Patrick Reed gained a small measure of revenge for last month’s Ryder Cup defeat by knocking European hero Jamie Donaldson out of the Volvo World Match Play Championship yesterday.

Ryder Cup star Victor Dubuisson was the only player certain of a place in the quarter-finals of the Volvo World Match Play Championship ahead of Friday's final group matches at The London Club.

Defending champion Graeme McDowell suffered just his third ever defeat in the Volvo World Match Play Championship against an inspired Mikko Ilonen on Thursday.

Holland’s Joost Luiten recovered from a poor start and overcame a nervous finish to claim his fourth European Tour title in the ISPS Handa Wales Open at Celtic Manor.

Stephen Gallacher's Ryder Cup preparations looked set to come to an early end as he headed for a missed cut in the ISPS Handa Wales Open at Celtic Manor.

Two leading players have questioned why there was no ambulance on site after Fabrizio Zanotti was struck on the head by a ball in the KLM Open yesterday.

Pádraig Harrington made a miraculous par at the last to card a second successive 68 and finish his day just two shots behind the clubhouse leaders in the HP Byron Nelson Championship in Texas.

Irish golf photographer Pat Cashman found himself at the other end of the camera lens at the Volvo Champions event in Durban yesterday.

Damien McGrane guaranteed his Tour card for next season with a share of third in the KLM Open, while rookie professional Kevin Phelan will next travel to Portugal in search of similar status.

Ireland's Damien McGrane defied the miserable conditions to card a superb 67 and set the clubhouse target in the third round of the KLM Open in Zandvoort.

It was the most English of distances — a couple of paces less than a cricket pitch — yet for Paul Casey the 20-yard walk to pull the ball out of the hole on the 18th green on the Montgomerie Course was the most pleasant of journeys.

Sleeping on Saturday evening would not have come easy to the top two players on the eve of their final round of the 2013 Irish Open.

There are no Irish players in the top ten after round three of the Irish Open.

Cormac Sharvin (Ardglass) won the Silver Medal as leading qualifier in the AIG sponsored Irish Amateur Close Championship at Connemara GC yesterday when he shot a six under par 66 in the second round.

A “bit of a funny” eagle today helped vault Thomas Bjorn into contention for a 14th European Tour title in the Lyoness Open in Austria.

Lee Slattery moved back into a share of the lead in the ISPS Handa Wales Open at Celtic Manor today - and then put two balls in water on the same hole for a quadruple-bogey seven.

EUROPEAN TOUR chief George O’Grady wasn’t exaggerating when he claimed on Sunday that 2011 has been the greatest year in his organisation’s history.

IN ANY other season Padraig Harrington could be pleased with third place in his defence of the shortened Iskandar Johor Open in Malaysia.

A FINE second round of 65 saw Daniel Chopra take the clubhouse lead on 13 under par as the second day of the Iskandar Johor was again disrupted by the Malaysian weather.

Padraig Harrington made a strong start to the defence of his Iskandar Johor Open title as an opening 64 left the Irishman one shot off the lead midway through the first round in Malaysia.

Niclas Fasth climbed to the top of the leaderboard with an eight-under par 64 as play continued in the third round of the Italian Open in Turin.

Robert Rock claimed sole leadership of the Italian Open after today’s second round as he edged a shot clear of the chasing pack.

PÁDRAIG HARRINGTON produced a mixed second round at the Shell Houston Open in Texas, but his three-under-par 69 ensured he remains in the hunt for victory.

Felipe Aguilar will go into the weekend of the Indonesian Open with a two-stroke lead after producing a superb eight-under-par 62 in today’s second round at the Cengkareng Golf Club in Jakarta.

David Bransdon gave his hopes of regaining a place on the European Tour a shot in the arm as he joined Joost Luiten at the top of the Indonesian Open leaderboard at the end of his opening round in Jakarta.

Darren Clarke and Paul McGinley both made a steady start to the Indonesian Open as rising Netherlands star Joost Luiten topped the leaderboard midway through the opening round.

Joost Luiten was the big mover in the Alfred Dunhill Championship with a stunning round of 64 to move onto six under par.

England’s David Carter, without a European Tour victory in nine years, emerged from a “deep, dark hole” to lead the KLM Open at the halfway stage..

DUTCH farmers yesterday began slaughtering 50,000 pigs feared contaminated with an illegal hormone, and a group said it would seek compensation from two Irish companies.

Dutch farmers today began slaughtering 50,000 pigs feared contaminated with an illegal hormone, and a group said it will seek compensation from two Irish companies.