The oldest golf championship in the world, the British Open, returns for the 11th time this week to the Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lancashire.

At age 76, Bob Charles added another chapter to his legend at the European Senior Tour’s PGA Open by beating his age by an incredible 10 strokes to move into a share of third place on four under par.

Greg Norman is set to return to the scene of his maiden major championship victory after confirming he will play in The British Senior Open Championship at Turnberry next month.

SWEDEN’S Alexander Noren cruised to his third European Tour title despite a closing round of 77 in Stockholm yesterday.

MICHAEL CAMPBELL might be the only golfer who has ever caused government business to be halted.

Seve Ballesteros, who is still recovering from a brain tumour, is among the golfing stars who have been invited to compete in the Champions Challenge on the eve of next July’s Open at St Andrews.

Greg Norman finds himself in familiar territory at Sunningdale ahead of the final round of the Senior Open Championship on top of the leaderboard.

With Lee Westwood pulling out because of tonsilitis and Darren Clarke among a number of players taking a rest after the effort they put into their Ryder Cup bids, the field at this week’s Omega European Masters in Switzerland has been seriously weakened.

Michael Campbell is hoping playing next week’s US Open “blind”, as he did before his victory at Pinehurst in 2005, will lead to an equally unexpected triumph at Torrey Pines.

England’s Richard Finch and Australian Steven Bowditch both shot course record 65s in the second round of the New Zealand Open.

Former US Open champion Michael Campbell plays in his homeland at this week’s New Zealand Open knowing the pressure is on him to perform.

Michael Campbell’s victory in the US Open has won him the European Tour’s Golfer of the Year award.

Michael Campbell’s astonishing US Open victory – after he sank a birdie putt on the last hole of qualifying to get in – has made him the European Tour’s Golfer of the Month for June.

Former Open champion Greg Norman has confirmed his appearance at the 19th Senior British Open Championship from July 21-24.

ENGLAND’S Carl Mason stormed back to the top of the European Seniors Tour Order of Merit he has dominated for the last two seasons when he closed with a four under par 65 to claim the £75,000 first prize at the Ryder Cup Wales Seniors Open at Royal St David’s in Harlech.

THE new champion looked at the trophy, tapped it, squeezed it and hugged it, as if he was trying to discover if this was for real or not.

It was always going to need something pretty special to knock the All Blacks out of the headlines in New Zealand this week – but Michael Campbell has done it.

Scotland’s Sam Torrance triumphed for the first time in the senior game when he won the Travis Perkins Senior Masters at Wentworth Club after equalling the lowest round shot on the European Seniors Tour.

Bob Charles, who has not won in eight years, put himself in position to make golf history.

JACK NICKLAUS and Tom Watson will relive 1977’s famous “Duel in the Sun” when they tee up in the Mastercard Senior British Open at Turnberry today.

IRELAND’S Des Smyth makes his European Seniors Tour debut when he tees up in the £500,000 Ryder Cup Wales Seniors Open, at Royal St David’s, Harlech, from Friday.

SUNDAY was one hell of a day for the left-handed brigade.

IT has been another wonderful weekend for Irish golfers Peter Lawrie and Denis O’Sullivan. Lawrie made sure of his card on the main European Tour for next year, while O’Sullivan claimed his fifth title on the European Seniors circuit.

After a one-hole play-off, Ian Stanley from Australia won the British Seniors' Open Championship at Royal County Down.

Ian Stanley has maintained his effort to win the British Seniors' Open Championship at Royal County Down as he has picked up two birdies against

Australian Ian Stanley goes into the last round of the £501,000stg British

Bob Charles has made a bold bid to win the British Seniors' Championship for

The overnight leaders in the £501,000 MasterCard British Seniors'

John Bland remains the front-runner in the £501,000 British Seniors’ Championship at Royal County Down.

American David Oakley made the early running today in the British Seniors’ Open Championship at Royal County Down posting a three-under-par 68 to be four-under for the tournament and is the clubhouse leader.

John Bland and Denis Durnien leaped into the lead after the first day’s play in the stg£501,000 British Seniors’ Open Championship at Royal County Down after both toured the Newcastle links in three-under-par 68.