French Ladies Under 21/U18s — Lurgan’s Annabel Wilson and Killarney’s Mairead Martin advanced to Satruday’s matchplay stages of the French International Under 18 Championship for the Cartier Trophy in Paris.

Laytown and Bettystown's Alex Maguire recovered from a double bogey seven at the fifth with birdies at the 11th, 13th and  17th  to card what proved to be a winning, one under 70 in the Irish Under 14 Boys Amateur Open for the Craddock Trophy at Roscrea,

Athlone teenager Sean Doyle took another giant step forward in his career when he shot a second successive 72 to win the Faldo Series Ireland Championship by two strokes at Lough Erne.

Forrest Little's Julie McCarthy, Athlone's Sean Doyle and Carton House's Darragh Flynn lead the way after the opening rounds of the 36-hole Faldo Ireland Championships at the Lough Erne Resort in Enniskillen.

Alps Tour — Headfort's Rory McNamara was three off the lead after opening with a a one under 70 at Stage One of the Alps Tour's Q-School at La Cala in Spain.

Policemen might appear younger every year but the GUI's national senior panel is most certainly getting more youthful. Not only that, three Irish teenagers who are not even on the senior panel have decided to get more experience by entering next week's Alps Tour Q-School as amateurs.

Elm Park's Ronan Cowhey won the Titleist Footjoy Ireland sponsored 2014 Leinster Under 13 Series Final at Carton House. 

Clandeboye's Scott Miller nervelessly sank a 10-foot birdie putt at the last to fire a four over 76 and win Quinta do Lago Golf School sponsored Under 13 Open Championship at Corrstown.

Frenchman Paul Foulquie leads the way after day one of the Irish Boys Amateur Open Championship at Thurles, one shot clear of Athlone's Sean Doyle on a day of solid scoring, writes the GUI.