Brazil’s Adilson da Silva will hit the first shot in Olympic competition for 112 years tomorrow when golf’s controversial return to the Games finally gets underway.

England's Ross McGowan equalled the lowest round of his brief European Tour career today and shares the lead after the first round of the Italian Open in Milan.

Lorena Ochoa, the top player on the LPGA Tour this year, stayed on course to end a great season with a record $1m first prize when she shot an impressive third-round 67 at today’s ADT Championship at Trump International in West Palm Beach in Florida.

World number one Annika Sorenstam suffered a shock exit at the halfway stage of the ADT Championship at Trump International in West Palm Beach in Florida today.

Jeong Jang, the reigning Weetabix Women’s British Open Champion, continued a run of South Korean dominance on the LPGA Tour when she won the Wegmans LPGA in Rochester, New York.