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.

Seamus Power struggled to a five-over 76 to finish a disappointing nine shots behind Peter Malnati in the Valspar Championship in Florida.

John Parry secured a dramatic return to the winner’s circle in the Delhi Challenge, firing a sensational seven under par round of 65 on the final day to triumph at Classic Golf & Country Club.

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.

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.

Irish trio Gary Hurley, Tom McKibbin and Brendan Lawlor missed the cut as Grant Forrest shot the low round of the week to join Lucas Herbert and Jazz Janewattananond in a share of the lead at the ISPS HANDA-CHAMPIONSHIP in Japan.

West Waterford's Gary Hurley birdied three of his last seven holes to keep the leaders in his sights in the ISPS HANDA – CHAMPIONSHIP.

A young affable chap turned up at West Waterford Golf Club, he was a sports fanatic but his early years had been dedicated to GAA and Pat Murphy could not have expected much on that first encounter.

LEONA MAGUIRE's one-under 71 left her seven strokes behind world number one Lydia Ko and Thailand's Pajaree Anannarukarn in the Aramco Saudi Ladies International.

Holywood star Tom McKibbin plans to keep his head down and play his game after firing a three-under 69 to claim the clubhouse lead at halfway in the rain-delayed Singapore Classic.

Holywood's Tom McKibbin blasted an eight-under 64 to snatch the early clubhouse lead in the Singapore Classic and admitted Rory McIlroy has been a major inspiration as he bids to join world number one at the top of the game.

Pádraig Harrington feels there is no option but to continue to "lash away" after he struggled to find fairways and found himself six shots off the halfway lead in the Ras Al Khaimah Championship.

Pádraig Harrington dominated the young guns from the tee but a lukewarm putter left him five shots off the pace in the Ras Al Khaimah Championship.

Gary Hurley is looking forward to recharging for 2023 after completing "a fairytale year" with a career-best tie for 14th in the AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open.

Gary Hurley credited a “good sleep” and a better attitude for his move up the leaderboard as he made seven birdies in a second-round 68 in the AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open.

Rookies Tom McKibbin and John Murphy opened with two-under 70s but found themselves eight strokes behind Finland’s Sami Välimäki in the year-ending AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open.

West Waterford’s Gary Hurley has signed a two-year sponsorship deal with Killarney-based Golf Tour Operator, Experience Ireland Golf & Travel.

TOM MCKIBBIN appears to be closing inexorably on that maiden win predicted by Pádraig Harrington after closing with a six-under 66 to tie for 13th behind South Africa's Ockie Strydom in the Alfred Dunhill Championship.