LOI Preview: Champions return to Brandywell as Bohs target fourth win in a row
Seán O'Connor and Aidan Fitzmaurice preview this week's League of Ireland Premier Division action as Shelbourne return to the site of their famous title win 182 days later while Bohemians target a fourth successive win at home to Waterford.
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- The Irish Sun
Padraig Harrington narrowly misses out on US Open qualification – but hope remains for another Irish ace
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Irish Daily Mirror
a day ago
- Irish Daily Mirror
Padraig Harrington comes up just short in his bid to qualify for the US Open
Padraig Harrington came up agonisingly short in his attempt on Monday to qualify for next week's US Open. The three-time major champion travelled from a Champions Tour event to tee it up at Kinsale Golf Club in Columbus, Ohio, for a US Open qualifier. There were six qualifying spots available at the 36-hole event, featuring a host of big-name players, including Rickie Fowler, Max Homa, Alex Noren, and Cameron Young. Harrington, 53, seemed out of the running after a first round of 74 left him towards the bottom of the leaderboard. But the Dubliner came firing back in the second round, playing his opening 11 holes in six-under-par to charge up the leaderboard. In the end, a bogey on the 17th hole proved costly as he finished just one shot shy of a play-off for the sixth and final spot at the US Open. Fowler, Homa, Young, Eric Cole and Chase Johnson were all in the play-off, and it was Young who booked his ticket to Oakmont thanks to a birdie on the first play-off hole. The qualifying event was won by South African Erik Van Rooyen, who shot rounds of 64 and 67 to finish on 13-under-par, six shots clear of Lanto Griffin, Bud Cauley and Justin Lower, who also booked their places at Oakmont. Elsewhere, at Duke University Golf Club in North Carolina, Tom McKibbin also came up short in his bid to tee it up in the major championship. The Holywood man finished on two-over-par for 36 holes, five shots behind the score needed to make it to Oakmont. 2010 US Open champion Graeme McDowell still has a shot, though, of qualifying for the major championship for the first time since 2020. McDowell was four-under-par after 10 holes of his second round at Emerald Dunes Golf Club in Florida when play was suspended for bad weather. He is currently three shots behind 18-year-old rising star Blades Brown and Luke Poulter, the son of Ryder Cup legend Ian, who have a share of third spot, with four qualifying spots on offer at the venue. Seamus Power's US Open prospects are over, however. The Waterford golfer withdrew after a two-over par opening round of 72 at Lambton Country Club in Canada.
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Greta Thunberg sports Bohemians jersey as she boards aid ship to Gaza
None other than Greta Thunberg has been spotted showing her support for Irish football club, Bohemian FC. The well-known climate activist was seen wearing one of the club's most sought after jerseys as she set sail on board the Madleen, as part of an effort to bring aid to Gaza. Thunberg appeared in a social media clip explaining the expedition, donning the club's third jersey, sponsored by Fontaines DC in the process. None other than Greta Thunberg has been spotted showing her support for Irish football club, Bohemian FC. Pic:The limited edition jersey was a fundraising effort and collaboration between the band and club to try to bring relief into the Gaza strip. The club, more commonly referred to as Bohemians or Bohs, have been increasingly vocal about their support for the cause, with the club's senior women's team welcomed the Palestine women's international side to Dalymount Park just last year. The club's Chief Operating Officer Daniel Lambert is manager of Kneecap, who have also been consistent in their activism. 'We are watching a systematic starvation of 2 million people. A live-streamed genocide and the world's silence is deadly. That is why we have to keep trying everything we can, even if the odds are against us.' Zeteo contributor @GretaThunberg shares moments from the Madleen.
