Ireland's Darren Clarke was joined on the top of the leaderboard by compatriot Damien McGrane as the Scottish Open resumed this morning at a wet Loch Lomond.

Darren Clarke’s golf career appears on the up again – and his personal life certainly is.

MICHAEL CAMPBELL might be the only golfer who has ever caused government business to be halted.

The 54-year-old history of Europe’s flagship PGA Championship has seen only two players retain the title – but Miguel Angel Jimenez is out to make that three at Wentworth this weekend.

LESS than two months ago Michael Campbell stood 417th in the world and it looked as if we might be witnessing the decline and fall of a once great player.

Australian Peter O’Malley equalled the Carnoustie course record as he stormed into a share of the lead in the £2.5m (€3.6m) Alfred Dunhill Links championship, and then revealed how his guesthouse landlady helped keep his title bid on track.

Open champion Padraig Harrington’s bid for a third Alfred Dunhill Links championship title was gathering pace in the second round of the £2.5m (€3.6m) event at St Andrews.

Australian Adam Scott edged into a one-stroke lead as thunderstorms disrupted the second round of the St Jude Championship in Memphis.

Ryder Cup heroes Darren Clarke and Paul McGinley both failed to make it through US Open qualifying at Walton Heath in Surrey today.

Darren Clarke left himself a mountain to climb after three-putting the last three greens for a disappointing 75 in the first round of the US Open 36-hole qualifier at Walton Heath in Surrey today.

Darren Clarke will be at Walton Heath on Monday week doing something he has not had to do since 1995 – taking part in a qualifying event for a major.

Lee Westwood carded a course-record 63 in the first round of the Deutsche Bank Players’ Championship to boost his Ryder Cup credentials.

Within hours of winning nearly €616,800 at the American Express world championship last October, John Daly lost double that gambling in Las Vegas.

The last time John Daly was at Pinehurst – six years ago – he certainly did not go unnoticed. He rarely does.

England’s Simon Khan took the lead in the Nissan Irish Open at Carton House today – and then was given a whopping £8,000 (€11,600) fine for slow play.

Steve Webster, one of the European Tour’s most in-form players, was a non-starter at the Nissan Irish Open today – because of severely blistered feet.

Steve Webster hopes to crack his European Tour duck at the 247th attempt tomorrow – and if he does a lot of the credit will go to a “mind magician”.

Nick Faldo claims he has “no idea” whether he or Ian Woosnam will be picked to captain Europe’s Ryder Cup team in 2006.

Colin Montgomerie travels to next week’s USPGA championship convinced he can end his major championship drought at Whistling Straits.

Denmark’s Thomas Bjorn has pulled out of next week’s USPGA Championship with a recurrence of a shoulder injury.

Stephen Gallacher and Steve Webster, with over 400 European tour events between them and not one win, spurred each other on at the Nissan Irish Open today.

New Zealand’s Michael Campbell today wasted no time in moving into a share of the lead in the early stages of the second round of the British Open.

Ian Poulter was more tastefully dressed for the second round of the Open today - although his trousers could soon be hidden from view anyway.

New Zealand’s Michael Campbell used all 14 clubs to good effect to move into contention in the Caltex Masters in Singapore.

New Zealander Michael Campbell came out of the golfing wilderness with a play-off win in the Nissan Irish Open at Portmarnock tonight.

Thomas Bjorn shares the lead with Michael Campbell and David Lynn going into the final round of the Nissan Open at Portmarnock.

Against a man who had fired a championship record round of 60 yesterday, the last thing Vijay Singh wanted to do today was hand Ernie Els any holes on a plate.

For more than 1,800 golfers the Open championship begins not on Thursday week at Muirfield, but tomorrow at 16 courses around Britain.

Bay Hill is supposed to be a major warm-up, not a major tournament.

Paul Lawrie’s 40-foot putt to win the Dunhill Links championship at St Andrews has been named the European Tour's Shot of the Year.

Scotland’s Paul Lawrie achieved his first victory since the 1999 Open championship at St Andrews today, winning the Dunhill Links championship with a dramatic 40-foot putt on the final green.

The one American among the 156 players who started the BMW International Open in Munich this week is threatening to have a huge influence over the final make-up of Europe’s Ryder Cup team.

Few sportsmen have experienced as many high and lows as 35-year-old American John Daly.

John Daly contented himself with another score in the mid-60s today after finding Retief Goosen his match at the Scottish Open.

Retief Goosen, who led the US Open from start to finish last month, showed himself to be an accomplished frontrunner again.

Runaway leader Michael Campbell had to wait only three holes to collect yet another birdie when the Deutsche Bank-SAP Open resumed in Heidelberg at breakfast time.