Mark McGowan

County Dublin

Golf and Travel Writer at Irish Golfer Magazine

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Articles

Kearney takes the spoils at Beaverstown Pro-Am

3 days ago | irishgolfer.ie | Mark McGowan

Reigning Irish PGA Championship winner Niall Kearney has secured his first win of the 2025 Irish Region campaign at the Beaverstown 40th Anniversary Pro-Am.Playing in the afternoon wave, Kearney hunted down the early pace setter, Richard O’Donovan and Simon Thornton and Richard Kilpatrick, who’d drawn level with O’Donovan from the afternoon starters, and eventually overtook them with an eagle on the fifth – his 14th – to take a lead that he’d never surrender.
PGA Championship week begins in similar fashion to Masters week

4 days ago | irishgolfer.ie | Mark McGowan

If Rory McIlroy believes in omens, then he’ll be happy with the early signs at Quail Hollow where the cream of golfing world are assembling for the US PGA Championship. Just over a month ago, early thunderstorms forced Augusta National to close the gates to patrons who had tickets for Monday’s practice round and the PGA of America have just been forced to do the same at Quail Hollow in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Moneyball - Lowry's costly three putt on 18 - Irish Golfer Magazine

4 days ago | irishgolfer.ie | Mark McGowan

Shane Lowry cast a distraught figure as he swept in a two-foot bogey putt on the 72nd hole of the PGA Tour’s Truist Championship. He knew he’d just made Sepp Straka’s task a simple one and wasn’t thinking of the financial implications, but they were there nonetheless. By bogeying the final hole, Lowry fell into a two-way tie for second alongside Justin Thomas and lost $400,000 in the process.
Against All Odds - How a kid from Santa Cruz became an Olympian, a Legend and an inspiration

4 days ago | irishgolfer.ie | Mark McGowan

When Adilson da Silva stood on the eighth tee at Seapoint in the final round of the 2024 OFX Irish Legends, he was six shots back and couldn’t buy a putt for love nor money. 14 holes later – including three playoff holes – he was sinking a birdie putt for victory. You could say the odds weren’t in his favour when he’d seven played, but then again, the odds have been stacked against him his entire career.
McIlroy satisfied with PGA Championship preparation

4 days ago | irishgolfer.ie | Mark McGowan

Rory McIlroy was not at his best in Philadelphia, but for the world number two it was more a case of gauging where his game was at and what specifically he needed to work on in the days leading up to the second major of the year this week. “I sort of struggled with this in Houston as well,” he said after his radar was slightly off with his driver, “whenever we get these big, wide, open golf courses where there’s not a ton of definition.
Heartbreak for Lowry as Straka triumphs at Truist Championship

4 days ago | irishgolfer.ie | Mark McGowan

Shane Lowry will be left wondering what might have been after a crushing three-putt on the 72nd hole left Sepp Straka with the comfort of having two putts from just inside four feet for his second PGA Tour win of 2025. He’d only need one, but the pressure was off after Lowry’s heavy-handed first effort went six feet by and the comeback putt lipped out.
Caldwell closes strongly for T11 finish in Girona

4 days ago | irishgolfer.ie | Mark McGowan

Jonathan Caldwell’s week opened with a 66 on Thursday and he matched that on Sunday to climb into a tie for 11th at the close of the HotelPlanner Tour’s Challenge de España at Fontanals Golf Club. The Clandeboye man went bogey-free on the final day, carding birdies on the first, third and sixth holes to make the turn at -3 for the day, and he added two more on 11 and 14 to record his best finish of the season in a tie for 11th at -12, and climb to 65th in the Road to Mallorca rankings.
Wilson secures personal best LET finish as Kim wins in Korea

5 days ago | irishgolfer.ie | Mark McGowan

Annabel Wilson has gone a long way to securing her playing privileges on the Ladies European Tour after a personal best T12 finish at the Aramco Korea Championship in Goyang. The Castlerock LET rookie carded a level-par closing round of 72 to hold on to a T12 position, with the result lifting her to 44th place in the Order of Merit rankings. Lauren Walsh and Anna Foster also shot level-par final rounds, finishing in a tie for 26th at +3 and a tie for 40th at +5 respectively.
Mark Power the biggest mover on moving day in Spain

5 days ago | irishgolfer.ie | Mark McGowan

Mark Power carded a bogey-free 66 to climb to just outside the top 10 on moving day at the HotelPlanner Tour’s Challenge de España in Girona. The Kilkenny native started round three on the back nine and made just a single bogey on his opening nine holes, but a three on the par-4 second kickstarted a late surge and he added further birdies on four, six and nine to move to -9 overall and into a share of 12th place, six off the lead. Two behind him are Alex Maguire and Jonathan Caldwell on -7.
Wilson in the hunt going into final round at LET's Aramco Korea Championship

6 days ago | irishgolfer.ie | Mark McGowan

Annabel Wilson is just four shots off the lead with 18 holes to go in the LET’s Aramco Korea Championship at New Korea Country Club after a two-under 72 which leaves her on level-par. Scoring has proved particularly tough at the Goyang course, with steady downpours accomapnied by a stiffish breeze, and after 36 holes of the 54-hole event, just 11 players are in red figures.