AS Paul McGinley and co play for the £1 million first prize in the HSBC World Match Play Championship at Wentworth, other matters are taxing the minds of hundreds of hopefuls all over Europe.

PETER who? Probably the reaction of most golf fans to the fact that 35 year-old Swede Peter Hedblom is the three shot halfway leader in the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth.

A ROUND of 70 on the testing Burma Road course at Wentworth yesterday was far from a disaster for Pádraig Harrington.

LITTLE progress is reported in the search for a sponsor prepared to maintain the status and reputation of the Irish Open.