Two years after a five-man, five-hole play-off was necessary to decide the Johnnie Walker Championship, extra holes again looked on the cards midway through the final round at Gleneagles.

Low scoring remained the order of the day when the Johnnie Walker Championship resumed at an overcast Gleneagles today.

Paul McGinley’s love/hate relationship with the PGA Centenary course continued with Europe’s Ryder Cup captain delighted to make the cut in the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles.

Argentina’s Ricardo Gonzalez wasted no time in trying to pull clear of a crowded leaderboard when the Johnnie Walker Championship resumed at Gleneagles.

Ryder Cup captain Paul McGinley will consult his potential team members on course set-up after 80 players broke par in the opening round of the Johnnie Walker Championship.

Ryder Cup captain Paul McGinley has dismissed the notion of qualifying for his own side, despite showing some prospective team members how it is done in the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles.

Paul McGinley has strongly hinted his three European Team wildcard picks could very well go to those who play well this weekend at Gleneagles, the host venue for this week’s Johnnie Walker Championship.

The age old adage that you should be careful what you wish for is certainly holding true for Darren Clarke, just eight months after what was described as an “unseemly” politicking for the Ryder Cup captaincy.

The sun may have set on the final major of the year but the world’s leading golfers have already switched their attention to the PGA Tour’s lucrative FedEx Cup play-offs.

Shane Lowry will take a well-earned break this week, satisfied with his 2013 season to date that belongs in the company of the world’s best players.

New Ryder Cup captain Paul McGinley has wasted little time embracing the European team’s leadership role heading into next year’s Gleneagles encounter.

The Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles will not feature on the European Tour in 2014 due to the venue’s staging of the Ryder Cup.

European captain Jose Maria Olazabal revealed his first hand when Ryder Cup practice began in Chicago today – and Luke Donald was not playing alongside Sergio Garcia.

Paul Lawrie has moved on from Scotland to Switzerland to try to pull off the same double Thomas Bjorn achieved last year.

Nicolas Colsaerts comes from a rich sporting family but the first Belgian to compete in the Ryder Cup revealed he spent Sunday night nervously indulging in a ‘local sport’ before confirmation of his inclusion in the European team.

Paul Lawrie believes he is in the form of his life with the Ryder Cup only a month away.

Padraig Harrington has won three majors and been part of every Ryder Cup since his 1999 debut, while Nicolas Colsaerts has made the cut in only two majors and never played in the Ryder Cup.

Pádraig Harrington will tune into the Golf Channel in the US today praying that Jose Maria Olazabal shocks everyone by naming him as one of his two Ryder Cup wildcards.

The ‘Rory McIlroy effect’ continued with Scotland’s Paul Lawrie delivering the European Ryder Cup team its third victory in as many weeks.

German Martin Kaymer today became the 10th man to qualify for Europe’s Ryder Cup team – without hitting a shot on the final day of qualifying.

Miguel Angel Jimenez is to become Europe’s fourth assistant captain at next month’s Ryder Cup.

Jose Maria Olazabal sought to end a continuing Ryder Cup row by bluntly declaring suggestions of a rift between himself and triple Major winner Padraig Harrington as bullshit.

More than five years on from his last win Colin Montgomerie forced his way onto the leaderboard in the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles today.

Despite an impressive first round 64, Jose Maria Olazabal declared Pádraig Harrington has to “at least win” the Barclays Championship to be even considered for a Ryder Cup wildcard pick.

Paul McGinley is still on a high from watching the Olympics, but does not have to wait long to witness what is sure to be another thrilling sporting event.

Bubba Watson goes into the Barclays Tournament in Farmingdale, New York today with every reason to believe he can pick up his first win in the FedExCup play-offs.

It was a very different Darren Clarke who spoke about Gleneagles yesterday to the one who five years ago lashed into the course chosen for the 2014 Ryder Cup.

It was a very different Darren Clarke who spoke about Gleneagles today to the one who five years ago lashed into the course chosen for the 2014 Ryder Cup.

David Lynn now admits he made a mistake by not staying on in America after his spectacular runner-up finish at the USPGA Championship – a decision he knows could cost him a Ryder Cup debut.

Even though the Ryder Cup at Medinah is only a month away, massive interest has already switched to the identity of the European captain for the 2014 clash at Gleneagles.

Sergio Garcia produced a brilliant performance yesterday to clinch a sixth Ryder Cup cap — and leave Ian Poulter needing a ‘wild card’ for the second time in three matches.

Sergio Garcia produced a brilliant performance today to clinch a sixth Ryder Cup cap and leave Ian Poulter needing a wild card for the second time in three matches.

Sergio Garcia’s good form in the US this weekend means Pádraig Harrington will need a FedEx Cup play-off victory at The Barclays next Sunday if he is to realise his ambition of a Ryder Cup wild card next month at Medinah.

Four years after being snubbed by then European captain Nick Faldo, Darren Clarke will return next week to Gleneagles taking the first steps to the 2014 Ryder Cup captaincy.

Lee Westwood has decided to split with long-time coach Pete Cowen in a bid to put the spark back into his game.

With the top two spots on the leaderboard held by a South African and an Australian, the British Open provided considerable food for thought for the rival Ryder Cup captains Davis Love III and Jose-Maria Olazabal.

Jose Maria Olazabal has been granted more time to consider his two wild-cards for this year’s Ryder Cup.

Next year’s European Tour will again include just one event Ireland, two in England, one in Wales and three in Scotland.

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.

THOMAS BJORN matched the lowest round of his European Tour career to grab a second successive victory in blistering fashion in Switzerland yesterday.

Thomas Bjorn made it two wins in a row with a brilliant closing round of 62 at the Omega European Masters in Switzerland today.

Martin Kaymer and last week’s winner Thomas Bjorn took over at the top with dazzling runs as the Omega European Masters tried to beat the weather in Switzerland today.

Thomas Bjorn has won a five-man, five-hole play-off in the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles.

The Johnnie Walker Championship went into a five-man play-off at Gleneagles today after England’s Mark Foster, one ahead on the 18th tee, finished with a bogey six.