Simon Khan begins the defence of his Wales Open title today hoping to get back in the headlines for all the right reasons.

The BMW Championship starting at Wentworth tomorrow is the richest and the biggest event of the European season so far – and Thomas Bjorn for one believes every European star should be present.

England’s Simon Khan took the lead in the Nissan Irish Open at Carton House today – and then was given a whopping £8,000 (€11,600) fine for slow play.

Colin Montgomerie begins the defence of his Caltex Masters in Singapore tomorrow but he has set his sights this year on making a bigger impact around the world.

Nick Faldo may be cutting back on his playing career to devote time to other things, but he said today he has not given up hope yet of waking up on his 48th birthday next July as Open champion again.

Even though he has not played a single event this year because of injury, Seve Ballesteros could be back in trouble with the European tour.

EIGHTY euro may not seem like a lot of money these days.

Lee Westwood pulled off a notable double today to reach the semi-finals of the HSBC World Match Play championship at Wentworth.

Bernhard Langer went from Captain Fantastic to giant-killer today – by knocking world number one Vijay Singh out of the HSBC World Match Play championship at Wentworth.

Ernie Els moved a step nearer a record-breaking sixth World Match Play title this morning – but he will remember the battle Scotland’s Scott Drummond gave him.

Pádraig Harrington will almost certainly be back at Wentworth for the Volvo PGA championship next May.

GOLF fans could be in for an early-morning treat at Wentworth today - after seven of the eight first round games in the HSBC World Match Play championship failed to finish before darkness on the opening day.

RYDER Cup rivalry will be renewed at Wentworth on Thursday when Ireland’s Padraig Harrington faces Chris Riley in the first round of the HSBC World Match Play Championship which offers a world record first prize of £1 million.

Darren Clarke gave his home fans plenty to cheer about at Mount Juliet today as he suddenly ignited his hopes of completing a full set of World Golf Championship victories.

Padraig Harrington missed out on a place in the HSBC World Match Play championship today.

IRELAND’S Stephen Browne heads for the European Challenge Tour’s Open de Toulouse this weekend looking to follow the path set by his old friend Scott Drummond.

Ernie Els and Retief Goosen have once more turned down golf’s World Cup, being held this year in Seville on October 18 to 21.

THE battle for the exclusive Wentworth golf course in Britain could end this week with retail millionaire Richard Caring poised to snap up the club from under the noses of Irish businessmen Sean Quinn and Derek Quinlan.

BUSINESSMAN Sean Quinn will have to raise his bid for the famous Wentworth golf course by €12 million if he wants to stay in the race.

Colin Montgomerie may be the focus of attention in the battle for a Ryder Cup wildcard but Luke Donald has not given up hope of claiming one as well.

NISSAN Irish Open organisers are negotiating to move the competition to the second week of May and secure greater prize money.

Nick Faldo today became the fourth Ryder Cup star to withdraw from the Nissan Irish Open in Co Louth before it even started.

British Open officials are likely to change the qualification rule which allowed world number 36 Angel Cabrera to slip through the net and miss this week’s Open Championship.

Andrew Oldcorn, already furious at being denied a place in the Open by a change of rules, was positively seething today after suffering another massive blow to his hopes of playing at Royal Troon.

Angel Cabrera, the world’s 38th-ranked golfer, may have badly blundered over next month’s Open championship.

There is a real chance of 40-year-old Jean-Francois Remesy making Europe’s Ryder Cup team after he today became the first home winner of the French Open for 35 years.

England’s Miles Tunnicliff is celebrating becoming the third-successive player from outside the world’s top 250 to win on the European Tour.

England’s Miles Tunnicliff today recorded the biggest winning margin on the European tour this season.

With most of Europe’s stars turning their thoughts to next week’s US Open, Paul McGinley had the chance to boost his Ryder Cup hopes at Gleneagles today.

Paul McGinley boosted his Ryder Cup hopes in the early holes at Gleneagles today as he played his first 12 holes of the Diageo Championship in four under par to be only one behind early leader Nick O’Hern, of Australia.

There was no hiding place for Scott Drummond at the start of the Diageo Championship at Gleneagles today – not that he seemed to need one.

COLIN MONTGOMERIE, who next week misses his first major in 13 years, is still rated favourite for the £1.4m Diageo Championship at Gleneagles starting today.

England’s Justin Rose carded a five-under-par 67 to join Ben Curtis and Stephen Ames in a tie for the halfway lead at the Memorial Tournament and then conceded he had achieved nothing yet.

Colin Montgomerie admits it will be a few months before he “turns the corner” – but he is confident his form will return.

Players at one of the world’s oldest golf clubs were today toasting the success of Volvo PGA champion Scott Drummond.

New golf sensation Scott Drummond can today count himself a member of an elite two-man club. Arnold Palmer is the other.

Scottish golfer Scott Drummond, a lowly 435th in the world and 186th on the European tour, pulled off an unbelievable victory in the Volvo PGA championship at Wentworth today.

Scot Drummond has become the first debutante to win the Volvo PGA since the legendary Arnold Palmer in 1975.

Argentina’s Angel Cabrera remained one ahead of little-known Scot Scott Drummond with nine holes to play in the Volvo PGA championship at Wentworth today.

It was a fast-changing leaderboard when the final round of the Volvo PGA championship began at Wentworth today.

The simple mistake of dropping his ball cost Colin Montgomerie a stroke in the Volvo PGA Championship at Wentworth today – but by the time it happened he could have hardly cared less.

Volvo PGA Championship leaderboard