Darren Clarke is up more than 100 places to 112th in the new world rankings today, following his first European Tour victory for five years.

Darren Clarke admits he is desperate to make the European Ryder Cup team this year after securing a long-awaited victory at the BMW Asian Open on Sunday.

A superb birdie putt at the final hole secured Darren Clarke an emotional first victory on the European Tour in five years as the Ryder Cup star won the BMW Asian Open by a single stroke.

Darren Clarke maintained his challenge for the BMW Asian Open title by holding a share of the lead alongside Robert-Jan Derksen midway through the final round in Shanghai.

Darren Clarke admits he is revelling in his position at the top of the BMW Asian Open leaderboard as the Irishman heads into the final round chasing an overdue victory on the European Tour.

Darren Clarke is in prime position for a first win on the European Tour in five years after an impressive five-under-par 67 in the third round of the BMW Asian Open put him one stroke clear at the top of the leaderboard.

Darren Clarke believes he is starting to the see the benefit of improvements he has made to his putting technique as the Northern Irishman sits one stroke off the top of the leaderboard going into the final two rounds of the BMW Asian Open.

Robert-Jan Derksen and Zhang Lian-wei both carded a three-under-par 69 to take a one-stroke lead into the weekend of the BMW Asian Open as world number 13 Henrik Stenson’s challenge faded after a disappointing round.

Former Open champion Paul Lawrie hopes his proposed golf course can become a venue for a future European Tour event after his multi-million pound development was granted outline planning permission on Thursday.

Robert-Jan Derksen took the clubhouse lead midway through the second round of the BMW Asian Open after carding a three-under-par 69 today.

Former Scottish Open winner Peter O’Malley secured a one-stroke lead at the end of the opening round of the BMW Asian Open after today carding a five-under-par 67 at the Shanghai Pudong Golf Club.

England’s Oliver Wilson continued his recent good form to card a four-under-par 68 and take a share of the clubhouse lead midway through the opening round of the BMW Asian Open.

Henrik Stenson hopes to push on from his performance at the Masters earlier this month and secure a top-10 finish at a Major this season.

Frenchman Raphael Jacquelin held a one-stroke lead over Ireland’s Damien McGrane, Northern Ireland’s Graeme McDowell and Spain’s Jose Manuel Lara heading into the final round of the Indian Masters.

India’s Digvijay Singh set the early pace at the inaugural co-sanctioned Indian Masters in Delhi this morning after reaching the turn three-under-par.

Not since Max Faulkner in 1953 has anybody managed a successful defence of the Spanish Open, but a golden opportunity has presented itself to Niclas Fasth this week.

Raphael Jacquelin claimed his second European Tour title with a two-stroke victory in the BMW Asian Open at Tomson Shanghai Pudong Golf Club today.

Motorsport enthusiast Simon Yates claims to get more of a kick out winning races than golf tournaments, despite a brilliant eight-under-par 64 leaving the Scot with a chance of claiming the biggest victory of his career at the BMW Asian Open.

Colin Montgomerie was satisfied with a second-round 70 which kept him in the hunt at the halfway point of the BMW Asian Open at the Tomson Shanghai Pudong Golf Club.

Paul Casey admitted a disrupted build-up contributed to his low-key start in the BMW Asian Open.

Colin Montgomerie was satisfied with his opening effort in the BMW Asian Open after posting a three-under-par 69 at a windy Tomson Shanghai Pudong Golf Club.

Graeme McDowell will head into the BMW Asian Open full of confidence after a solid performance saw him claim a tie for second place at the Volvo China Open.

Jose Maria Olazabal has won the European tour’s RBS shot of the month for April for his stunning five-wood approach to the 15th green in the final round of the Masters.

Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano described his victory in the BMW Asian Open as “unbelievable”, adding the last two years have been the most eventful of his young life.

Gonzalo Fernandez-Costano has won golf's BMW Asian Open after a play-off.

Paul Casey continued his love affair with China as he mastered the greens to put himself within two shots of leader Henrik Stenson at the end of the third round of the BMW Asian Open.

Sweden’s Henrik Stenson leads the field by one stroke after completing two rounds of the rain-hit BMW Asian Open.

Ireland's Peter Lawrie is holding down a spot in third place on the leaderboard as lightning forced play to be suspended at the half-way stage of the BMW Asian Open.

Colin Montgomerie was left to rue a last-hole blunder in the first round of the BMW Asian Open in Shanghai.

Sweden’s Henrik Stenson returned to the fore after a series of tournament disappointments by setting the early pace in the BMW Asian Open.

THE Irish Open at Carton House on May 18-21 is likely to be the last sponsored by Nissan Ireland, but chief executive Gerard O’Toole is unlikely to declare his intentions until at least the final day of the tournament.

Colin Montgomerie hopes a return to action in Asia will provide him with the “platform” to end a run of five missed halfway cuts.

Five-time European Tour winner Jarmo Sandelin expressed his relief at posting a 66 in the first round of the Madeira Island Open.

Ireland’s Padraig Harrington is hoping for a second ego boost with victory in this week’s Maybank Malaysian Open in Kuala Lumpur.

On the eve of his bid for a third US Open title Ernie Els has become the first player to win the European tour’s RBS Shot of the Month Award in successive months since it began two years ago.

England’s James Heath made the most of Nick Faldo’s “pulling power” to claim a share of the clubhouse lead in the Wales Open.

Colin Montgomerie plays his first tournament in Britain for seven months next week having just given all his prize money from a recent event to charity - because of a controversial incident.

Colin Montgomerie has donated the money he earned from finishing fourth in the Indonesian Open in March - over €35,000 - to the tsunami appeal.

Ernie Els remains in third place in the World Rankings, behind Tiger Woods and Vijay Sing, despite his victory in the BMW Asian Open.

WORLD number three Ernie Els fired a flawless seven-under-par 65 to cruise to a 13-stroke victory at the storm-affected BMW Asian Open yesterday.

World number three Ernie Els today wrapped up an emphatic victory at the BMW Asian Open in Shanghai.