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CHAMPIONSHIP 2000/REPLAY TACTICS

  • `See replay as a new match'

    Random theory probably provides the best guide to Saturday's All-Ireland final. Although a big-match replay occasionally throws up a match like the Meath-Mayo replay of four years ago which went much as the drawn match did, the second day is generally governed by different rhythms. p
ON RUGBYBack to Top

  • Ripening process almost complete

    The leaves have turned brown, there's a decided chill in the air, the Olympics have gone, the GAA championships are almost over (barring another draw), it's rugby time and it's harvest festival time, so therefore it's time to reap what you sow. p
GAELIC GAMES/ROUND-UPBack to Top

  • Wexford officials make no comment on junior disorder

    Wexford officials are making no comment on the outbreak of disorder at Sunday's junior football championship semi-final between Marshalstown and Blackwater in Enniscorthy. The match degenerated into a free-for-all in the closing five minutes after Marshalstown scored a goal to seal their victory. p
INTERNATIONAL RULES/AUSTRALIAN PANELBack to Top

  • Past two captains ruled out of series

    Australia's International Rules panel arrives in Dublin tomorrow night in some disarray due to injuries and withdrawals. The finalised travelling party will be without goalkeeper Stephen Silvagni and the last two captains, Nathan Buckley and Wayne Carey - both set to undergo surgery in what is the Australians' close season. p
RUGBY/INJURIESBack to Top

  • Injuries double in professional era

    Injuries among rugby players have almost doubled since the sport scrapped its amateur status five years ago, according to research published today. p
NEWS/ROUND-UPBack to Top

  • Transfer `ban' at United

    Manchester United yesterday ruled out making any big-money signings until the European Commission's challenge to football transfer fees has been resolved. p
NATIONAL LEAGUE/COLUMNBack to Top

  • Rovers at the crossroads

    Standing alone, in his customary position at the edge of the athletics track in Morton Stadium, it was easy to understand why Shamrock Rovers chairman Joe Colwell didn't look like the happiest of men on Sunday. p
WORLD CUP/SQUAD NEWSBack to Top

  • England at full strength

    Kevin Keegan found himself in a most unusual and privileged position for an international manager yesterday. After a full programme of Premiership fixtures at the weekend, and despite the fact that he named 27 players in his squad, the England boss had not one telephone call citing injury as a reason for withdrawal from the England-Germany match at Wembley on Saturday afternoon. p
WORLD CUP QUALIFIER/GROUP TWOBack to Top

  • Kelly forced out of the squad

    After losing a third player from his original squad of 22 for the forthcoming World Cup qualifying matches against Portugal and Estonia, Mick McCarthy made the first additions to his panel yesterday. p
SOCCER/INTERNATIONAL NEWSBack to Top

  • Brazil decide to give Luxemburgo the boot

    Under-achieving Brazilian coach Wanderley Luxemburgo has been sacked - his side's humiliating loss to Cameroon at the Olympics proving a defeat too far - the president of the Brazilian football federation (CBF) Ricardo Teixeira announced in Rio de Janeiro yesterday. Luxemburgo was already in the line of fire with Brazil lying fourth in their 10-team World Cup qualifying group, and his fate was sealed when his Olympic line-up lost 21 to eventual champions Cameroon in the quarter-finals in Sydney. p
OLYMPIC GAMES/NEXT MOVESBack to Top

  • O'Sullivan's short rest

    Sonia O'Sullivan is set to renew rivalry with the Kenyan Tegla Loroupe in the Grand Prix finals at Doha in Qatar on Thursday. p

  • Athens takes baton

    Sydney's acclaimed success as hosts of the Olympic Games has made the task of organising the 2004 Athens Games all the more daunting for Greek officials. p
RACING/NEWSBack to Top

  • Nayef set to run at Ascot

    Nayef, 25 to 1 second favourite in the lists for next year's Epsom Derby, will make his eagerly-awaited second racecourse appearance at Ascot on Saturday if the ground is not too testing. p
RACING/ARC AFTERMATHBack to Top

