Lee Westwood bounced back from his third-round blip to win the Maybank Malaysian Open by seven strokes after a storm-delayed final round.

Lee Westwood believes he is finally approaching the form which saw him become world number one, despite arriving at the year’s first major championship 37th in the rankings.

The final round of the 142nd Open Championship was billed as Lee Westwood’s date with destiny, a time for him to emulate the victorious achievements of Justin Rose at last month’s US Open and give English golf a rare back-to-back Major success.

Missing the halfway cut in the defence of his UBS Hong Kong Open title has only reinforced Rory McIlroy’s goal to cut back on his playing schedule.

Paul Azinger wrote a book on how he won the Ryder Cup for America four years ago and our screens have been full of former captains pouring forth on how they did it but for all the talk, nothing can quite prepare José Maria Olazabal and Davis Love III for what is about to unfold.

It will not only be Pádraig Harrington and Hunter Mahan kicking their heels this weekend when the Ryder Cup begins without them at Medinah.

Lee Westwood has decided to split with long-time coach Pete Cowen in a bid to put the spark back into his game.

Lee Westwood had an injury scare today just 12 days before the start of the Open Championship at Royal Lytham.

Rory McIlroy will hope to be inspired by his return to the Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow this weekend, the scene of his first victory in America two years ago — achieved with a magical course record of 62 in the final round, after he had almost missed the halfway cut.

Lee Westwood aimed to make his actions speak louder than his words again as he took a one-stroke lead into the second round of The Masters.

Rory McIlroy is relishing the chance to stand up and be the man with a target on his back as the new world No 1.

Lee Westwood left nobody in any doubt about how disgusted he was by his last-round display at the Dubai Desert Classic.

SEVERIANO Ballesteros knew as soon as he set foot in Ireland for the first time in 1976 that he would love the country and that the affection would be returned a thousand fold.

Tiger Woods hailed Seve Ballesteros as “one of the most talented and exciting golfers to ever play the game” as tributes poured in for the Spaniard following his death this morning.

Seve Ballesteros has been hailed as a "genius", "the king of European golf" and "Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus rolled into one" following his death this morning.

A day after being the subject of fulsome praise from his captain, Padraig Harrington struggled to live up to the hype in the early stages of today’s practice round for the Ryder Cup.

YOU can measure a sporting victory by financial prize, but that is the superficial way.

Lee Westwood believes Rory McIlroy blundered badly in the final week of their European money list battle.

Lee Westwood continued to hold Rory McIlroy at bay early in the third round of the Dubai World Championship today – thanks to some more brilliant putting.

UNDER instructions from Billy Foster his caddie, Lee Westwood is trying something completely different this week – and so far it is certainly working.

Under instructions from Billy Foster his caddie, Lee Westwood is trying something completely different this week – and so far it is working.

Retief Goosen, unable to win a match at last week’s Presidents Cup, leads the Portugal Masters with a round to play in Vilamoura, while playing partner Padraig Harrington slipped from third to ninth and Rory McIlroy languished towards the bottom of the field.

No Tiger Woods in sight, no Padraig Harrington in contention – but what a last day is still in store at the Open Championship.

The fast start Europe needed to boost their hopes of a fourth successive Ryder Cup victory failed to materialise on Sunday at Valhalla.

Darren Clarke’s English caddie Billy Foster insists he has not been approached to start working full-time with world number one Tiger Woods next season.

Darren Clarke’s face crumpled, his shoulders heaved and he grabbed caddie Billy Foster and hung on as the tears flowed and the emotion shuddered through his body.

One day after his World Cup-winning partner Bradley Dredge set the pace in the European Open Stephen Dodd took over at the top at the K Club near Dublin today.

Everyone needs some luck now and again and Darren Clarke definitely had some this morning as he closed in on the overnight leaders at the Smurfit Kappa European Open.

Paul McGinley had to battle to the very last hole of the very last round of the very last tournament for a spot in Europe’s Ryder Cup team last year.

TWO years after Tiger Woods and Ernie Els staged an unresolved tension-packed twilight play-off duel in South Africa, someone might finally take sole possession of the Presidents Cup this weekend.

FOURTH at The K-Club a fortnight ago, second at Loch Lomond over the weekend.

Whatever happens to Darren Clarke in the rest of the United States PGA Championship one thing seems certain – there will be no repeat of what can only go down as an amazing blunder.

Darren Clarke has had no difficulty finding somebody to thank after his brilliant opening 65 in the United States PGA Championship.

BILLY FOSTER is back on the bag, he’s been on holiday for a fortnight and Darren Clarke is all set to cope with the demands of two of the biggest weeks of his season, the last major of the year at Whistling Straits and the defence of his WGC-NEC title in Akron, Ohio, next week.

DARREN CLARKE and top caddy Billy Foster are to be reunited as a partnership at the US PGA Championship at Whistling Straits, Wisconsin, on August 12-15 for the third time.

EMBARRASSING. That's the best word to describe the failure of Europe's best to capture the Open Championship or indeed any major title since 1999.

PADRAIG HARRINGTON is not one to court controversy but lately it seems to follow him around.

Denmark’s Thomas Bjorn recovered from a sluggish start to find top gear in the defence of his BMW International Open title in Munich.

ON Wednesday, Thomas Bjorn talked about getting back on the horse as quickly as possible after his fall at the 16th in the final round of the British Open.

Darren Clarke was today hoping to recapture the form which saw him leading the US Masters after the delayed opening round in Augusta.

TIME was when a caddie’s job was to carry the clubs and keep his mouth shut. Those days are long ago, especially where the professional game is concerned, and there has been as much talk about certain European Tour caddies in recent weeks as there has been about their employers.

DARREN CLARKE has embarked on a series of drastic changes in a bid to start climbing the world rankings and challenging for majors again.