Rory McIlroy veered from the sublime to the ridiculous to miss the halfway cut in the US Open as Lee Westwood and Shane Lowry remained firmly in contention at Oakmont.

Former champion Rory McIlroy's US Open campaign veered from the sublime to the ridiculous as Lee Westwood battled to remain in contention at Oakmont.

Former champion Rory McIlroy was threatening to do more than simply make the cut and join Lee Westwood in contention for the US Open at Oakmont.

Tournament host Rory McIlroy got everything he wanted apart from the weather as he moved into pole position to win the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open for the first time at The K Club.

Tournament host Rory McIlroy edged closer to winning the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open for the first time as Danny Willett surprisingly stumbled at The K Club just before the threat of lightning suspended play.

Overnight leader Louis Oosthuizen eased to a one-shot victory in the ISPS HANDA Perth International after a final-round 71 at Lake Karrinyup Country Club.

Matt Jones clung on to win the Australian Open ahead of Adam Scott and defending champion Jordan Spieth.

Past champion Graeme McDowell believes he may have found a key to unlock the secrets of the little-known Chambers Bay course, venue for next week’s US Open.

India’s Anirban Lahiri claimed his maiden European Tour title after overhauling Bernd Wiesberger to win the Maybank Malaysian Open by one shot.

"I didn’t want to let him get too far ahead of me. I just wanted to try to stay as close to him as possible and thankfully I was able to do that."

Heavy rain did not deter spectators from turning out in force to watch an historic third day of the Open Championship at Royal Liverpool.

Finland’s Mikko Ilonen remained on course for a wire-to-wire victory midway through the final round of the Irish Open today.

Padraig Harrington has endured a disappointing start to his final round with bogeys on the second and third and seventh holes.

Jet-lagged Graeme McDowell is hoping a good night’s sleep will help him mount a charge in pursuit of overnight leader Mikko Ilonen as the second round of the Irish Open gets under way at Fota Island Resort today.

England’s Simon Dyson had “no recollection” of breaking the rule which led to his disqualification from the BMW Masters in Shanghai, according to tournament officials.

Paul McGinley declared he now has 20 players better prepared for Ryder Cup selection following the dramatic conclusion to the Seve Trophy at St Nom-la-Breteche yesterday.

Great Britain and Ireland’s Simon Khan had to pull out of the Seve Trophy on Sunday with a back injury, with Thomas Bjorn volunteering to step aside for the Continental Europe team at St Nom La Breteche.

Former Ryder Cup captain Jose Maria Olazabal will attempt to bring some Medinah magic to the Seve Trophy and lead another European side to a team triumph.

Paul McGinley didn’t allow the business of being Ryder Cup captain spoil his golf with a best finish in 15 months and a second straight top-10 result in the ISPS Handa Wales Open at Celtic Manor.

Padraig Harrington is just four off the clubhouse lead held by Thailand’s Kiradech Aphibarnrat, whose 65 continued the excellent form of last week when he was fourth in the Avantha Masters.

Padraig Harrington is just four off the lead after day one of the Malaysian Open.

South African Darren Fichardt survived a late wobble to claim a two-shot win on home soil at the Africa Open in East London.

South African Charl Schwartzel completed his fantastic finish to 2012 with an astonishing 12-stroke victory on home soil at the Alfred Dunhill Championship today.

Charl Schwartzel, an 11-shot winner in Thailand last weekend, takes a 10-stroke lead into the final round of the Alfred Dunhill Championship in his native South Africa tomorrow.

Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano picked up his sixth European Tour victory after he beat off the challenge of Garth Mulroy to win the BMW Italian Open by two shots.

Germany’s Martin Kaymer set about silencing any lingering Ryder Cup critics with a timely return to form on day two of the BMW Italian Open in Turin.

Welshman Jamie Donaldson, winless in 244 European Tour starts, takes a one-stroke lead over England’s Anthony Wall, winless in his last 364, into the final round of the Irish Open at Royal Portrush tomorrow.

Welshman Jamie Donaldson, without a European Tour win in 244 starts, led the Irish Open midway through his third round at wet and windy Royal Portrush.

Northern Ireland’s “Big Three” were battling through heavy rain to try to stay in touch with the leaders of the Irish Open at Royal Portrush today.

It took Darren Clarke just two holes to leap 29 places in the Irish Open at Royal Portrush today – despite the pouring rain.

Padraig Harrington thinks major golf titles are like buses – “when you get one a few more arrive very quickly”.

With apologies to overnight leader Gregory Bourdy, this year’s Irish Open got the shot in the arm it needed when Pádraig Harrington birdied the 17th hole at Royal Portrush yesterday evening.

Paul McGinley is in his 46th year, 25 of which he has spent as a professional golfer, so he knows full well how ill-advised it would be to take anything for granted.

Padraig Harrington has given himself the chance to once again become the home winner of the Irish Open.

France’s Gregory Bourdy gave the chasing pack – Rory McIlroy and Darren Clarke included – a boost when he failed to build on a brilliant start to his Irish Open second round at Royal Portrush today.

Rory McIlroy was back in the title hunt and Darren Clarke on course to make his first cut of the year – but it was two continentals who were setting the pace on day two of the Irish Open at Royal Portrush.

Rory McIlroy made just the start he was hoping for today after resuming the Irish Open at Royal Portrush down in joint 53rd place.

Jeev Milkha Singh’s number one dream in golf is to represent India at the 2016 Olympics – just like his father did in athletics on three occasions.

It was not quite the leaderboard the scriptwriters had in mind for this Irish Open on this most iconic of courses but Ireland’s Fab Four are fired up to make much more of an impression heading into today’s second round.

It was wet, it was windy, but nothing was going to stop fans turning out in huge numbers today for the first Irish Open in Northern Ireland since 1953.

Scotland’s Marc Warren has won a World Cup with Colin Montgomerie, two European Tour titles and over £2m, but remarkably has never played in a major.

Simon Dyson double-bogeyed the last hole to throw the race for the Spanish Open wide open again with a round to go in Seville.

Simon Dyson, the highest-ranked player in the field at 36th in the world, took over at the top in the rain-delayed third round of the Reale Seguros Spanish Open in Seville today.