EMI unified its music label and publishing arms under one boss today as part of a restructuring it hopes will boost returns from artists and songwriters.

Americans Brad Faxon and Brett Quigley instantly made their presence felt at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship in Scotland today.

Top bosses at troubled music label EMI are to quit the group as the firm’s new private equity owners prepare to take the company private, it was announced today.

The former boss of EMI's music division quit the troubled group with a £3.6m (€5.32m) pay-off, it was revealed today.

It continued to look as though the start of the 2006 US Tour season had come too soon for some players in Hawaii today.

IT’S a holiday tradition like no other: Masters invitations are in the mail.

BRAD FAXON won the biggest award of his career yesterday without being able to hit a golf shot.

Brad Faxon is to undergo surgery on his left knee and will miss the remainder of the 2005 PGA Tour season.

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Ben Crane carded a second consecutive bogey-free round and was holding the lead when the second round of the US Bank Championship in Milwaukee was suspended due to darkness.

AMERICAN Brad Faxon believes golfing greats like Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player are wrong to criticise current players for not doing more to challenge Tiger Woods' supremacy in the game.

Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer and Gary Player may have 34 major titles between them, but they are wrong to criticise Tiger Woods’ main rivals.

Jose Maria Olazabal is back at the top of the European Order of Merit.

Colin Montgomerie has moved back into the lead in the British Open.

England's Greg Owen has taken over the lead in the British Open.

Joe Ogilvie is tied with Colin Montgomerie at the head of the British Open pack.

Colin Montgomerie is back in the lead - by just one shot - at the British Open.

The final few rounds of day one are being played at the British Open.

Quotes of the day, day one:

Twenty-four hours after making fun of his dire record in the event, Colin Montgomerie shot a superb six under par 65 at Royal Lytham today and for the first time in his life led the Open championship.

Colin Montgomerie has finished today's round at the British Open on six under par.

British Open Leaderboard at Royal Lytham & St Anne’s:

British Open Leaderboard at Royal Lytham & St Anne’s:

Tee-off times for the first two rounds of the 101st US Open golf championship at the Southern Hills Country Club, Tulsa, Oklahoma. Times are all Irish time.

Tee-off times in the third round of the Masters tournament at Augusta National, Georgia, (USA unless stated, all times Irish):

Full tee-off times in the first two rounds of the Masters tournament at Augusta National, Georgia, on Thursday and Friday (US unless stated, all times BST, (x) denotes amateurs):

Brad Faxon carded a three-under-par 67 and holds a three-stroke lead over a pair of major winners after three rounds of the Sony Open in Hawaii.