The amateur Walker Cup is back alongside the Ryder Cup on this side of the Atlantic after a shock 14-12 victory for Britain and Ireland at Royal Aberdeen.

IT IS hard to imagine a player cracking a joke after finishing third, third and second in his last three majors but Lee Westwood managed it on Sunday night.

Further details of the drug-testing policies to be introduced by the European and US Tours from next year are expected to be given during a conference call tomorrow.