Overnight leader Jeff Quinney extended his advantage to four shots midway through the third round of the £3m FBR Open at the TPC of Scottsdale in Arizone.

Darron Stiles carded his second four-under-par 66 at the River Highlands and has a one-shot lead after Friday’s second round of the Buick Championship.

An eagle two on the 296-yard 15th helped Ryder Cup hopeful Carl Pettersson to a four under par 66 that left him only one off the lead after the first round at the Buick Championship in Cromwell, Connecticut.

DARREN CLARKE needed just four words to sum up his final round collapse in the MCI Heritage at Hilton Head. “Anybody got a beer?” asked the Dungannon man.

Darren Clarke admitted that greed had cost him victory in the MCI Heritage in South Carolina.

Darren Clarke’s double-bogey on the par-four 18th hole allowed Peter Lonard to capture the MCI Heritage in South Carolina – the Australian’s first career victory on the PGA Tour.

DARREN CLARKE had to settle for a share of second place after another disappointing round at the MCI Heritage in South Carolina.

Darren Clarke suffered a disastrous third day at the MCI Heritage in South Carolina.

Darren Clarke will take a six-shot lead into the third round of the MCI Heritage in South Carolina after two successive six-under-par 65s put him clear of the chasing pack.

Darren Clarke stormed into a six-shot lead at the MCI Heritage in South Carolina after a second successive 65.

Ian Poulter charged into contention with a nine-under-par 63 in the fourth round of the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic.

Joe Ogilvie, looking for his first PGA Tour victory, carded a six-under-par 66 and has a two-shot lead after the third round of the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic.

Ryder Cup debutant David Howell enhanced his growing reputation by surging to the top of the leaderboard in the second round of the Dunhill Links Championship today.

Graeme McDowell found himself under attack at the top of the leaderboard on the second morning of the Dunhill Links Championship.

NOT everybody likes Tiger Woods. He can be sullen and uncommunicative, evasive and defensive, but nobody can question his commitment on the golf course.

SECOND for the 24th time in his career and second for the fourth time this year.

Brett Rumford birdied three of the first four holes to turn a one-stroke deficit into a two-stroke lead over fellow Australian Peter Lonard in the final round of the Nissan Irish Open at County Louth today.

Paul McGinley, relieved just to survive the halfway cut in the Nissan Irish Open, now has a chance to win it following a remarkable third round at County Louth.

Paul McGinley and Darren Clarke went in opposite directions in the Nissan Irish Open at a windswept Co Louth today.

Ryder Cup hero Paul McGinley produced the score he has been waiting for today and hopes it is the start of something big.

Australian Peter Lonard tomorrow hopes to celebrate his first European Tour title – thanks to his American good life.

LOCAL knowledge, they say, is essential if a traditional links course is to be conquered.

Ever since beating Tiger Woods back in 1995 – one at the Walker Cup, the other at the Open – Stephen Gallacher and Steve Webster have lived with the knowledge that much is expected of them in their European Tour careers.

Stephen Gallacher and Steve Webster, with over 400 European tour events between them and not one win, spurred each other on at the Nissan Irish Open today.

Australian golfer Nick O’Hern is in no mood to forgive the Royal and Ancient Club for what they did to him over the British Open championship.

REMEMBER those halcyon days when Ben Crenshaw and Hubert Green, Severiano Ballesteros and Bernhard Langer, Ian Woosnam and Nick Faldo, used to enthrall us all among the sandhills and the sunshine of those famous Co Dublin dunes?

The €63,000 car won by Spaniard Jose Manual Carriles did not stop it from being Australia Day in the Nissan Irish Open at County Louth today.

Mark Roe, who shot rounds of 80 and 85 and finished dead last on his last trip to Ireland, had a rather more enjoyable experience today.

Phil Mickelson may have beaten Ernie Els to the Masters title in April, but it is the South African who is favourite for this week’s Barclays Scottish Open at Loch Lomond.

PHIL MICKELSON may have beaten Ernie Els to the Masters title in April, but the South African is favourite for this week’s Barclays Scottish Open at Loch Lomond.

Paul Casey went from furious to delighted in the space of an hour and led the Volvo PGA Championship at Wentworth today.

WORLD number 42 Peter Lonard clinched his first Australian Open title yesterday when a birdie at the 72nd hole edged out US Open runner-up Stephen Leaney and Chris Downes by a stroke.

Peter Lonard fired a final round 69 to claim the Australian Open title at Moonah Links.

Queenslander Chris Downes headed the leaderboard after the opening round of the Australian Open today, just as he did 12 months ago.

Volvo Order of Merit after Omega European Masters - September 7, 2003.

Thomas Bjorn got up and down from sand at the 16th at the Irish Open at Portmarnock.

England's David Lynn has given himself a chance to join the European Tour's millionaires club this weekend in real style - by winning his first title.

To use one of his favourite phrases, Tiger Woods “took care of business” today after deciding not to risk flying to Dubai this week.

Volvo order of merit after Carlsberg Malaysian Open

AUSTRALIAN golfer Stuart Appleby claims he is happy to play in this week’s ANZ Championship in favour of a US Tour event at Pebble Beach, describing the American course as a “boghole”.

Ernie Els defended his Heineken Classic title in dramatic fashion after Australian Peter Lonard shot a bogey on the final hole.

Peter Lonard won his second Australian Masters title after a three-way playoff with fellow Australians Gavin Coles and Adam Scott.

Colin Montgomerie and Sergio Garcia both had desperately disappointing finishes as the United States PGA championship began in Minnesota today.

Germany’s Tobias Dier led from start to finish to claim his second European Tour title in the TNT Open.