Home favourite Retief Goosen took revenge for his embarrassing 11 yesterday by claiming the lead on day two of the SAA Open at Humewood Golf Club in Port Elizabeth.

Home favourite Retief Goosen took revenge for his embarrassing 11 yesterday by claiming the lead on day two of the SAA Open at Humewood Golf Club in Port Elizabeth.

Lee Westwood is refusing to give up on his South Africa Open challenge, even though a back injury caused him “a lot of pain” in his first round at the Humewood Golf Club in Port Elizabeth.

Home hope Retief Goosen produced a bizarre first round in the South African Open, which culminated in a disastrous 11 on the 17th after he appeared to have mastered the Humewood course.

England’s Nick Dougherty headed a strong European challenge at the top of the leaderboard in Auckland alongside Australian Wade Ormsby at the New Zealand Open after two rounds of play.

England’s Nick Dougherty stormed into the lead in the second round of the New Zealand Open in Auckland.

David Lynn admitted his maiden European Tour win felt “awesome” after he overhauled Australian Richard Green’s three-shot advantage to win the KLM Open in Holland by three strokes.

Australian Richard Green did exactly what was required of him to hold on to his lead going into the final day of the KLM Open in Holland but Ireland's Paul McGinley enjoyed another producitve day.

Stoke’s David Lynn started with five birdies in six holes to close the gap on KLM Open leader Richard Green to two shots.

Ryder Cup hopefuls Ian Poulter and Paul McGinley made steady starts in their bids to overhaul leader Richard Green in the KLM Open in Holland.

RICHARD GREEN conquered an increasingly difficult course at the Hilversumsche Golf Club yesterday to take a three-stroke lead in the KLM Open.

Richard Green conquered an increasingly difficult course at the Hilversumsche Golf Club today to take a three-stroke lead in the KLM Open.

Qualifying for the Ryder Cup may be a serious business but Paul McGinley and Ian Poulter are determined to enjoy themselves.

DAVID LYNN attributed the lowest round of his professional career to his success on the greens after an opening 63 gave him a one-stroke lead in the KLM Open in Holland.

David Lynn attributed the lowest round of his professional career to his success on the greens after an opening 63 gave him a one-stroke lead in the KLM Open in Holland.

Simon Dyson made slight progress in the second round of the St Omer Open today.

England’s David Lynn went from a terrible start to a brilliant finish to claim a share of the lead in the Algarve Open de Portugal.

Scotland's Raymond Russell and Sweden's Klas Eriksson equalled the course record at Penina as the battle for the Algarve Open de Portugal hotted up today.

IRELAND'S Peter Lawrie, last year's European Tour rookie of the year, leads the Algarve Open de Portugal in Penina after an opening round 66.

France’s Gregory Havret ended almost two years of misery in the inaugural Nordic Open in Copenhagen today.

Scotland’s Raymond Russell today failed in his bid to set on a unique scoring record in the inaugural Nordic Open.

FRANCE’S Raphael Jacquelin, first out at 7:30am local time, established a new course record with a 10 under par 62 on the first day of the inaugural Nordic Open in Copenhagen.

Colin Montgomerie suffered the blues on the greens as the rest of the field put the course to the sword on the first day of the inaugural Nordic Open.

Nordic Open Leaderboard

Ireland's Darren Clarke and Gary Murphy are among the leaders at the European Open at the K Club today.

Sports entrepreneur Barry Hearn was starting to lick his lips today after backing Greg Owen for the Algarve Portuguese Open at Vale do Lobo.

Ireland's Des Smyth is three shots off the lead going into the second round of the Great North Open at Slaley Hall in Britain.

Not many people go from Surrey to Newcastle via Calais, but it did not do golfer Andrew Raitt any harm today.

Darren Clarke survived a windswept day at the El Saler links to claim a share of the lead going into the final round of the Via Digital Spanish Open in Valencia.

Darren Clarke found the going tough on a blustery day at El Saler but he still held the joint lead after nine holes of the Via Digital Spanish Open third round in Valencia.

Overnight leaders Darren Clarke and Andrew Raitt both made nervy starts to the third round of the Via Digital Spanish Open in Valencia.

Darren Clarke stepped up his challenge at the Via Digital Spanish Open with a 68 for a share of the halfway lead.

Darren Clarke has fired a second-round 68 for a total of nine under par at the Spanish Open.

Andrew Oldcorn fired a superb 64 on the opening day of the Via Digital Spanish Open in Valencia and claimed his magical round was down to a change in attitude.

Darren Clarke gave an early signal of his intentions with a first-round 67 at the Via Digital Spanish Open today - but the limelight was stolen by journeyman Scot Andrew Oldcorn.