AMERICAN Bruce Vaughan will enter unchartered territory after his level par 71 gave him the lead at the halfway mark of The Senior Open Championship, presented by MasterCard — the first time he has topped a leaderboard going into the weekend.

PADRAIG HARRINGTON last night became the fourth Irishman to receive the Golf Writers’ Trophy presented annually by the Association of Golf Writers.

GREG NORMAN birdied three of the last four holes to halve Craig Stadler’s commanding four-stroke lead in the Senior British Open over Royal Aberdeen’s Balgownie links.

Scotland's Dean Robertson came up with a dramatic way to upstage Greg Norman on the opening day of the Heineken Classic in Perth.