Can anyone stop Royal Dublin's Niall Kearney at the LowFuelCard.ie Irish PGA Championship?
The defending champion took a firm grip on proceedings at Dundalk on Friday, carding a second round 66 to reach 13 under with 36 holes remaining.

Defending champion Niall Kearney (Royal Dublin) and Eamonn Brady (Clontarf GC) are locked together at the top of leaderboard after the opening day of the LowFuelCard.ie Irish PGA Championship at Dundalk.

Team Ireland's SImon Thornton fired a three under par 67 to lead after the opening day of the Cairndhu Pro-Am

Richard Kilpatrick has a one shot lead heading into Tuesday's second and final round of the PGA Southern Championship at Powerscourt Golf Club's East Course.

Waterville's David Higgins carded rounds of 68 and 75 to win The Heritage Challenge Pro-Am on Monday.

Clontarf's Eamonn Brady, Royal Dublin's, Patrick Devine and Mullingar's James Quinlivan  shared top spot at the PGA Sprint event at Seapoint.

Mark Staunton carded a composed one under par 70 to win the PGA Sprint event at the European Club on Monday.

Michael McDermott laid down an early marker ahead of the 104th Irish PGA Championship sponsored by the Down Syndrome Centre, carding a superb six under par 63 to win the pre-tournament Pro-Am at Adare Manor.

The Hertfordshire's Sean Whiffin took the top spot in the Northern Ireland Open Challenge qualifier when he fired a four under 68 at Hilton Templepatrick to take the first of three spots in the field for the €170,000 Challenge Tour event set for Galgorm Castle later this month.