MARK ROE and Santiago Luna reached 500 European tour events but it was Swede Johan Skold and Argentina’s Andres Romero who set the first day pace at the Abama Canaries Open in Tenerife yesterday.

EVEN though he never figured close to the leaderboard in the WGC-NEC Championship at the weekend, Pádraig Harrington says he feels a whole lot better about his game after a couple of weeks in the US.

Colm Moriarty saw his bid for a maiden professional victory at the European Challenge Tour's Skandia PGA Open end in disappointment.