Next year’s European Tour has been confirmed with the Irish Open switching from late July to the end of June, but with a venue yet to be announced.

Two weeks after he walked out of the Australian Open saying he had run out of balls, John Daly has turned down a chance to play in this week’s South African Open.

HOLDER Graeme McDowell is chasing his first tournament success of 2011. Peter Lawrie is bidding to put his place in the Race to Dubai order of merit on the European Tour beyond any further doubt. Shane Lowry badly needs a big finish to get back among the top 60 who make it to the Emirates for the cash rich Dubai World Championship in December.

Spain's Rafael Cabrera-Bello will take a one-shot lead into the final round of the Portugal Masters after a superb third round of 64 today.

RODDY CARR must have been the happiest man in Ireland on Sunday night.

Padraig Harrington's new-look swing has not resulted in a noticeable improvement in form after the opening day of the Austrian Open.

WELSHMAN Stephen Dodd shared the first-round lead with Spaniard Jose Manuel Lara after carding six-under 65’s at the Sicilian Open yesterday.

GRAEME McDOWELL willput the finishing touches tohis Ryder Cup preparations this week after making an encouraging return to action.

Graeme McDowell will put the finishing touches to his Ryder Cup preparations this week after making an encouraging return to action.

SPAIN’S Jose Manuel Lara won his second European Tour title and saved his tour card after getting the better of England’s David Lynn in a play-off at the Austrian Open.

Spain's Jose Manuel Lara won his second European Tour title and saved his tour card after getting the better of England's David Lynn in a play-off at the Austrian Open.

US Open champion Graeme McDowell was upstaged by world number 317 John Parry, who carded a second-round 67 to take the lead at the Austrian Open in Atzenbrugg.

Northern Ireland’s Graeme McDowell secured a share of the clubhouse lead midway through the second round of the Austrian Open in Atzenbrugg.

US OPEN champion Graeme McDowell admits he is rusty after a month-long break but hopes to tune up for next month’s Ryder Cup with a good performance this week.

US Open champion Graeme McDowell admits he is rusty after a month-long break but hopes to tune up for next month’s Ryder Cup with a good performance this week.

A WIN apiece for Europe and the USA gave cheer to both captains with just three weeks to go until the 38th Ryder Cup matches at Celtic Manor.

COREY PAVIN, the US Ryder Cup captain, today announces his four wild cards for Celtic Manor next month well satisfied with the form of most of those who have already qualified were performing in the Deutsche Bank Championship in Boston over the weekend.

PÁDRAIG HARRINGTON says he will add a European tour event to his schedule after missing the cut at the Deutsche Bank Championship in Boston.

Graeme McDowell has revealed he will contest just one more tournament before the Ryder Cup begins next month.

Graeme McDowell has revealed he will contest just one more tournament before the Ryder Cup begins at the start of next month.

Former Ryder Cup player Andrew Coltart failed to keep his European Tour card today by missing the halfway cut at the JBWere Masters in Melbourne.

TOUR rookie Gareth Maybin is now heading to next month’s season-ending Dubai World Championship while Gary Murphy has moved closer to securing his Tour card after the Irish duo shared fourth place in the Madrid Masters.

Former English amateur champion Ross McGowan is in sight of his first European Tour title after an amazing third round of 60 at the Madrid Masters today.

IN a complete turnaround to their recent form, both Gary Murphy and Shane Lowry now find themselves vying for victory in the Madrid Masters.

LUKE DONALD gave himself the chance to end three and a half years without a win by matching the lowest round of his European Tour career in the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship yesterday.

Spain’s Rafael Cabrera Bello is not going to forget his first European Tour victory, however many more follow.

SPANIARD Rafael Cabrera Bello was almost in a daze yesterday after an unbelievable round of 60 brought him his first European Tour title.

Spain’s Rafael Cabrera Bello shot a European Tour record-equalling 60 to come from eight behind and win the Austrian Open in Vienna today.

Benn Barham goes into today's Austrian Open third round on 13-under-par, having matched the lowest 36-hole aggregate of the Tour season with his scores of 63 and 66.

JOSE MARIA OLAZABAL and Nick Dougherty were among those to miss the halfway cut as England’s Benn Barham retained the lead at the Austrian Open in Vienna.

Jose Maria Olazabal and Nick Dougherty were among those to miss the halfway cut as England's Benn Barham retained the lead at the Austrian Open in Vienna.

England’s Benn Barham equalled the lowest round of his career today to lead the Austrian Open in Vienna.

For the second time in three weeks Australian Brett Rumford was the man to catch when the Austrian Open began in Vienna today.

JOSE MARIA OLAZABAL has been given a late invitation into the Austrian Open in Vienna starting today.

John Daly, who pulled out of the US PGA last month after a first round 78 complaining of a bad back, has withdrawn from next week’s Austrian Open.

Graeme McDowell made good use of his sponsors’ invitation at the St Jude Classic last night to claim a place on the leaderboard heading into today’s second round in Memphis.

PÁDRAIG Harrington’s travails continued at the Memorial tournament over the weekend after missing the cut for the fourth time in America this year.

Top seed Rafael Nadal today created a French Open record for consecutive wins in the men’s singles – but he admitted he was not at his all-conquering best in his straight-sets victory over qualifier Marcos Daniel.

The British Masters has joined the English Open in being dropped from the European Tour schedule this year.

Michael Campbell's miserable season continued today when the rain-delayed Bank Austria Open finally got under way in Vienna.

Darren Clarke is the odds-on favourites to win the Austrian Open this weekend after his prominent showing in Wales last week.

Darren Clarke will be hoping for his recent revival to continue and to avoid a repeat of last year’s misfortune in the Austrian Open near Vienna this week.

England’s Lisa Hall set her sights on becoming the first three-time winner on this season’s Ladies’ European Tour after taking the halfway leads at the Dubai Ladies’ Masters but Laura Davies was hard on her heels at the Emirates Golf Club.

Angel Cabrera has won the European Tour shot of the month award for June following his US Open victory.