Hal Sutton today named 50-year-old Jay Haas and Stewart Cink to complete his team for the US' attempt to win back the Ryder Cup in Detroit next month.

Darren Clarke now needs one of the rounds of his life to become Ireland’s first winner of a major title since Fred Daly in 1947.

Whatever happens to Darren Clarke in the rest of the United States PGA Championship one thing seems certain – there will be no repeat of what can only go down as an amazing blunder.

PAUL McGINLEY last night blasted the world rankings system that keeps him outside of the top 100.

For very different reasons Retief Goosen and Jesper Parnevik have both pulled out of this week’s Barclays Scottish Open at Loch Lomond.

Darren Clarke knows what he can be like. He does not need anybody else to remind him.

There was no doubt which two holes Darren Clarke anticipated reflecting on most on his journey home from the Masters.

Darren Clarke, who has signed a deal that will earn him £2million for every Major he wins in the next 10 years, had no intention of letting money enter his mind at Augusta.