South African Hennie Otto burst clear of the field at the Madeira Islands Open on Friday after a two-and-a-half-hour delay caused by gusts of up to 35mph.

Germany’s Sven Struver leads South African Hennie Otto by one after a six-under-par opening round of 66 in the Madeira Islands Open at Santo da Serra today.

Padraig Harrington today became the eighth member of the European Ryder Cup team – but not in a way that gave him any great pleasure.

Paul Casey, winner of the title the last time the European tour visited The Belfry, charged into the lead when the Quinn Direct British Masters began today.

Few golfers have experienced more ups and downs in their career than Thomas Bjorn. And today was definitely the former.

Defending champion Nick Dougherty shot a five-under-par 67 to clamber back up the leaderboard at the OSIM Singapore Masters – but Singapore’s Mardan Mamat led the way for the third day in a row.

Sweden’s Mikael Lundberg took over from compatriot Fredrik Widmark to lead the Cadillac Russian Open on 12 under par after the third round at the Le Meridien Moscow Country Club.

A STRONG British challenge is poised to make its mark at the Cadillac Russian Open after Sweden dominated day two in Moscow.

A strong British challenge is poised to make its mark at the Cadillac Russian Open after Sweden dominated day two in Moscow.

Sweden’s Fredrik Widmark heads the Cadillac Russian Open after a carding his second 67 of the tournament for a 10-under-par total but he leads only by one from compatriot Mikael Lundberg after dropping a shot at his penultimate hole.

Birmingham’s Tom Whitehouse has adopted a new relaxed but determined attitude and it paid off as he fired a six-under-par 66 to lead after the first round of the Cadillac Russian Open.

THE DONALD Steel-designed Lackabane course at Killarney hosts the first European Challenge Tour event in the Republic of Ireland over the next four days with the arrival of the Ireland Ryder Cup Challenge.

IRELAND'S Gary Murphy, Scot Alastair Forsyth and Welshman Jamie Donaldson, who all carded rounds of 64, six under par, are the joint leaders in the £715,000 Dutch Open, with Swede Fredrik Widmark and English duo David Lynn and David Carter a shot behind.

England’s Philip Golding, the 40-year-old who has made a record 16 visits to the European tour qualifying school, has a chance to be remembered for something more than that tomorrow.

Thomas Bjorn today spoke of his determination not only to get back among golf’s elite, but also to get back to beating them.

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Hamburg Leaderboard

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British golfer Simon Khan continued to enjoy the best season of his career in the third round of the Italian Open.

COLIN MONTGOMERIE carded his first sub-70 round of the year at the 16th attempt to move into contention for a first Italian Open title.

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