His battling qualities are legendary, but the US Ryder Cup captain also has a reputation as a hothead and being thin-skinned. Simon Lewis wonders wether will he keep the latter emotions in check this weekend?

Paul Broadhurst’s season may be coming to a premature end but it could yet do so with victory in the Scandinavian Masters.

England’s Paul Broadhurst, playing possibly his last event of the season, carded a brilliant 64 to storm into contention for a seventh European Tour victory in the Scandinavian Masters.

England’s Paul Broadhurst, who birdied three of the last four holes yesterday just to make the cut, carried on where he left off with a superb 64 in the Scandinavian Masters today.

For Seve Ballesteros, the golf course, in competition, is where he is meant to be. Simon Lewis found him loving his new challenge.

American Ryder Cup captain Tom Lehman has accepted an invitation to visit a military hospital in Washington before flying to Ireland with members of his team tomorrow night.

Europe powered into a convincing 6-2 lead over Asia and need only two and a half points from tomorrow’s eight singles matches to win the inaugural Royal Trophy at a blustery Amata Spring Country Club near Bangkok.

England’s Paul Broadhurst grabbed the halfway lead in the £1m (€1.46m) Mallorca Classic at Pula today – but the European tour career of another former Ryder Cup star was left hanging by a thread.

The United States retained the UBS Cup after a dramatic 12-12 tie with the Rest of the World at Sea Island.

England and Ireland failed to make the fast start they were looking for in the second round of the World Cup today.

Padraig Harrington insisted Ireland could still repeat their 1997 World Cup triumph at Kiawah Island.

Ian Woosnam made his 17th appearance in the World Cup today – and rarely can he have experienced such a strange start to the $1.4m team contest.

IRELAND’S Paul McGinley never wants golf’s World Cup to be held two weeks before Christmas again.

Tiger Woods set off today in a bid to win one of the few big titles to have eluded him so far.

Two successive shots into water appeared to have killed off Paul Broadhurst’s hopes of making it through the European tour qualifying school at San Roque in Spain today.

Philip Walton's hopes of regaining a European Tour card look to be slipping away at the qualifying school in San Roque, Spain.