  • Handicappers agree on 4lb rise for Sinndar

    Sinndar has been raised 4lb to 132 in the ratings following his sparkling performance in winning the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe Lucien Barriere at Longchamp on Sunday. p
EUROPEAN TOUR/WORLD MATCHPLAYBack to Top

  • No let-up in Harrington's pursuit of excellence

    The first phone call shortly before noon yesterday found him in the gym. For the next one, after lunch, he was on the practice ground at Wentworth. Padraig Harrington was clearly determined to keep himself busy after an unplanned break from golfing activities on Sunday. p
BETTING/WORLD MATCHPLAYBack to Top

  • Look to Westwood for a sixth victory

    On his way to a somewhat belated win in this event last year, Colin Montgomerie - although an IMG man to his bones - mused about the fairness of a system that gave four players in the select 12-man field a bye into the second round. With each match determined over 36 holes, the Scot felt that anyone who missed out on day one had an advantage straight away in the quest for the title and the pay cheque. p
CADDIE'S ROLE/COLIN BYRNEBack to Top

  • Memories of the bad old days

    It has long been a tradition on the European Tour for caddies to have access to the clubhouse. Before it depended on the host golf club to decide if the caddies were let loose in the inner sanctum of clubhouse or not. Normally the porter was left lurking outside. We didn't know any better than to wait like dogs for our master to come and retrieve us from our loyal waiting position. p
US TOUR/BUICK CHALLENGEBack to Top

  • Enigmatic Duval back in shape

    The indignity of taking four strokes to escape from the Road Hole Bunker in the final round of the British Open in July, would have seemed a lot less painful for David Duval after the events of last weekend. With a final round of 65, Duval marked a comeback to tournament golf by winning the Buick Challenge at Callaway Gardens, Georgia on Sunday. p
IN FOCUS/THE DEVELOPMENT OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN GOLFBack to Top

  • The struggle to gain acceptance

    The hurt was evident in her eyes. "They called it the Nigger Nine," she said. "Indeed some of them still do, despite the fact that we extended to 18 holes 22 years ago." Renee Powell was talking about the golf course her father built, which is celebrated in one of two, wonderfully uplifting books, recently published in the US. p
LINKS TO THE LINKSBack to Top

  • The mysteries of handicapping

    So you've gone and won the Captain's prize. Well done, after all, you've been nursing that handicap all year. But in honour of your achievement, the Committee have decided to cut you two shots. Can they do that? p
LINKS TO THE LINKS/ BOOKS/HOLEBYHOLE.COMBack to Top

  • Desktop solution?

    One of the better sites for books, with a direct association with amazon.com. It also includes links to websites and email lists of golf writers. p
LINKS TO THE LINKS/ AMATEURS/ISTINKATGOLF.COMBack to Top

  • No pretensions

    "We are a group of golfers you will never see on the pro tour. However, we do love the game equally as well. We are dedicating this website to the 90 per cent of the 45 millions golfers out there who like us, may never come close to par on our best day. "If you're looking for a place to come and share your experiences and learn more about the wonderful game of golf, you have come to the right place. Please feel free to send us your stories, we will be happy to publish them and include a link to your own site if you have one." p
LINKS TO THE LINKS/QUOTE OF THE DAYBack to Top

  • World record?

    Columbus went around the world in 1492, that isn't a lot of strokes when you consider the course. - Lee Trevino. This comes courtesy of triviagolf.com, which, aside from offering a golf-related quiz, is also the perfect site for you statistics anoraks. p
LINKS TO THE LINKS/PERSONALIZEDGOLFBALLS.COMBack to Top

  • Personal touch

    Although this could appeal to those of you with outsized egos, this is aimed primarily at the corporate market. p
MORE LINKS TO THE LINKS/EXCHANGE PROGRAMMEBack to Top

