'I've loved coming to Ireland since the first time, I think it was in '99 when me, Payne (Stewart) and Marco (Mark O’Meara) were over here and we were fishing down in Waterville here. We played Ballybunion'

Woods required surgery on open fractures to his lower right leg and further injuries to his foot and ankle following the single-vehicle accident in February last year.

'All the tenuous links to the things that these guys have allegedly done when we know that the links are, like I say, tenuous at best. It doesn't mean everyone in Saudi Arabia is a bad person'

Sixteen years ago at the K Club, an 11-year-old Leona Maguire was successful in her request for a picture with Tiger Woods

Golf stars and celebs alike have flocked to Limerick for the famous Pro-Am competition at Adare Manor.

For the amateur players who have come through the Grand Qualfiers, teeing it up with the world's greatest golfers truly is the thrill of a lifetime

An impressive list of top golfers and A-list celebrities are gathering in a Co Tipperary golf club this week — all in the name of charity.

Overseeing the mammoth project that is the JP McManus Pro-Am at Adare Manor is the resort's deputy GM, John Kelly. "This is the sixth pro-am that JP will host and he said he wants this one to be the best. Things are lining up nicely for it to be the best.'

Five years is a long time in any walk of life and Adare Manor director of golf operations Andy McMahon is certainly not going to predict how the course will be prepared for the 2027 Ryder Cup

The JP McManus Pro-Am is a global event in its own right but this week's spectacular will also inform Adare Manor in terms of the 2027 Ryder Cup

While the high-profile celebrities and champion golfers will attract most of the attention, charities in the Mid-West will continue to benefit long after they have departed Adare Manor.

The welcome mat is rolled out in Adare and will offer an understated céad mile fáilte to the thousands who arrive Monday to watch golf’s biggest talents - and some A-list celebrities.

After Rome in 2023, the next time the Ryder Cup comes to Europe will be at Adare Manor in 2027. This week's JP McManus Pro-Am is a dry run for the extravagantly-funded parkland. Famed course designer Tom Fazio has no fears whatsoever.

Football fans will head for fourballs led by Tyrell Hatton and David Howell, with former Liverpool and Chelsea stars Andriy Schevchenko, Kenny Dalglish, Alan Hansen and John Terry on board.

How is it that a field like for the JP McManus Pro-Am can be so turned on to a non-competitive gathering in the southwest of Ireland in the middle of the season’s primetime?