with seven golfers receiving €35,000 each from Sport Ireland.

Hollywood teenager Tom McKibbin credited his fighting spirit and consistency as key after he closed with a six-under 66 to become the youngest Irish player since Rory McIlroy to clinch his DP World Tour card at the Rolex Challenge Tour Grand Final.

Gary Hurley, Conor O’Rourke and Cormac Sharvin are inside the qualifying mark at halfway in the Second Stage of the DP World Tour Q-School in Spain.

Ardglass’ Cormac Sharvin came back from a nightmare start to keep alive his hopes of winning back his DP World Tour card at the Second Stage of Q-School in Spain.

Twelve Irishman will continue their quest for DP World Tour cards in the Second Stage of the Q-School at four Spanish venues on Thursday.

Stuart Grehan finished just a shot outside a playoff for the PGA Europro Tour's Wright-Morgan Championship at Clevedon but moved to within touching distance of winning a Challenge Tour card heading to the season-ending Matchroom Tour Championship at Lough Erne Resort next month.

Niall Kearney is looking to finish the BMW International Open on a high ahead of next week's Horizon Irish Open as Derry's Ruaidhri McGee takes a share of the lead into the final round at the Challenge Tour's Blot Open de Bretagne.

The 2022 Northern Ireland Open presented by Modest! Golf marks the 13th year of this renowned homegrown event where an exciting new format will be played over three venues.

Kinsale's John Murphy clinched his Challenge Tour card without hitting a shot, but Ballymena's Dermot McElroy missed out on his despite making an ace in a closing 65 in the Europro Tour's Matchroom Tour Championship at Slaley Hall.