Sixteen years after his unbeaten part in sending Tiger Woods to Walker Cup defeat, England's Mark Foster is hoping to seal a return to team golf in real style this weekend.

Ireland’s Peter Lawrie was setting the pace for the second week running when the Johnnie Walker Championship began after a 160-minute fog delay at Gleneagles today.

ON any golf course, what you want are two tough finishing holes.

IT promises to be an exciting moving day today at the Irish Open presented by Discover Ireland as Marcel Siem takes a one-stroke lead into the third round with 24 players within five shots of him.

Colin Montgomerie gave himself another mountain to climb when he managed only a one-over-par 71 in the first round of the Open Championship 36-hole qualifier at Sunningdale today.

Graeme McDowell and Adam Scott both made good starts to their second rounds at the Singapore Open to share the lead on nine under par.

Matteo Manassero became the youngest winner in European Tour history today after triumphing by four shots at the Castello Masters in Spain.

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.

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.

SHANE LOWRY scored a course record-equalling 62 on the Old Course, Sunningdale, to earn himself a place in next month’s British Open at St Andrews yesterday.

WELSHMAN Rhys Davies captured his first European Tour title with a brilliant display in Morocco yesterday.

Rising Welsh star Rhys Davies remained on course for a maiden career title at the Maybank Malaysian Open after earning a share of a one shot lead alongside Thailand's Kiradech Aphibarnrat at the top of a tightly congested third-round leaderboard today.

Dane Soren Hansen and Angelo Que headed a seven-way tie at the top of the Maybank Malaysian Open leaderboard when play was suspended during today’s second round due to lightning.

Consistent Dane Soren Hansen joined Angelo Que in a share of the clubhouse lead midway through the second round of the Maybank Malaysian Open at Kuala Lumpur Golf & Country Club.

Challenge Tour graduate Rhys Davies sparkled on the opening day at the Maybank Malaysian Open to share a one-shot first-round lead with Spain’s Ignacio Garrido.

Welshman Rhys Davies carded a bogey-free seven-under-par 65 to share a one-shot lead with Spain’s Ignacio Garrido midway through the first round of the Maybank Malaysian Open today.

Oliver Wilson and Marcel Siem joined clubhouse leader Robert Karlsson in a tie for the lead on the opening day of the Commercialbank Qatar Masters.

Sweden’s Robert Karlsson defied the weather to card a four-under-par opening round at the Commercialbank Qatar Masters today to open up a two-shot lead midway through a first windswept day in Doha.

Sweden’s Michael Jonzon, with one European Tour win in 290 starts and fighting for his future, leads the Castello Masters in Spain with a round to play.

Martin Kaymer has given himself the chance to regain the European Tour number one spot in his first event back from breaking toes in a go-kart crash.

Padraig Harrington’s fourth place finish in the US Tour’s Deutsche Bank Championship puts him third on the European Ryder Cup table.

Graeme McDowell began his bid to keep his Ryder Cup place exactly how he wanted today – with a birdie.

Sweden's Oskar Henningsson, winner of the European Tour qualifying school last November, won his first title on the circuit in the Czech Republic today.

England's Steve Webster was handed a one-shot lead going into the last day of the Moravia Silesia Open in the Czech Republic, after Spaniard Ignacio Garrido double-bogeyed the final hole of his third round.

Ireland's Gareth Maybin was just two shots off the lead going into the last day of the European Tour’s Moravia Silesia Open in the Czech Republic, sharing fourth with Englishman Sam Little on nine under.

GRAEME STORM, relieved to discover last week that he did not have swine flu, shares the lead with fellow Englishman Steve Webster after two rounds of the Moravia Silesia Open in the Czech Republic.

Graeme Storm, relieved to discover last week that he did not have swine flu, shares the lead with fellow Englishman Steve Webster after two rounds of the Moravia Silesia Open in the Czech Republic.

Jeppe Huldahl, a 26-year-old Dane without a single European Tour top 10 finish to his name, forced himself into the limelight by winning the Celtic Manor Wales Open today.

Former Ryder Cup Swede Niclas Fasth holed a pitch shot for an eagle three on the long 11th to join Dane Jeppe Huldahl in the lead at the Celtic Manor Wales Open.

Scotland’s Richie Ramsay had his hopes of a first European Tour victory boosted today before another ball was struck in the Celtic Manor Wales Open.

Scotland’s Richie Ramsay continued to battle for the Wales Open lead late into the night at Celtic Manor today – but was facing a possible two-stroke penalty.

France’s Thomas Levet has a two-stroke lead going into the final round of the Spanish Open in Girona.

Swede Peter Hanson managed only a third round 74 at the Andalucian Open in Seville today and knew instantly what it meant – no Masters debut again.

John Bickerton is hoping playing with Ross McGowan tomorrow will prove a good omen as the English pair head into the final round of the Johnnie Walker Classic tied for the lead.

Ireland's Damien McGrane made four birdies on his final seven holes to join American Anthony Kang at the top of the leaderboard after the second round of the Johnnie Walker Classic today.

Dutch golfer Robert-Jan Derksen carded an eight-under-par 64 to take the clubhouse lead midway through the opening round of the Johnnie Walker Classic in Perth today.

Soren Kjeldsen shot a seven-under-par 64 to lead by one shot after the first day of the Castellon Masters.

Sergio Garcia was the early leader on the first day of the Castellon Masters on the course he played as a boy.

Lee Westwood is looking good to make instant amends this weekend for his US Open near-miss – and to give himself the perfect boost ahead of The Open.

Joy and relief would be one way to describe Peter Lawrie’s feelings as he finally achieved his first European Tour victory.

Dubliner Peter Lawrie made it three Irish wins in a row on the European Tour today when he beat Ignacio Garrido at the second hole of a dramatic play-off for the Spanish Open in Seville.

Dubliner Peter Lawrie went into another play-off for the Spanish Open when Ignacio Garrido sank a closing 30-foot birdie putt in Seville today.

Ignacio Garrido lost his three-shot lead in the first seven holes of his final round at the Spanish Open in Seville today.

Ignacio Garrido three-putted the last to take a three-stroke lead into the final round of the Spanish Open in Seville tomorrow.