Jose Maria Olazabal and Nick Dougherty were among those to miss the halfway cut as England's Benn Barham retained the lead at the Austrian Open in Vienna.

England’s Benn Barham equalled the lowest round of his career today to lead the Austrian Open in Vienna.

A Jordanian military court has convicted one of its citizens of stabbing a German tourist last year in what the government described as a “terrorist act”.

ENGLAND’S Benn Barham and Scotland’s Marc Warren played their final round at the BMW Italian Open in Turin in a mere 141 minutes yesterday.

Holland’s Maarten Lafeber and Kent’s Benn Barham led the afternoon chase of Indian Masters leader Damien McGrane.

Tiger Woods made a flawless start to his bid for a second Dubai Desert Classic title this morning after the world number one carded a bogey-free seven-under-par 65 to open up a two-stroke lead over Sweden’s Pelle Edberg, Spain’s Miguel Angel Jimenez and France’s Thomas Levet.

No practice round and borrowed clubs were perhaps catching up with England’s Benn Barham in the second round of the EnterCard Scandinavian Masters today.

England’s Benn Barham claimed a share of the lead in the EnterCard Scandinavian Masters, despite having to play with a borrowed set of clubs.

Swede Johan Edfors pulled off a stunning win in the Barclays Scottish Open at Loch Lomond today – his third in just 10 events.

Thomas Bjorn rates Darren Clarke as one of golf’s top strikers of the ball, but it was the Dane who shone brighter today and now has the chance to deny Clarke victory in the Barclays Scottish Open at Loch Lomond.

England’s Benn Barham claimed a share of the lead going into the final round of the Italian Open – and credited a sports psychologist recently banned from the tour.

England’s Benn Barham hopes to follow in the footsteps of Paul Broadhurst in the Italian Open in Milan this week.

ENGLAND’S Benn Barham equalled the lowest round of his 10 year professional career with an eight under par 63 to establish a two stroke lead over Frenchman David Dupart after the first round of the Open Mahou de Madrid on the European Challenge Tour at La Herreria Club de Golf.

While Jay Haas was taking an early lead in the US Open, the man who defeated him in the Ryder Cup ine years ago was struggling in France.

Open champion Ernie Els carded a second-round 67 to move ominously into the lead in the Caltex Masters in Singapore.

England's Benn Barham carded a superb opening 65 in the Caltex Masters in Singapore, but had Open champion Ernie Els breathing down his neck before bad weather halted play.

Benn Barham leads in the first round in the Caltex Masters in Singapore where play has been suspended.