Miguel Angel Jimenez’s overnight lead was still intact when the Ryder Cup star began his second round of the Open Championship at a damp Turnberry today.

England’s Ross Fisher and Order of Merit leader Robert Karlsson were left battling for the lead at the Portugal Masters today as Welshman Stuart Manley and former Open champion Paul Lawrie did their own versions of the good, the bad and the ugly.

Northern Ireland’s Graeme McDowell is targeting his second European Tour title of the season in the £3m Barclays Scottish Open tomorrow, and with it a Ryder Cup debut.

Colin Montgomerie has not always considered himself lucky - far from it, in fact. But he does at the moment.

He could not quite make it four eagles out of four on the 18th and because of two rain delays it took him 7 1/2 hours to get there, but Tiger Woods had no trouble achieving what he came to do at The Grove near Watford today.

Graeme McDowell gave himself an early birthday present with a third-round 65 in the Deutsche Bank Players’ Championship.

Australian John Senden held his nerve to win his maiden PGA Tour title at the John Deere Classic – and with it a chance to play in the Open championship.

A day after saying his back was “doing well” American star Fred Couples pulled out of the Barclays Scottish Open before the start at Loch Lomond today.

Swedish golfer Daniel Chopra, who took a two-shot lead into the third round of the Western Open in America today, is still eligible for the Ryder Cup after all, it emerged tonight.

Padraig Harrington believes it would be unwise to rule Tiger Woods out of contention for next week's US Open even though it is over two months since he played competitive golf.

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

Colin Montgomerie has spoken about the break-up of his latest relationship - and his belief that after the worst run of his career, good things could be about to happen again at this week’s Masters.

Tiger Woods, in Shanghai this week for the HSBC Champions tournament, considers travelling the world to be “one of the perks of professional golf.”

JOSE MARIA OLAZABAL took a big leap towards a seventh Ryder Cup cap by ending more than three and a half years without a victory at the Mallorca Classic yesterday.

Jose Maria Olazabal took a big leap towards a seventh Ryder Cup cap by ending more than three and a half years without a victory at the Mallorca Classic today.

David Howell’s remarkable return from injury continued today when he took a share of the first round lead in the Dunhill Links championship.

Bernhard Langer today had his sights set on finally claiming the only European Tour event in Germany he has yet to win.

Tiger Woods said tonight that he hopes his latest major victory – his 10th - provides yet another spur for his father Earl in his battle with cancer.

Jose Maria Olazabal is relishing his final day battle with Tiger Woods in the Open championship at St Andrews.

British amateur champion Brian McElhinney feels his short game will be the deciding factor in whether he goes one better than last year and makes the cut at this year’s Open at St Andrews.

A shank on your second shot of the day is a pretty scary way to start a round of golf.

Michael Campbell and Retief Goosen, the last two US Open champions, will head the field along with Padraig Harrington, winner of his second US Tour title on Sunday, for the Smurfit European Open at the K Club near Dublin tomorrow.

It was always going to need something pretty special to knock the All Blacks out of the headlines in New Zealand this week – but Michael Campbell has done it.

Paul McGinley has had the unbeatable thrill of holing the putt that decided the Ryder Cup and has tasted World Cup victory as well.

Former English amateur champion Richard Finch, playing just the ninth European Tour event of his career and ranked 716th in the world, broke the course record with a dazzling second-round 63 at the Italian Open in Milan today.

Only two closing birdies from Thomas Bjorn – to go with two earlier eagles - prevented American Chris DiMarco from grabbing the biggest halfway lead in Masters history today.

Seve Ballesteros, whose last tournament golf was 16 months ago, has pulled out of the Masters at Augusta in four weeks’ time.

Three birdies in his first four holes put Welsh Ryder Cup star Phillip Price into the driving seat in the Smurfit European Open at the K Club near Dublin today.

There cannot be many people who can boast a 100% matchplay record against Tiger Woods, but Darren Clarke is a more than worthy member of that exclusive club.

The European golf tour has a new member - 1995 British Open champion John Daly.

Tiger Woods is strong favourite to win the Masters and so create history by being the first player to hold all golf's four Major titles at the same time.

Darren Clarke has signed a win-or-bust sponsorship deal that will net him £2m if he wins this week's Masters - but nothing if he comes second.

American Steve Stricker will be Pierre Fulke's opponent in the 36-hole World Matchplay final.