With only a limited number of tickets remaining for the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open this weekend, tournament host Paul McGinley has all the validation he needs that bringing the European Tour to Lahinch was the right call, regardless of which stars tee it up on the prestigious links tomorrow.

Darren Clarke has had a rollercoaster morning at the 142nd Open Championship at Muirfield today.

Ryder Cup trio Lee Westwood, Darren Clarke and Henrik Stenson made early inroads on the second morning of the 142nd Open Championship at Muirfield.

Martin Kaymer is on course to retain the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship and take the world number two spot off Tiger Woods after a scintillating second-round 65 today.

The chairman of The Open’s championship committee has dismissed as “absolute nonsense” the accusation that they showed favouritism in deciding when to stop play during the second round at St Andrews.