For any golf course superintendent/course manager changing club, there’s an ideal set of circumstances to walk into. Then, there’s the opposite, and that’s what faced Stu Sheridan when he officially took the reins at County Sligo Golf Club on New…
One word that sums up Rory McIlroy’s grand slam winning career. Resilience. A trait shaped here in County Sligo Golf Club at the West of Ireland. Twenty years ago, a wiry 15-year-old with bushy hair rocked up to the West…
18-year-old Greystones sensation Dylan Holmes may have entered the week as a 150/1 outsider, but he leaves County Sligo with the West of Ireland Championship trophy and a place in the record books alongside the likes of Rory McIlroy, Shane…
Defending Connolly Motor Group West of Ireland champion Keith Egan, former professional Stuart Grehan, Colm Campbell, Luke O’Neill and 2017 champion Barry Anderson are the headline acts remaining heading into the last-16 at County Sligo Golf Club. It was Easter…
After a mostly calm and temperate practice day, the Harry Colt Championship Links at County Sligo showed its teeth and more in the opening round of the Connolly Motor Group West of Ireland Championship. Strong winds accompanied the 138-man field…
The start list for next month’s Connolly Motor Group West of Ireland Men’s Amateur Open Championship has been confirmed after the handicap index cut fell at +1.8 for 132 players. The total field size will be 138 with six players…
The countdown continues to the 102nd West of Ireland Championship, sponsored by Connolly Motor Group, which gets underway at County Sligo Golf Club with a pre-tournament qualifier on Wednesday April 16th and the tournament proper running from Friday April 18th…
The countdown continues to the 102nd West of Ireland Championship, sponsored by Connolly Motor Group, which gets underway at County Sligo Golf Club with a pre-tournament qualifier on Wednesday April 16th and the tournament proper running from Friday April 18th…
As the year comes to a close, Christmas time is an opportunity to look forward to the future, where you mutter the words “next year will be my year.” Christmas is also a time to reflect on the highs and…
The golfing paradise of Sligo is set to host the prestigious Ireland Golf Tour Operator Association (IGTOA) National Golf Tourism Conference and Gala Awards this October. Following on from an incredibly successful event last year in Newcastle Co. Down, Golf…