It was only pro-am day at Fota yesterday but already the support for Pádraig Harrington was palpable.

Peter Lonard’s disappointment at losing the New Orleans Classic by one shot to Argentina’s Andres Romero will be eased by confirmation that he has made it into the field for next week’s US Masters.

An ailing Lee Westwood missed the halfway cut for the fifth successive tournament at Wentworth today.

South African Trevor Immelman has won more than €1m on the US Tour in the last two weeks – but it could so easily have been more than €1.8m.

WEATHER delays or not, it was a marvellous weekend for Ireland's Graeme McDowell and Fiji's Vijay Singh.