Conor Purcell couldn’t capitalise on an opening eagle and watched his hopes of topping the Challenge Tour rankings  evaporate in the Rolex Grand Final in Mallorca.

Royal Dublin amateur Hugh Foley and Whitehead’s John Ross Galbraith got off to solid starts at the First Stage of the DP World Tour Qualifying School in Bristol.

Leona Maguire needs a round in the mid-sixties to revive her hopes of a home victory after a three-over 75 left her ten shots off the pace in the KPMG Women’s Irish Open.

Mallow’s James Sugrue borrowed clubs from former West of Ireland and Irish Open champion Mikko Illonen and blasted a seven-under 65 to lead the Vierumäki Finnish Challenge by a shot.

RORY McIlroy is not giving up on his third $15 million FedEx Cup bonanza after he blasted an eight-under 64 to share the lead with Jon Rahm and Sam Burns in the BMW Championship in Baltimore.

Lahinch’s Aideen Walsh and Hermitage’s Rowan Lester took control in their respective events heading into Tuesday’s final round of the ISPS Handa Ulster Men’s and Women’s Stroke Play at Royal County Down.

Winning your first "Major" is the dream of every top amateur and the Sandy Hills Links at the stunning Rosapenna Hotel and Golf Resort will identify a top-class winner in the AIG Irish Amateur Close this weekend.

Hermitage’s Rowan Lester held off a late challenge by Kilkenny’s Mark Power to claim a two-shot win in the Connacht Stroke Play Championship at Portumna.

Hermitage’s Rowan Lester birdied five of the eight par fives to card rounds of 68 and 70 and take a three-stroke lead into the final 36 holes of the Connacht Stroke Play Championship at Portumna.

Lisburn’s Paula Grant shot a level par 72 to finish a shot behind the leading qualifiers — the English trio of Emily Price, Rosie Belsham and Isabelle Simpson, Italy’s Carolina Melgrati and Denmark’s Amalie Leth-Nissen — in the Women’s Amateur Championship at West Lancashire.