After weeks when he could virtually smell the scent of those Augusta azaleas, Shane Lowry has at last joined the elite top-50 club on the back of a final round 66 to secure fifth place in the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai.

Sweden’s Henrik Stenson successfully defended a title for the first time in his career after a thrilling finish to the DP World Tour Championship on Sunday.

Patrick Reed gained a small measure of revenge for last month’s Ryder Cup defeat by knocking European hero Jamie Donaldson out of the Volvo World Match Play Championship yesterday.

Ryder Cup star Victor Dubuisson was the only player certain of a place in the quarter-finals of the Volvo World Match Play Championship ahead of Friday's final group matches at The London Club.

Defending champion Graeme McDowell suffered just his third ever defeat in the Volvo World Match Play Championship yesterday, as Ryder Cup team-mate Stephen Gallacher’s singles losing streak reached double figures.

World number one Rory McIlroy was struggling to reproduce his Ryder Cup form on the opening day of the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship on Thursday.

"What type of coach are you?" That’s one of the questions I’ve been asked a lot in the past few months.

Paul McGinley has turned to Rory McIlroy to get beaten and bruised Ian Poulter back into Ryder Cup hero-mode after reuniting the pair for this morning’s fourballs session at Gleneagles.

Nowhere are the twin impostors of success and failure more in evidence than in the cauldron of Ryder Cup battle.

European captain Paul McGinley looked to have settled on a number of his pairings on the final day of practice for the 40th Ryder Cup at Gleneagles.

It was almost the calm before the storm as the European and US Ryder Cup teams joked and wise-cracked their way through a light-hearted practice session.

Graeme McDowell already has his place in Ryder Cup history but the hero of Celtic Manor would love a repeat at Gleneagles.

For someone who lists ‘socialising’ as one of his interests and has the nickname D’Artagnan, the tag of being the ‘Greta Garbo of golf’ appears at odds for someone like Victor Dubuisson.

European captain Paul McGinley insists he has no concerns over Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell’s relationship ahead of next week’s Ryder Cup.

Defending champion Graeme McDowell strangely launched into a vigorous defence of guaranteed Ryder Cup rookie Victor Dubuisson after the second round of the French Open.

Ireland’s Rory McIlroy shot a disappointing final round 72 for a final score of six under par in the Memorial Tournament in Dublin, Ohio yesterday.

A week may be a long time in politics but 20 hours can feel like a marathon for one of the game’s greatest golfers when his game goes from the sublime to the ridiculous in such a short space of time.

Victor Dubuisson looked shattered as he prepared to dash to the limousine waiting to whisk him to Phoenix airport and back to Cannes via London following his thrilling WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship tussle and ultimate defeat to Jason Day.

Graeme McDowell enjoyed a unique experience at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship this weekend.

Energy infrastructure is approaching a tipping point, with a lack of trust in State institutions resulting in communities hindering the development of national infrastructure, it has been claimed.

Shane Lowry paid a heavy price for a bout of anger at the Turkish Airlines Open yesterday.

Paul McGinley displayed his dogged fighting qualities in posting a one under par 71 on the first day of the Ballantine’s Championship in Seoul.

Home player Kim Do-hoon was setting the on-course pace at four-under-par on day one of the Ballantine's Championship in Icheon, South Korea.