Short-game guru Dave Stockton believes he’s become more of an adviser than an instructor to triple Major winning Rory McIlroy.

Rory McIlroy repeated his stunning US Open success to capture the PGA Championship with a similar commanding eight-stroke winning margin of victory along the sun-splashed Kiawah Island shoreline.

Laura Davies today added a touch of spice to her record 10th appearance in the Solheim Cup – by saying that one of the Americans is “not particularly nice”.

Tom Lehman today handed Ryder Cup wild cards to Scott Verplank and Stewart Cink – and then added that he will “go crazy” if anybody questions how much Tiger Woods wants to be part of his team next month.

Davis Love has two things he is trying to keep out of his mind as he continues the final golf major of the season.