Lee Westwood grabbed his second eagle in the space of five holes this morning to regain a share of the lead in the Quinn Insurance British Masters at The Belfry.

Defending champion Lee Westwood, much to the annoyance of the “raging” promoter and BBC Television, had to wait until 4.05pm to resume the Quinn Insurance British Masters at The Belfry today.

Fortune did not favour the brave at The Belfry when defending champion Lee Westwood finally began his third round in the Quinn Insurance British Masters today.

Indian Jeev Milkha Singh went from the sublime to the ridiculous when the second round of the Quinn Insurance British Masters resumed after another fog delay at The Belfry today.

The Quinn Insurance British Masters at The Belfry resumed at 7.45am today – but only for two minutes.

The start of the second round of the Quinn Insurance British Masters has been delayed because of fog.

Lee Westwood and Graeme McDowell did a lot better on Thursday on their return from playing in the Ryder Cup than Darren Clarke and Colin Montgomerie did on their return from watching it on television.

Thomas Bjorn, playing his first tournament for 10 weeks, was only a shot off the lead after 12 holes of his first round in the Quinn Insurance British Masters at The Belfry today.

Graeme McDowell describes this week’s Quinn Insurance British Masters at The Belfry as “back to reality”.

Lee Westwood, winner of the title by five shots after a brilliant closing 65 last year, and Graeme McDowell are the only two members of last week’s Ryder Cup team playing in the Quinn Insurance British Masters starting at The Belfry tomorrow.

Colin Montgomerie went public with his views on the Ryder Cup today – and Nick Faldo came out of it very badly.

Lee Westwood now regrets some of the comments he made about being on the receiving end of crowd abuse during the Ryder Cup defeat in Louisville.

Chris Wood, the 20-year-old English amateur who finished a brilliant joint fifth at The Open eight days ago, has decided to turn professional.