Standing over the five-foot putt with the weight of history on his shoulders and the blistering Mexican heat ramping up the tension, the ball rolled by. 

Olivia Mehaffey put her two-year struggles behind her and opened with a scintillating eight-under 64 to grab a first round lead at the Amundi German Masters.

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.

Tullamore’s Stuart Grehan is praying the rain stays away today after he fired a bogey-free 68 to move up to tied sixth at halfway in the DP World Tour Qualifying School First Stage in Cheshire.

Cork’s John Hickey opened with a one-under 71 to lead the Irish challenge in the DP World Tour Qualifying School First Stage qualifier at Mottram Hall in Cheshire.

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.

Roganstown’s teenage sensation Sean Keeling carded a brilliant seven-under 65 to top the qualifiers in Regional Qualifying for The Open at County Louth and keep alive his dream of playing in The 150th Open at St Andrews next month.

West Waterford’s Austin Spratt took full advantage of his handicap allowance and carded a four-under 67 to win the nett prize in the penultimate TaylorMade Winter Series outing of the season at Portmarnock Links as Portumna’s Shane Franklin shot 67 to claim the gross.

Tullamore's Stuart Grehan made four birdies and two bogeys in a two-under 69 to win the TaylorMade Winter Series outing at Portmarnock Hotel and Golf Links.

Tullamore's Stuart Grehan made three birdies in a one-under 70 to claim the nett in a wet and windy TaylorMade Winter Series outing at Portmarnock Hotel and Golf Links.

Tullamore’s Stuart Grehan rounded off 2021 in style when he carded a four-under 68 to win the final Flogas Irish Scratch Series event of the year at Powerscourt’s West Course.

Galway’s Ronan Mullarney claimed the top prize in the Flogas Irish Scratch Series on the East Course at Powerscourt.

Seapoint’s Dylan Keating will head off to the US on a golf scholarship with a spring in his step after his win in the Flogas Irish Scratch Series at The K Club.

Ballymena’s Dermot McElroy produced a magical short game display to lead the home challenge in the Irish Challenge at a wet and windy Portmarnock Hotel and Golf Links.

Sixteen of Ireland’s top golfing talents will receive a total of €272,700 in funding through the Team Ireland Golf Scheme in 2021.

Ronan Mullarney, Cameron Raymond, Conor O’Rourke and Stuart Grehan earned Category 3 cards at the PGA Europro Tour Q-School supported by Sky Sports in Oxfordshire.

Galway’s Ronan Mullarney added a 68 to his opening 69 to lead a seven-strong Irish posse into the final round of the PGA Europro Tour Q-School at Studley Wood in Oxfordshire.

Seven of Irish golf’s 12-man entry were inside the projected cut mark after the first round of the EuroPro Tour Q-School supported by Sky Sports.

Whitehead’s John Ross Galbraith carded a two-under 70 to win the Flogas Irish Scratch Series outing on the Ryder Cup course, Palmer North, at The K Club.

Cork golfer John Hickey clinched his second win in a row in the Flogas Irish Scratch Series at The K Club.