The embrace with his father was long and meaningful as Rory McIlroy completed the most remarkable of weeks, even by his standards, to win the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth yesterday.

PÁDRAIG HARRINGTON whipped up a storm of his own to keep his FedEx Cup chances alive and challenge for victory in the hurricane-threatened Barclays in New Jersey.

Ireland's Peter Lawrie is in a tie for second place after day two at the Johnnie Walker Championship in Gleneagles.

European Tour big-hitter Nicolas Colsaerts equalled his lowest score on the circuit with an opening eight-under-par 62 in the KLM Open at Hilversum today.

Eight years after lifting the British amateur title – and four years after working at a cream cake factory cleaning trays for £145 a week – Graeme Storm finally became a European Tour winner today.