Greg Allen

Sport Journalist

Ennis' Aideen Walsh missed the cut by a single stroke

Folke puts on a show while there's heartbreak for Walsh

Just as the light began to fade late on the second day's play at the KPMG Irish Women's Open at Dromoland Castle, 27-year-old Swede Moa Folke struck a seven iron to 25 feet on the closing hole and rolled in the putt for an eagle three to take a two-shot lead at the halfway point.

Golf • 23 Sep 22

Leona Maguire chips onto the sixth green at Dromoland Castle

Maguire recovers well as Walsh impresses on home soil

Leona Maguire shrugged off a poor start to move into contention after day one of the KPMG Women's Irish Open at Dromoland Castle in County Clare.

Golf • 22 Sep 22

"This is only the second time in his career that McIlroy has been in the field for an Open at St Andrews – a venue which has been quite rewarding for him down the years"

No golfing truce as a history-drenched Open looms

The war of words in golf continued apace as the world's best arrived at the spiritual home of the game for the 150th Open Championship at St Andrews, where the Irish contingent are well set to mount a challenge, writes Greg Allen

Golf • 13 Jul 22

Mount Juliet bids to rekindle unique Irish Open feel

As a host course for the Irish Open, Mount Juliet near Thomastown in County Kilkenny has a cachet about it that few other venues can bring to one of the most enduringly popular sporting occasions of the year on the island.

Golf • 29 Jun 22

Lavin and McCormack shine on day one in Santry

Olympians Sarah Lavin and Fionnuala McCormack won the 100m hurdles and 5000m respectively on day one of the Irish Life Health National Track and Field Championships at Morton Stadium in Santry.

Athletics • 25 Jun 22

All the build-up has been about the Saudi lead LIV golf

LIV Golf shadow looms large over US Open

While most of the build-up to the 122nd US Open have been overshadowed by events elsewhere in the golfing world, Greg Allen believes that we're in for four days of thrilling major action, where the Irish can make a big mark.

Golf • 15 Jun 22

'Whatever happens for McIlroy this week in Dublin, Ohio, the US Open at Brookline in Boston in a fortnight offers another chance and there will be many more'

Rory searches for Goldilocks zone at Golden Bear course

A week in Ohio could be just what Rory McIlroy needs right now. And if the tournament host is available for a discreet chat, all the better.

Golf • 31 May 22

"Questions about the heavily funded upstart new tour and the absence of the 2021 champion from the field have dominated the preview days"

PGA arrives at Tulsa as golf's civil war rumbles on

The often used mantra that we hear in golf these days of 'not mixing politics and sport' rings fairly hollow in regard to the second men's major of the year , writes Greg Allen

Golf • 18 May 22

'There's so much more to winning around Augusta than a good form line based on the PGA Tour schedule.'

Welcome to the magical, wild, wide-open Masters

Trying to call a winner this year is maybe more difficult than it's been since pre-Tiger times as there is no dominant figure in the world of golf right now. Anything could happen at Augusta National, writes Greg Allen.

Golf • 06 Apr 22

Jakob Ingebrigsten has a fine Cross Country pedigree, which should be on display Sunday

Irish hopes and Norwegian royalty garnish Cross Country

Almost a year to the day from when it was originally scheduled to take place, Dublin will host the European Cross Country Championships on Sunday at the Sport Ireland Campus in Abbotstown. Greg Allen looks ahead to the prospects of Irish medal hopes.

Athletics • 11 Dec 21