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Irish Golf Desk (Free subscription) | yesterday
Padraig Harrington and financier Dermot Desmond are reported to have lost £16m (€17.6m) after the technology firm U4EA Technologies went into administration in July. According to a report by Ian Kehoe in the Sunday Business Post , Harrington and Desmond ploughed a total of stg£21.8 million into U4EA Technologies in Britain through several rounds of investment in recent years. “Court...
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SportsFilter (Free subscription) | 28/11/2009
Earlier this year, the Fox Sports Network show Sport Science decided to test whether the Happy Gilmore running hockey swing would actually work in golf. "To find out, we brought in the only person who was willing to try such a bizarre swing ... Padraig Harrington."
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Irish Golf Desk (Free subscription) | 28/11/2009
Philip Walton once described it as being “like a prison sentence” but for triple major winner Padraig Harrington, the European Tour Qualifying School is a place of horror. In fact, it's the only place he has ever seen a ghost. The annual, six-round nightmare pits 156 players - a mixture of young dreamers and old battle-hardened old hands - in a scramble for 30 tour cards. It is a nerve-shredding...
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The Sports Union (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
After stuffing your face with turkey, mashed potatoes and pumpkin pie all you want to do is sit and veg out. So I’ve compiled some after-Thanksgiving videos for your lounging-about pleasure. (This post is dedicated to one of my old college roommates, Tom Weiss, who quite possibly watched more TV than anybody at the University [...]
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The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
EUROPEAN TOUR NEWS ROUND-UP:TIME, AS experience tells us, is a great healer. In Rory McIlroy’s case, it’s a commodity that is in short supply as he has only a matter of days to get over the disappointment of losing out to Lee Westwood in the race to be Europe’s number one for the season before teaming-up with fellow-Ulsterman Graeme McDowell in the World Cup at Mission Hills in China....
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icWales (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
RYDER Cup captain Colin Montgomerie should be a happy man this week as for the first time ever Europe has six players in the world’s top 10.
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Irish Golf Desk (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
An impressive Niall Kearney fired eight birdies in a superb, six under par 66 to clinch his place in this week's European Tour Qualifying School finals. The 21-year old Walker Cup player was one of five Irishmen to come through stage two in Spain, finishing two shots behind Sweden’s Fredrik Ohlsson in brilliant share of second place on 12 under par 276 at Costa Ballena near Cadiz.
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BBC News (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
Rory McIlroy's consolation on missing out on the European number one spot for 2009 is his move into the world's top 10 for the first time.
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ireland.com (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
Rory McIlroy still had something to cheer this morning despite missing out on the European Tour number one spot – as he became only the second 20-year-old to enter the world’s top 10.
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The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
EUROPEAN TOUR NEWS:THERE ARE some golfers who can’t wait to lock their clubs away in a cupboard as soon as the rawness of winter descends. Pádraig Harrington, for sure, is not one of them. And, although the Dubai World Championship – where he finished tied-fourth alongside Geoff Ogilvy, some nine shots adrift of winner Lee Westwood – represented his last serious foray onto...
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Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
Lee Westwood of England maintained his two-shot lead at the Dubai World Championship after shooting a 6-under-par 66 Saturday in the third...
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The Telegraph India (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
Dubai: Seasoned Indian golfer Jeev Milkha Singh hopped back into contention for a top-10 finish after a brilliant four-under 68 in the penultimate round gave him a share of the 15th spot in the Dubai World Championship here on Saturday.
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ABC (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
A flawless round of 66 by Lee Westwood, and late mistakes by his young Race to Dubai rival Rory McIlroy, gave the Englishman a considerable advantage with one round to go in the Dubai World Championship.
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Irish Golf Desk (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
Rory McIlroy bogeyed his last three holes on Saturday to leave Lee Westwood with one hand on the Dubai World Championship and the Race to Dubai title. The Ulsterman was tied for lead with Westwood and six under par for his round through 15 holes before racking up a costly bogey hat-trick from the 16th. Westwood carded a six-under par 66 to lead by two shots on 15 under from Ross McGowan (66) with...
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pentnews | 17/08/2009
Tiger Woods's failure to turn a commanding lead into a U.S. PGA Championship win on Sunday not only cost him a 15th major, but also left Irish bookmaker Paddy Power (PAP.I) 1.5 million euros ($2.12 million) out of pocket. Paddy Power, renowned for settling its bets early, paid out to all backers of Woods after just 36 holes when the world number one was four shots clear at odds of 1/5. However South
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