County Sligo’s TJ Ford and reigning Connacht Strokeplay champion Jake Whelan are among the leading contenders for Saturday’s  Trade Electric Group-sponsored Castletroy Senior Men's Scratch Cup.

Millicent’s Brian Doran bounced back from his disappointment in the South of Ireland Championship to claim his first amateur ‘major’ with a two-shot win in the 62nd Mullingar Scratch Trophy.

Max Kennedy brilliantly birdied his last three holes to shoot a five-under 67 and share the lead with his Royal Dublin clubmate Jack McDonnell heading into this afternoon’s final round of the Kingspan-sponsored East of Ireland Amateur Open at Baltray.

Royal Dublin’s Jack McDonnell passed an important stress test when he recovered from a mid-round wobble to take a one-shot lead into the final two rounds of the Kingspan sponsored East of Ireland Amateur Open Championship.

Athenry’s David Kitt held off a final-round challenge from Forrest Little’s Jack McDonnell and Castleknock duo Quentin Carew and Paul Coughlan to claim a hard-fought two-stroke win in the Trade Electric Group-sponsored Castletroy Senior Scratch Cup on Saturday.

Galform Castle’s Joshua Hill carded a three-under 69 to take a one-shot lead over Malone’s Matthew McClean into the last two rounds of the South African Stroke Play Championship.

Séan Keeling is just four shots off the pace at halfway in the 93rd Portuguese International Amateur Championship at Montado Golf Resort.

US Mid-Amateur champion Matt McClean shot a rollercoaster 72 to lead the Irish challenge in the African Amateur Strokeplay Championship at Leopard Creek.

Robert Brazill, Richard Knightly and Robert Moran were the best of the Irish after the opening round of the African Amateur Strokeplay Championship at Leopard Creek.

Alex Maguire became the first Laytown and Bettystown member to win the East of Ireland Amateur Open in 41 years when he came from 10 shots behind at halfway to win by two shots on eight-under-par.

Naas’ Robert Brazill will be bidding to complete a remarkable comeback from injury and falling out of love with the game when he takes a one-stroke lead into this afternoon’s final round of The D Hotel-sponsored East of Ireland Amateur Open at County Louth.

A cold east wind gusting over 20 mph proved no impediment to Scotland’s Shaun Hedger as he carded a best-of-the-day five-under 67 to take a two-stroke lead into the final 36 holes of The D Hotel sponsored East of Ireland Amateur Open at County Louth.

Castle's Robert Moran was hoping to become the first Irish winner since Paul Cutler in 2010 but a poor start to his third round proved crucial as he finished four shots behind England’s John Gough in the Lytham Trophy at Royal Lytham and St Annes.

Castle Golf Club’s Robert Moran looks determined to score a big win sooner or later and took another giant step in that direction on Saturday at the Lytham Trophy.

Dundalk's Caolan Rafferty proved the old adage that form is fleeting but class is permanent when he took advantage of excellent first-round conditions to open with a six-under 65 in the Connolly's Audi sponsored West of Ireland Amateur Championship at County Sligo's Rosses Point Links.

Sherry Golf Jerez took its share of victims in the second qualifying round for the Copa del Rey and Peter O’Keeffe certainly won’t forget it in a hurry.

Athenry’s David Kitt looks set for a big season and after opening with a brace of two-under 70s, he head the Irish challenge in the 92nd Portuguese International Amateur Championship at Montado Golf Resort.

Ireland came back from losing the foursomes session to tie 4.5-4.5 with France on the opening day of the Octagonal Matches at Costa Ballena in Cádiz.

Golf Ireland has selected a six-man team for next week’s Octagonal Matches in Spain.

Twelve men and seven women have been selected to form the backbone of Ireland’s international squads for next year.

Ireland produced an incredible singles comeback to tie 7.5-7.5 with England and claim the men’s Home Internationals for the fifth time in seven editions at Hankley Common in Surrey.

Irish skipper John Carroll vowed that Ireland will not “lie down” as they seek victory over England and their 19th Home Internationals triumph at Hankley Common.

International debutants Alex Maguire, Jack McDonnell, TJ Ford and Liam Nolan picked up points as Ireland opened the Men's Home Internationals with an 8.5-6.5 win over Scotland at Hankley Common in Surrey.

Jack McDonnell won the One Finance sponsored Dundalk Scratch Cup for the first time when he beat local favourite Caolan Rafferty on the first play-off hole after both had finished the 36 hole tournament on seven-under-par.