  • Internet savvy applied to travel bug

    It has long been known that the desire to play on different courses is an inherent feature of the golfer's psyche. Why should golfers have to find the same bunker in their local club every week when there are so many bunkers scattered around the globe? The golfer's need to seek bunkers new explains why golf is the biggest sport-related travel industry in the world, with current figures describing a $12 billion sector that's growing at 12-15 per cent per annum. It has also long been known (this time in cyberspace), that golfers form one of the largest and most established "Internet-savvy" groups. Almost every conceivable aspect of the game, from every perspective, can be found online. No other sport has had so much web space devoted to it for so long. p
WOMEN'S GOLF/SOLHEIM CUPBack to Top

  • Moodie adds zest to the European fight

    The Solheim Cup has almost sneaked up on us. No mad furore over the wild card picks - European captain Dale Reid had five of them - and no commotion in the locker room about who should or shouldn't be in the side. It would seem to indicate that both Europe and the United States face into the event at Loch Lomond, starting on Friday, without any of the bad blood that lingers among their male equivalents following last year's so-called "Battle of Brookline". p
THE SHORT GAMEBack to Top

  • Kilkenny pace-setter

    Eamonn Crosse is setting all sorts of records at Kilkenny. The 61-year-old 10 handicapper was in top form in the end of season matchplay finals at the club, being unbeaten in 19 matches and winning three trophies. He was a winner of the club mixed finals with partner Mary Hughes, and followed a couple of days later with a win in the fourball with John O'Leary. And then, from a field of 250 in which he had to qualify, Eamonn won the singles title. However, Eamonn's exploits in the matchplay finals were not good enough to stop Graham Nugent winning the Golfer of the Year trophy. One handicapper Graham beat his nearest challenger Steven Sheehan in the Richard Duggan Cup which hauled him back level with Steven and he took the trophy on a countback. p

  • Royal talent

    A total of 85 professionals will tee-up in the Moran Cup at Royal Dublin next Monday. The much sought after trophy was presented to honour the memory of Michael Moran, who was Royal Dublin's professional in 1914. p

  • An annual success

    The annual Waterford Crystal/Autumn Leaves Classic again proved an outstanding success at Dunmore East last week when teams from Britain and Ireland competed for the overall award. Victory went to Anne Collins (Hazel Grove) and Siobhan Ward (Ballymote) who amassed 144 points to win from Michael Kennedy (Co Sligo) and John Martin (Tramore) who shot 136, a point ahead of Breda Skerritt (Dun Laoghaire) and Mary Kennedy (Co Sligo). p

  • Singing in the rain

    In a very close finish Bernie and Lily Lacey won the 2000 National P&P Mixed Foursomes title at Gael Colmcille club in Kells at the weekend. Played in very wet conditions, the Trim Club pair won on a countback from Gerry and Carol Treacy (RGSC) after both pairs had finished on 16 up. p

  • The missing captain

    How can you shoot 49 points in the captain's prize and not win. Simple, when you are the captain. John Rockett is the captain of the AIB Bank Eastern area golfing Society and at his captain's prize in Headfort recently John shot the lights out with 49 points off a 19 handicap over the Co Meath venue. p

  • A Galway Bay pearl

    Shelia Reilly from the Galway Bay club was in sparkling form to win the first outing of the Christy O'Connor junior Oyster Pearl Golf Society to Athlone golf club last week. Sheila, who plays to a 29 handicap, shot 40 points to win by one from Sally Ronaghan (Athlone) and Alice Murphy (Oughterard). p

  • Recording a 53

    No your eyes aren't about to deceive you. Last Sunday, Billy Smyth went around Kilternan in 75 shots. Nothing unusual in that you might say. But if you take into account that Billy plays off a handicap of 22, it does make a difference as his nett score was an unbelievable 53. You can stop rubbing your eyes, it does say 53. p

  • Family fortunes

    There was a family takeover of the top prizes at the North Western Golfing Alliance outing at Letterkenny on Saturday. The McMenamin brothers, Enda and Barry, headed home having ended the day victorious in the nett and gross categories respectively. p

  • Missing out twice

    It was close, but not close enough for Eithne McMorrow at Seapoint last week. Playing in two separate competitions in the space of five days, she was in the prizes twice, but, sadly for her, just missed out on taking the honours in both events. p
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