Colin Montgomerie carried on from where he left off to set a blistering pace in the American Express Championship in San Francisco.

Colin Montgomerie carried on from where he left off on Sunday to set the pace in the American Express Championship in San Francisco.

Tiger Woods made a flying start to his bid to claim an 11th win in 21 World Golf Championships events in San Francisco.

Tiger Woods made a flying start to his bid to claim an 11th win in 21 World Golf Championships events in San Francisco.

ENGLAND manager Sven-Goran Eriksson told the English Football Association he never had an affair with secretary Faria Alam, his boss said yesterday.

ENGLAND’S Neil Cheetham, 37, was one of seven golfers sharing the lead after the first round of the Aa St Omer Open having carded a three-under-par 68 in northern France.

Worksop’s Neil Cheetham was one of seven golfers sharing the lead after the first round of the Aa St Omer Open having carded a three-under-par 68 on the undulating course in northern France.

ENGLAND'S Neil Cheetham fired three eagles in the space of just seven holes to lie two shots off the lead, held by Austria's Markus Brier, in the Portuguese Open.

Darren Clarke made a flying start to his final round of the SAA Open in Durban today.

South African Charl Schwartzel claimed his first European Tour victory on Sunday when he won the Dunhill Championship with a birdie on the first play-off hole.

Neil Cheetham is just 18 holes away from realising his lifelong dream of a European Tour title at the Dunhill Championship in South Africa.

World number three Ernie Els goes into today’s second round of the Dunhill Championship well placed to start the defence of his European Order of Merit title but may well find his biggest challenge is trying to tame one of his own pupils.

Andrew Oldcorn, already furious at being denied a place in the Open by a change of rules, was positively seething today after suffering another massive blow to his hopes of playing at Royal Troon.

Leaderboard update:

Thomas Bjorn has dropped a shot at his last hole of the day in the second round of the Murphy's Irish Open at Fota Island.

Colin Montgomerie is back to six under after 16 holes of the Murphy's Irish Open at Fota.

Paul McGinley was today aiming to take another small step closer to a Ryder Cup debut in the second round of the Moroccan Open.

Paul McGinley has taken an early lead in the Moroccan open, this week's event on the European tour.

Open de Argentina, The Jockey Club, Buenos Aires (Gbr & Irl unless stated, par 70)