The Nike Covert driver Rory McIlroy will take into competition next season was unveiled by five Nike staff players on day one of the storm-affected Barclays Singapore Open.

Darren Clarke and Paul McGinley, two of Jose Maria Olazabal’s assistants as Europe amazingly retained the Ryder Cup from 10-4 down, are seen as the two leading candidates to take over from the Spaniard for the 2014 match at Gleneagles.

Tiger Woods produced some of the old magic to match Jack Nicklaus’ career tally of 73 PGA Tour wins with his fifth victory at the Memorial Tournament last night.

Justin Rose piled on the agony for Darren Clarke with a 6&4 drubbing at the Volvo World Match Play Championship in Spain today.

Rory McIlroy confessed that the strain of getting to world number one took its toll on him as he crashed to his first over par score for five months in the WGC-Cadillac Championship at a blustery TPC Blue Monster.

Rory McIlroy found his new life as world number one hard work in windy Miami today.

The European Tour has still to see its first round of 59 after yet another chance went begging at the Dubai Desert Classic today.

Back-to-back bogeys by Tiger Woods handed England’s Robert Rock an unexpected two-shot lead early in the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship final round today.

Rory McIlroy lost a ball with only his fifth shot of the day and was left with a mountain to climb at the Dubai World Championship today.

Rory McIlroy has endured a topsy turvy start to the Dubai World Championship to stand at one under par, six shots off Paul Lawrie's clubhouse lead.

Ireland's Shane Lowry is just four off the lead, on three under with two to play, of Paul Lawrie who leads on seven under in the clubhouse.

Four players were tied for the lead with nine holes to play in the Portugal Masters at Oceanico Victoria.

The Johnnie Walker Championship went into a five-man play-off at Gleneagles today after England’s Mark Foster, one ahead on the 18th tee, finished with a bogey six.

England's Mark Foster and Spaniard Ignacio Garrido, who have played more than 450 European Tour events between them since their last wins in 2003, will go head to head to try to change that at Gleneagles tomorrow.

Darren Clarke, as proud as anyone about what is already a golden era for Irish golf, has the chance this weekend to add another chapter to the remarkable story.

ENGLAND’S Simon Dyson will play in next week’s British Open after American David Toms yesterday became the fourth player to withdraw this week.

England’s Simon Dyson will play in next week’s Open Championship after American David Toms today became the fourth player to withdraw this week.

American former Ryder Cup player Anthony Kim has confirmed he will be at Sandwich for the Open next week.

Graeme Storm returned to the scene of his one European Tour victory today and shared the early first-round lead.

SCOTLAND’S Elliot Saltman will be free to return to European Tour golf from next week after serving his three-month ban.

Tiger Woods is out of the WGC-Accenture Match Play already, beaten on the first extra hole by Dane Thomas Bjorn in today’s opening round.

GRAEME McDOWELL and Rory McIlroy cruised to comfortable first round wins in the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship in Arizona.

Luke Donald booked his place in the second round of the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship before Tiger Woods and Lee Westwood had even hit a shot in Tucson today.

Martin Kaymer suddenly found top form again at the Commercialbank Qatar Masters today – but probably too late to take him to world number one tomorrow.

Just when it seemed everything – the woeful form of Tiger Woods included – was pointing to Europe winning back the Ryder Cup at Celtic Manor in October, nobody can be quite so sure any more.

COLIN MONTGOMERIE has issued a stern warning to high-profile players, telling them that they cannot count on a “wild card” pick for this year’s European Ryder Cup team.

Darren Clarke was today unveiled as the 'third man' to help Europe try to win back the Ryder Cup at Celtic Manor in Wales on October 1-3.

SHANE LOWRY scored a course record-equalling 62 on the Old Course, Sunningdale, to earn himself a place in next month’s British Open at St Andrews yesterday.

A day of some spectacular scoring in the Wales Open at Celtic Manor - so different to the second round - ended with German Marcel Siem on track to become the third successive shock winner of the title.

Ireland’s Damien McGrane prospered on the third day of the Wales Open at Celtic Manor.

EIGHT putts on one hole is the sort of thing even a beginner at golf would hope never to do – but it happened to Britain’s last winner of a major title yesterday.

Eight putts on one hole is the sort of thing even a beginner at golf would hope never to do - but it happened to Britain's last winner of a Major title today.

COLIN Montgomerie may surprise us but it is difficult to believe he would include two people among his assistants at Celtic Manor next October who have never played in the Ryder Cup.

Darren Clarke is keen to put a disappointing 12 months behind him when he tees off at this week's Africa Open in East London tomorrow.

Shane Lowry, shock winner of the Irish Open as an amateur last month, will be looking to bounce back from missing the cut in his first two professional tournaments at Monday’s 36-hole Open Championship qualifying event at Sunningdale.

After slipping outside Europe’s top 100 for the first time in his career last year Dane Thomas Bjorn has fallen in love with golf again.

Former Ryder Cup player Thomas Levet dedicated victory to Seve Ballesteros after lifting the Spanish Open trophy in Girona today.

Swede Peter Hanson managed only a third round 74 at the Andalucian Open in Seville today and knew instantly what it meant – no Masters debut again.

India’s SSP Chowrasia claimed the biggest title of his career today after winning the Indian Masters by two strokes ahead of Ireland’s Damien McGrane.

Northern Ireland’s Graeme McDowell has won the Royal Trophy, Seve Trophy, Walker Cup and Palmer Cup and is confident his recent run of consistent form can thrust him into Nick Faldo’s mind for the ultimate team showdown at Valhalla in September.

Seve Ballesteros had to make a late change to his line-up for the third session of the Seve Trophy at The Heritage near Dublin today.

Nick Faldo has named England’s Simon Dyson and Scot Marc Warren as his two wild cards for Britain and Ireland’s defence of the Seve Trophy at The Heritage near Dublin next week.

YASIN ALI admitted he let an opportunity to take a first-round lead in the Volvo China Open slip out of his grasp. But the young Englishman was not too downbeat about an opening effort of 70 which kept him well in contention at the Shanghai Silport Golf Club.

As if it is not hard enough for his rivals already, Tiger Woods now has Roger Federer helping him become an even better golfer.