Ireland’s Shane Lowry has stormed into the lead midway through the final round of the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship at St Andrews today.

Former champion Thomas Levet today suffered a nightmare start to his first round as the Alstom Open de France got under way in Paris.

Thomas Levet, the Ryder Cup player who broke a leg jumping in a lake to celebrate his French Open victory last July, is out of golf again with a broken rib.

Thomas Levet has followed Tiger Woods in withdrawing from next week’s Open after fracturing his shin jumping in a lake on Sunday.

JUMPING in a lake to celebrate his French Open win has put Thomas Levet out of this week’s Scottish Open — and quite possibly the British Open as well.

THOMAS LEVET described himself as living out a dream yesterday when he finally captured the French Open championship 25 years after first playing in it.

Thomas Levet described himself as living out a dream today when he finally captured the French Open championship 25 years after first playing in it.

James Morrison dropped three shots in the last two holes to only share the lead with fellow Englishman Mark Foster with a round to go at the Alstom French Open in Paris.

The chairman of The Open’s championship committee has dismissed as “absolute nonsense” the accusation that they showed favouritism in deciding when to stop play during the second round at St Andrews.

Former champion Paul Lawrie today got the 139th Open Championship under way in near-perfect conditions at St Andrews.

Thomas Levet was left wishing he was playing at The Masters rather than commentating on it after bursting into contention at the Andalucian Open in Malaga today.

An ambitious Ian Poulter saw his five-stroke halfway lead at the Barclays Singapore Open disappear after just six holes of his third round today as Thomas Levet and Japan’s Kodai Ichihara took full advantage before play was suspended.

Thomas Bjorn and Thomas Levet, both runners-up in The Open in the last seven years, are among 96 players at Sunningdale tomorrow competing for 10 places at Turnberry next month.

Gareth Maybin did not leave Turin in the best of moods last May after missing the halfway cut in the Piemonte Open.

Muirfield in Scotland will host the 2013 Open, it was announced today.

It was not only a bad back that Thomas Levet returned from The Masters with last month – it was also an important lesson in how to win.

Former Ryder Cup player Thomas Levet dedicated victory to Seve Ballesteros after lifting the Spanish Open trophy in Girona today.

France’s Thomas Levet has a two-stroke lead going into the final round of the Spanish Open in Girona.

Ryder Cup player Soren Hansen made a complete mess of the same hole for the second day running to hand Frenchman Thomas Levet a three-stroke lead midway through the third round of the Spanish Open in Girona today, with Ireland's Peter Lawrie sitting pretty in second place.

Two double bogeys today destroyed any hopes John Daly had of a top 10 finish on his return to golf this week.

Miguel Angel Jimenez finally made his presence felt at the Spanish Open in Girona today by racing to the turn in a five under par 31.

PETER LAWRIE signalled he was not about to relinquish his Spanish Open title with a blistering inward half of 30 on day two of the event in Girona.

Nobody has made a successful defence of the Spanish Open since Max Faulkner way back in 1953.

Thomas Levet took over at the top from Soren Hansen in the Spanish Open today - but then went off for treatment on a back problem suffered while commentating on The Masters last month.

Dane Soren Hansen and France’s Thomas Levet continued to set a furious pace in the Spanish Open today.

France’s Thomas Levet needed only five holes this morning to take the lead away from Dane Soren Hansen at the Spanish Open.

Danish Ryder Cup player Soren Hansen broke the PGA Catalunya course record with a nine-under-par 63 in the Spanish Open began today - after starting with a double bogey.

Rory McIlroy produced two timely eagles today to take charge of the delayed Dubai Desert Classic to remain in the hunt for a maiden professional title.

France’s Thomas Levet set the pace early on the first day of the Castellon Masters in Spain, completing his front nine in 31, five under par, to lead by two shots.

Between them, European Tour rookies Robert Dinwiddie and Ross McGowan have made no fewer than 17 attempts to get into the Open and not succeeded once.

France’s Gregory Bourdy takes a commanding four-stroke lead into the final round of the Portuguese Open at Oitavos Dunes tomorrow.

England’s Miles Tunnicliff improved from 40th to fourth with a lightning fast start to his third round in the Portuguese Open at Oitavos Dunes today.

Thomas Levet is heading to The Masters next week - to commentate, not to play - and it could be with a second successive European Tour victory to his name.

Thomas Levet has claimed victory at the Andalucian Open.

Defending champion Lee Westwood birdied the first five holes and roared back into the lead in the Andalucian Open at Aloha today.

Two players without a single European Tour win between them in 368 attempts lead the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles with a round to go.

Simon Wakefield goes into the third round of the Johnnie Walker Championship on nine under par and joint leader with France’s Thomas Levet. They are one ahead of Scot Marc Warren.

Swedish golfer Pelle Edberg had almost as much to celebrate as Colin Montgomerie at the K Club.

Colin Montgomerie has won the European Open today, finishing on 11 under par.

Former Ryder Cup star Thomas Levet, who feared for his career at the start of the season, could tomorrow celebrate his first victory for three years.

Niclas Fasth and Nick Dougherty, Europe’s top two performers at the US Open last week, now find themselves battling for another title in Munich.

Ryder Cup star Paul McGinley declined the option favoured by many of his contemporaries in embarking early for next week's US Open, preferring instead to travel to Austria.

Frenchman Thomas Levet, down in 80th place in Europe’s Ryder Cup race, reminded everybody of his talent by taking a share of the first-round lead at the US Tour’s Buick Invitational in California.

A brilliant pitch shot by Thomas Levet gave France the early lead when golf’s annual World Cup began at Vilamoura in Portugal today.

EAMONN BRADY, a former West of Ireland champion and a nephew of the celebrated Arsenal and Ireland footballer Liam Brady, represents Ireland’s best chance of reaching the European Tour School at San Roque next week as the field goes into the final round of the second pre-qualifier at Costa Ballena near Cadiz today.

Colin Montgomerie watched from the sidelines as his Britain and Ireland team continued to turn things around in the Seve Trophy at The Wynyard near Middlesbrough.

For the second contest running there has been some unexpected bite to the Seve Trophy.

After a telling off from captain Colin Montgomerie, Ian Poulter helped Britain and Ireland mount a Seve Trophy fightback at The Wynyard near Middlesbrough today.

The Seve Trophy resumed today with Ian Poulter left in no doubt that he had incurred the wrath of captain Colin Montgomerie.