PAUL McGINLEY has won the RBS Shot of the Year Award for 2005 for his third shot approach to the 17th in the final round of the Volvo Masters.

Englishman Ross Fisher and South African Tim Clark posted five-under-par 68s to equal the course record and move into the overnight South African Airways Open lead.

Home favourite Tim Clark made the perfect start to his bid to retain his South African Airways Open title at Fancourt today.

WALES’ Bradley Dredge carded a superb 63 to lead the Scandinavian Masters in Stockholm — and could even have already done enough to win his second tour title.

Wales’ Bradley Dredge carded a superb 63 to lead the Scandinavian Masters in Stockholm – and could even have already done enough to win his second tour title.

Wales’ Bradley Dredge carded a superb 63 to lead the Scandinavian Masters in Stockholm today – and could already have done enough to win his second tour title.

English pair Gary Emerson and Paul Broadhurst both used their experience to good effect in the second round of the KLM Open in Holland to occupy the top two spots on the leaderboard.

Paul Broadhurst took advantage of the absence of a first-class field at the KLM Open to claim a share of the lead with a four-under-par round of 66 in Holland.

Jean van de Velde was today hoping it was fourth time lucky as he made a successful return to action in the Portuguese Open.

STEPHEN BROWNE got his bid for two European Challenge Tour victories in a row off to a solid start at the Skandia PGA Open with an opening round of two under par 70 at the Arlandastad Golf Club, Stockholm, Sweden.

A day-long downpour washed out most of the third round of the BMW Russian Open to leave some players facing the prospect of having to squeeze in 35 holes on the final day.

Kariem Baraka revealed some advice from his uncle and double Masters champion Bernhard Langer helped him maintain his lead in the BMW Russian Open at the Le Meridien Moscow Country Club.

Kariem Baraka revealed some advice from his uncle and double Masters champion Bernhard Langer helped him maintain his lead in the BMW Russian Open at the Le Meridien Moscow Country Club.

Scotland’s Euan Little was chasing leaders Kariem Baraka and Henrik Nystrom on the second day of the BMW Russian Open at the Le Meridien Moscow Country Club.

Ricardo Gonzalez’s bid to become the first back-to-back tournament winner for three years suffered a late blow in the Spanish Open in Fuerteventura.

RICHARD MCEVOY’S mettle will be tested to the full today after his lead in the Omega Hong Kong Open was cut by defending champion Fredrik Jacobson, a man in no mood to relinquish his title without a fight.

European Tour rookie Richard McEvoy shot another accomplished if occasionally fortunate round to retain his overnight lead at the Omega Hong Kong Open and set the half-way mark at 10 under par.

Richard McEvoy stands alone as the clear leader of the Omega Hong Kong Open today after turning in another accomplished performance to shoot a 68 and set the clubhouse mark at 10-under-par.

Darren Clarke birdied both closing holes in the second round to regain the pole position he held after his opening 66.

Fredrik Jacobson can at last call himself a winner after his two-shot victory at the Omega Hong Kong Open ended the Swede’s run of near-misses.

WORLD number three Ernie Els admitted his decision to stop chasing world number one Tiger Woods had played a major part in his success in 2002.

Former British Amateur champion Stephen Dodd is within sight of his first European Tour victory after finishing day three of the Omega Hong Kong Open at Fanling in a three-way tie for the lead.

PADRAIG HARRINGTON lived to up to billing as the ‘Mr Consistency’ of the European Tour as he ended day one of the season-opening BMW Asian Open one shot off the lead.

Paul Lawrie cruised to his fifth European Tour victory in the weather-disrupted Celtic Manor Resort Wales Open today.

Former Open champion Paul Lawrie takes a five-shot lead into today’s final round of the weather-delayed Celtic Manor Resort Wales Open.

Sweden’s Carl Pettersson today won his first European Tour title in a sudden-death play-off with David Gilford in the Algarve Open de Portugal.

Swede Carl Pettersson’s massive overnight lead was wiped out in the space of just eight holes in the delayed Algarve Open de Portugal this morning.

Swede Carl Pettersson's massive overnight lead was wiped out in the space of just eight holes in the delayed Algarve Open de Portugal.

Adam Scott cruised to victory in the £1.1m (€1.7m) Qatar Masters today to claim his second European tour title in style.

Ireland's David Higgins is the club house leader as the second round of the Madrid Open enters its final stages.

Latest second round leaderboard from Madrid Open.

Top of the leaderboard in the Madrid Open:

Darren Clarke got off to another fast start in the second round of the German Masters in Cologne.

Colin Montgomerie was today hoping for a flash of inspiration in the second round of the German Masters in Cologne.

Sweden’s Henrik Nystrom and England’s Greg Owen are tied for the lead at the German Masters in Cologne after both finished their opening rounds on seven under par.

Sweden' Henrik Nystrom leads by one stroke in the opening round of the German Masters from Ricardo Gonzalez.

Leading positions after the second round of the Lancome Trophy, St-Nom-la-Breteche, Paris, France (Gbr and Irl unless stated, par 71):

Latest leaderboard from the Benson and Hedges Open at the Belfry.