Dunbar wins British Amateur Championship
Northern Ireland's Alan Dunbar has won the British Amateur Golf Championship.
Northern Ireland's Alan Dunbar has won the British Amateur Golf Championship.
Stephanie Meadow has been knocked out of this year's Ladies' British Open Amateur Championship at Royal Portrush.
Irish international Stephanie Meadow is through to the last 16 of the British Ladies Amateur Golf Championship at Royal Portrush after beating the leading qualifier Camilla Hedberg of Spain at the 19th hole in a second round match this evening.
Ireland's elite golfers will take on Europe's top amateur female golfers at the 106th British Amateur Championship being played over the challenging Royal St David's Golf Course at Harlech in North Wales, Tuesday 9 June to Saturday 13 June 2009.
Irish Walker Cup player Jonathan Caldwell secured his place in the matchplay stages of the British Amateur Championship at a windy Turnberry this morning.
County Down teenager Rory McIlroy won the prestigious European Amateur Championship in Italy today, earning himself a place in the British Open next year.
Irishman Adrian Morrow, a member at Portmarnock Golf Club, won the silver medal which goes to the leading amateur who completes four rounds of the Senior British Open Championship.
Sixteen-year-old Oliver Fisher, from Essex, is to become the youngest player in Walker Cup history after being named today in Britain and Ireland's side to defend the trophy in Chicago on August 13-14.
Brian McElhinney, winner of the British Amateur Championship at Royal Birkdale last weekend heads Ireland's team for the European Team Championship which will be played over the Hillside course in Southport from 28 June to 2 July.
Donegal's Brian McElhinney has made it to the final of the British Amateur championship at Royal Birkdale.
Ireland will have two men in action in the last eight of the British Amateur Golf Championship at Royal Birkdale tomorrow morning.
Amir Khan's father today argued that British amateur boxing officials have maltreated the Olympic silver medallist since his withdrawal from the ABA Championships.
Gary Wolstenholme has failed in his attempt to become the first player since 1978 to make a successful defence of the British Amateur Championship St Andrews today, while Ireland's Gareth Maybin won his match despite being struck by a stray ball.
Two Irish players have survived into the third round of the British Amateur Championship at St Andrews.
The Golfing Union of Ireland has nominated seven players to compete in this summer's British Amateur Championship at St Andrew's.
Alison Coffey was beaten this morning in the semi-finals of the British Amateur Championship at Ashburnham.
Ireland has two representatives in the last 16 at the Ladies British Amateur Championship at Ashburnham.
The International Amateur Athletics Federation have reopened bidding to host the World Championships in 2005, following the British Government's decision not to build a new athletics arena in London.
Michael Hoey won by a single hole today to become the only Irishman to make the last eight of the British Amateur Golf Championships.
Darren Clarke has emerged from what his manager has called serious therapy to believe that he does have a chance of winning this week's Players Championship in Florida.