The motto of Royal Troon Golf Club sums it all up rather nicely. The Latin which adorns the 138-year-old Ayrshire links’ crest reads: “Tam Arte Quam Marte”, which means “as much by skill as by strength”.

The Open still stirs the passion in three-time major winner Pádraig Harrington, and he can’t wait to get into the thick of the action at Troon on Thursday.

Rory McIlroy picked up seven birdies and two eagles to storm to the top of the leaderboard on the first day of Jack Nicklaus’ Memorial Tournament in Ohio.

As one of the world’s leading golf coaches Butch Harmon has now helped guide four of his students towards a Claret Jug, but for the veteran American, of all the feats he has seen performed at the Majors, Phil Mickelson’s final-round dash to the most famous prize in golf beat the lot.

Davis Love III returned to the day job and found an American who failed to make his Ryder Cup team just too hot to keep pace with at the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open.

Paul Lawrie will be back in front of his home fans this week after playing his part in Europe’s almost magical Ryder Cup victory.

LUKE DONALD hopes he has answered all the questions about his ability under pressure – even if he has still to win a first major.

Luke Donald revelled in one of the best wins of his career yesterday after mounting a final-day surge to clinch the PGA Tour money list title by a whisker.

LUKE DONALD played arguably the greatest round of his life yesterday – and with it grabbed the PGA Tour money list title by a whisker.

CAROLINE Harrington was the toast of the Harrington family on Sunday evening after her husband qualified in incredible fashion for the lucrative FedEx Cup play-off on the PGA US Tour.

IT WAS a chilly, windy morning for the third round of the Irish Close Championship at Tramore in 1987.

Northern Ireland’s Darren Clarke today became the oldest winner of the Open Championship since 1967 with a brilliant final round at Royal St George’s.

Darren Clarke has won his first Major - the British Open - at the age of 42.

Darren Clarke, who played his first Open Championship 20 years ago and has looked on as so many friends and rivals have lifted the famous trophy aloft, leads by a shot with 18 holes to go at Sandwich.

DARREN CLARKE spent the build-up to this week’s British Open deflecting questions about his protegé Rory McIlroy.

DARREN CLARKE has been here before but it has been such a long and unlikely route back to the top of a British Open leaderboard that when he was cheered up the 18th at Royal St George’s yesterday there was an air of a long-lost son returning.

Darren Clarke, happy again and engaged to be married, continued the remarkable Irish golfing story of recent years with a second successive 68 in The Open at Sandwich today.

Australian Adam Scott and American Hunter Haas shared the lead after the first round of the AT&T National at Aronimink Golf Club in Pennsylvania.

DARREN CLARKE has withdrawn from the European Tour event in Munich because he wants to be in Northern Ireland for Rory McIlroy’s homecoming party.

Darren Clarke has withdrawn from this week’s European Tour event in Munich because he wants to be in the North for Rory McIlroy’s homecoming party.

Frost delayed the start of the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship for 30 minutes in Tucson today.

The second round of the United States PGA Championship was spared a third fog delay and was able to resume on time at 7am at Whistling Straits today.

A COMPANY town with a company golf course, almost everything you see in this corner of Sheboygan County, Wisconsin appears to have the name ‘Kohler’ stamped on it, from the bathtubs to the owner of this week’s US PGA Championship venue.

Phil Mickelson failed to capitalise on Tiger Woods' woeful third round at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational as he looked to close in on the world number one ranking.

Phil Mickelson made an uncertain start to his third round of the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational as he looked to close in on the world number one ranking.

Phil Mickelson is focused on performing well at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational this weekend, rather than usurping Tiger Woods at the top of the world rankings.

Tiger Woods' hopes of fending off Phil Mickelson's bid to replace him at the top of the world rankings suffered another setback on the second day of the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational today.

Darren Clarke was reminded of his youth as he battled his way to a second successive 70 in The Open at St Andrews.

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.

PEBBLE BEACH looked like the clear winner on day one of the US Open as the game’s greatest player struggled to come to terms with fast, hard-running conditions.

Denmark's Soren Kjeldsen made a strong start in California as he moved to the top of the leaderboard on the first morning of the 110th US Open.

Tiger Woods will play with fellow American Matt Kuchar and Korean KJ Choi in the first two rounds of The Masters on Thursday and Friday.

WITH Augusta National off limits to all but the select few, it is tempting to think a visit to this corner of Georgia is merely for spectating during Masters week.

Padraig Harrington was the leading European player during the third round of the Shell Houston Open today at six under par, but level par for the day with one hole to play after a rollercoaster round that featured an eagle, four birdies, four bogeys and a double bogey.

Ian Poulter is a world champion, Paul Casey is a runner-up again – and England now have three players in the world’s top six.

Ian Poulter has not yet thought about what he will say when he next sees Tiger Woods, but he would love it to be: “I’m number two now.”

RORY McILROY pulled a brilliant victory from the jaws of defeat when the WGC-Accenture World Match Play Championship began in Tucson yesterday.

Rory McIlroy pulled a brilliant victory from the jaws of defeat when the WGC-Accenture World Match Play Championship began in Tucson today.

A dazzling putting display gave Luke Donald victory over ex-Walker Cup team-mate Graeme McDowell at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship in Tucson today.

It has been a mixed start for two of Ireland's top golfers in the WGC Accenture Match Play Championship so far today.

Luke Donald and Graeme McDowell were all square after five holes in the first of three all-European clashes on the opening day of the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship in Arizona.

Europe provides seven of the top 10 seeds in this week’s WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship after Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson both decided not to play.

The wait for Tiger Woods’ return to golf goes on. He will definitely not be playing next week’s WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship in Arizona.