Englishman Philip Golding moved to within two strokes of the lead midway through his third round at the Indonesian Open in Jakarta today.

Ian Poulter for one will be pleased that golf fans are being told to stop using mobile phones as well as cameras at Carnoustie in Scotland, venue for the British Open, next month.

The French Open’s recent reputation for springing surprises continued today when Welshman Kyron Sullivan and South African James Kamte, ranked only 421st and 386th in the world, took the first-round lead at Le Golf National.

World number three Ernie Els goes into today’s second round of the Dunhill Championship well placed to start the defence of his European Order of Merit title but may well find his biggest challenge is trying to tame one of his own pupils.