A CLOSING bogey denied England's Nick Dougherty a share of the lead with Tiger Woods and Vijay Singh - the top two players in golf - at the NEC world championship in Ohio yesterday.

Tiger Woods, who could not quite make up a 15-shot deficit in the US PGA championship last week, was quickly on the leaderboard at the NEC world championship in Akron today.

AUSTRALIAN Mark Hensby transferred his major form onto the European Tour yesterday to win the Scandinavian Masters in Stockholm.

ENGLAND’S Barry Lane made the most of more than a century’s worth of experience to fire a first-round 64 in the Scandinavian Masters in Stockholm.

England’s Barry Lane, playing his 533rd European Tour event, today fired a first round 64, seven under par, in the Scandinavian Masters in Stockholm.

IRISH golf fans are in for a real treat at Carton House today when the Nissan Irish Open hots up.