Miles Tunnicliff, Niclas Fasth and Richard Green all equalled the course record as the feast of low scoring continued in the Holden New Zealand Open today.

Their exploits in the Ryder Cup ensured 2004 will always be remembered as a great year for Padraig Harrington, Darren Clarke and Paul McGinley.

HE turned professional in 1988 on the back of a glittering amateur career. Two years later, he was shooting 63 in the Open Championship at St Andrews.

There is a real chance of 40-year-old Jean-Francois Remesy making Europe’s Ryder Cup team after he today became the first home winner of the French Open for 35 years.

England’s Miles Tunnicliff is celebrating becoming the third-successive player from outside the world’s top 250 to win on the European Tour.

England’s Miles Tunnicliff today recorded the biggest winning margin on the European tour this season.

England’s Miles Tunnicliff played a superb outward half to be four ahead with nine holes to play in the Diageo Championship at Gleneagles.

Luton manager Mike Newell had a special memory to take away from caddying for Ian Garbutt in the final round of the Diageo Championship at Gleneagles today - a hole-in-one from playing partner Robert Coles.

England’s Miles Tunnicliff maintained his grip on the Diageo Championship at Gleneagles with a confidence-boosting start to his third round today.

Scotland’s Andrew Oldcorn took advantage of much calmer conditions for the third round of the Diageo Championship at Gleneagles today.

Paul Lawrie, dreading what might happen to him in next week’s United States Open, was drawn to play the first two rounds with Masters champion Phil Mickelson.

England’s Miles Tunnicliff is in position to make it three shocks in a row on the European golf tour.

Europe’s last winner of a major golf title is in crisis a week before the US Open, wondering whether the trip to New York is even worth making.

Graeme McDowell has moved to within a shot of the leaders at the Diageo Championship after a fine round of 71 in testing conditions at Gleneagles today.

Ireland's Graeme McDowell led the chasing pack on three under par at the second round of the Diageo Championship began at Gleneagles today.

PAUL MCGINLEY need never hit another golf ball to be remembered as a Ryder Cup hero but he wants more than that.

Paul McGinley shot a four under par 68 put him in the hunt for the Diageo Championship at Gleneagles.

Colin Montgomerie let it be known what he thought today just before a ferocious thunderstorm forced players and spectators to run for cover at Gleneagles in Scotland.

With most of Europe’s stars turning their thoughts to next week’s US Open, Paul McGinley had the chance to boost his Ryder Cup hopes at Gleneagles today.

Paul McGinley boosted his Ryder Cup hopes in the early holes at Gleneagles today as he played his first 12 holes of the Diageo Championship in four under par to be only one behind early leader Nick O’Hern, of Australia.

There was no hiding place for Scott Drummond at the start of the Diageo Championship at Gleneagles today – not that he seemed to need one.

COLIN MONTGOMERIE, who next week misses his first major in 13 years, is still rated favourite for the £1.4m Diageo Championship at Gleneagles starting today.

Colin Montgomerie, who next week misses his first major in 13 years, is still rated favourite for the Diageo Championship at Gleneagles starting tomorrow.

TIGER WOODS, Phil Mickelson and all the other long but wayward hitting golfers have been warned.

Colin Montgomerie admits it will be a few months before he “turns the corner” – but he is confident his form will return.

The simple mistake of dropping his ball cost Colin Montgomerie a stroke in the Volvo PGA Championship at Wentworth today – but by the time it happened he could have hardly cared less.

The golfer hitting the longest drive during the last two rounds of the Johnnie Walker Classic in Bangkok in two weeks’ time will be given a place in the Diageo Championship at Gleneagles in June.

THOMAS BJORN heads a powerful European invasion this week in the Dunhill links championship at St Andrews.

England’s Phil Golding has been named as the Asprey Golfer of the Month for June after his maiden European Tour win in the French Open.

Michael Campbell will try to put a nightmare season in America behind him when defends his title in the Smurfit European Open at The K Club tomorrow.

Graeme McDowell finished off his French Open with only the second albatross of the European Tour season.

Colin Montgomerie had no idea what his wife Eimear had planned for his 40th birthday today – maybe a VIP trip to Wimbledon with all the trimmings or perhaps a Prince William-style extravaganza at their luxury Surrey home.

SOREN KJELDSEN became the fifth Danish golfer to win on the European tour in little more than a year yesterday.

Danish golfer Soren Kjeldsen took only a two-stroke lead into the final nine holes of the Diageo Championship at Gleneagles today.

Denmark’s Soren Kjeldsen burst into a massive six-stroke lead with a spectacular front nine 31 in the Diageo Championship at Gleneagles today.

Former Ryder Cup star Paul Broadhurst is back challenging for a European tour title seven months after fearing for his career.

Sandy Lyle took a “ball-spotter” to task tonight after his hopes of a first win for 11 years suffered a late blow at Gleneagles.

After taking nine at one hole yesterday Scotland’s Gary Orr was back in the hunt for the Diageo Championship at Gleneagles today while Denmark's Soren Kjeldsen leads.

IAN POULTER, first and second on his last two starts, was among those who suffered worst on the toughest day of the European tour season so far.

COLIN MONTGOMERIE plays his last tournament as a thirty-something this week - just as 20-year-old Zane Scotland arrives as the new kid on the European Tour block.