Junior golfers from all over Ireland are honing their skills for this weekend's provincial finals in  The Dubai Duty Free Irish Open Golf Skills Challenge.

England’s Tom Lewis, who shared the lead in The Open as an amateur and then won on his third professional start, has been named the European Tour’s rookie of the year.

MARC FARRY of France, one of six members of The European Tour who underwent voluntary drug testing during the Open de France in June, has tested positive, The European Tour announced yesterday.