Open Championship hero Paul Dunne has stayed true to his instincts and confirmed he will remain an amateur until after the Walker Cup this September.

Masters champion Jordan Spieth roared back into contention at the RBC Heritage following a second-round 62.

Shane Lowry has boosted hopes of a fourth Irish success in eight years by qualifying for next fortnight’s British Open at Royal Liverpool.

Fabrizio Zanotti triumphed in the first four-man play-off in BMW International Open history to win his first European Tour title in the most dramatic fashion today.

Dustin Johnson believes he can win a maiden major title after recovering superbly from seeing his overnight three-shot lead wiped out in just two holes to claim the WGC-HSBC Champions in Shanghai.

Dustin Johnson admitted he was “a little mad” with himself after a double-bogey on the last reduced his lead to three shots heading into the final round of the WGC-HSBC Champions in Shanghai.

Damien McGrane guaranteed his Tour card for next season with a share of third in the KLM Open, while rookie professional Kevin Phelan will next travel to Portugal in search of similar status.

Ireland’s Michael Hoey shot a final-round 70 to claim a four-stroke victory at the M2M Russian Open in Moscow yesterday.

Northern Ireland’s Michael Hoey shot a final-round 70 to claim a four-stroke victory at the M2M Russian Open in Moscow.

Australian Marcus Fraser led the way on a day of low scoring when the BMW International Open began in Cologne.

Scotland's Stephen Gallacher and South African Richard Sterne were setting a furious pace at the start of the BMW International Open in Cologne today.

Hunter Mahan has climbed from 22nd to ninth in the world after capturing the Accenture Match Play Championship by beating Rory McIlroy in the final.

Scotland’s Peter Whiteford shot a six-under-par 66 to share the first-round lead with Spaniard Alejandro Canizares at the Avantha Masters in New Delhi.

England’s Robert Rock is up from 117th to 55th in the world after his victory over Tiger Woods and golf’s top four in Abu Dhabi.

Padraig Harrington will need to climb to 65th in the world rather than 64th to earn a place in next month’s Accenture Match Play Championship in Arizona.

Tiger Woods has climbed back up to 21st in the world rankings after finally ending more than two years without a victory.

Rory McIlroy feels his Hong Kong Open triumph shows he can now grind out victories, a vital quality if he is to reach number one in the world.

RORY McILROY will still visit a Dubai hospital later today despite an energy-charged performance in capturing the UBS Hong Kong Open.

Rory McIlroy has revealed Lee Westwood’s stunning 62 at the Nedbank Golf Challenge helped spur him on to a crucial victory after he won the Hong Kong Open by two strokes.

Rory McIlroy kept his hopes of winning the Race to Dubai alive as a closing 65 saw him claim a two-shot victory at the Hong Kong Open.

THE Montgomerie Course at Carton House will host next year’s European Amateur Golf Championships, with the August 8-11 event coming to this country for the first time in its 25-year history.

The Golfing Union of Ireland has announced Ireland will host the International European Amateur Championship in 2012.

A 20-foot putt on the short third kept Scotland’s Richie Ramsay in control of the Andalucia Masters at Valderrama today.

Four players were tied for the lead with nine holes to play in the Portugal Masters at Oceanico Victoria.

SO how exactly did Darren Clarke, ranked 111th in the world, climb from the depths of despair to become British Open champion?

Darren Clarke made an ideal start to the Open Championship today with a 15ft birdie on the first, the only one on that hole all day.

RORY McILROY tried all he knew but was unable to live with the scorching pace set by Steve Stricker and a host of other Americans in the final round of the Memorial tournament at Muirfield Village, Ohio, yesterday.

Swede Alex Noren won his second European Tour title at Celtic Manor today – and this time all it needed was solid golf rather than a moment of magic.

Gregory Havret, runner-up to Graeme McDowell in last year’s US Open, withdrew from the Saab Wales Open today following the death of his father.

Nicolas Colsaerts secured a four-shot victory at the Volvo China Open to lift his first European Tour title.

Nicolas Colsaerts remained on course to land the China Open title after increasing his advantage at the head of the field over the first 12 holes of his final round today.

Nicolas Colsaerts will bid for a maiden European Tour win when he takes a one-shot lead into tomorrow’s final round of the China Open.

Nicolas Colsaerts produced a third-round 66 to reach 18 under par at the China Open at Luxehills International Country Club.

Frenchman Gregory Havret was among a group of four players at the head of the field in the second round of the China Open at Chengdu.

India's SSP Chowrasia held on for a narrow victory in the Avantha Masters in New Delhi today.

The new US Open champion Graeme McDowell will have to wait until just before 2pm on Thursday when he tees off with two former winners of that title, Jim Furyk and Geoff Ogilvy at the Open in St Andrews.

GRAEME MCDOWELL, golf’s newest major champion, returns to the European Tour at Loch Lomond today but admits it could be St Andrews next week before he is ready to contend again.

Phil Mickelson's latest bid to topple Tiger Woods as world number one starts at Loch Lomond tomorrow, but he looked as though he had just been in a fight this morning.

Welshman Bradley Dredge leads the BMW International Open in Munich at the halfway stage as star attractions Ernie Els and Sergio Garcia crashed out of the event.

Graeme McDowell has decided to take an extra week to digest the enormity of his US Open victory and will miss next week's French Open.

WITH new US Open champion Graeme McDowell riding high on a wave of acclaim, he’s been offered some very timely advice from those who have also tasted Majors success.

The European Tour have announced that Graeme McDowell will play at this year’s 3 Irish Open, when the tournament returns to Killarney Golf and Fishing Club from July 29 to August 1.

KENNY McDOWELL was still floating on air five hours after his son tapped in from 12 inches to give him the best Father’s Day present a man could wish for.

IT was the morning after the night before at Brophy’s Tavern in Carmel.