Lee Westwood still has Georgia on his mind even though he has flown out of America and back to Europe this week.

Lee Westwood and Colin Montgomerie defied strong winds today to keep alive their hopes of winning the Quinn Direct British Masters at The Belfry.

Paul Casey was today on course to strengthen his position at the top of the Order of Merit in the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship in Scotland.

Sweden’s Robert Karlsson is on target for back-to-back victories and a certain place in the Ryder Cup after a brilliant performance in the EnterCard Scandinavian Masters.

Sweden’s Robert Karlsson continued where he left off on Sunday to storm through the field in the EnterCard Scandinavian Masters today.

Sweden’s Robert Karlsson continued where he left off on Sunday to storm through the field in the EnterCard Scandinavian Masters today.

On the same course where he once hit a six-inch putt 45 yards back down the fairway, Mark Roe snapped a club into three pieces on Friday.

Not even snapping a club into three pieces could prevent Sheffield’s Mark Roe from claiming a share of the lead in the EnterCard Scandinavian Masters today.

After leading for much of the day, Ireland’s Darren Clarke was overtaken by Scot David Drysdale and Sweden’s Johan Edfors at the Barclays Scottish Open today.

Ryder Cup captain Ian Woosnam today moved into the hunt for a first European tour title for eight years.

Colin Montgomerie came back down to earth with a bump today as he found himself fighting to stay in the Madrid Open.

Colin Montgomerie, runner-up in the Open in July, has no objections to the possibility of Michelle Wie or any other woman appearing alongside him in next year’s championship at Hoylake.

SEVE BALLESTEROS admitted that nerves got the better of him yesterday at the start of his first European Tour event for almost two years.

Seve Ballesteros admitted today that nerves got the better of him at the start of his first European Tour event for almost two years.

Seve Ballesteros managed only a six-over-par 77 today in his first appearance on the European tour for almost two years.

ENGLAND'S John Bickerton saved his European Tour career in the best possible fashion yesterday, winning his first title at the 287th attempt.

John Bickerton and Stuart Little, who have played 430 European tour events between them without winning once, are first and second going into the final round of the Abama Canaries Open in Tenerife.

Left-hander Stuart Little moved closer to a first European tour title at the Abama Canaries Open in Tenerife today.

Six years after he thought his European Tour career was over, England’s Stuart Little has the chance this weekend to put the icing on easily the best season of his golfing life.

Shaven-headed Swede Johan Skold set the pace at the start of the Abama Canaries Open in Tenerife.

England’s Mark Roe and Spaniard Santiago Luna found themselves paired together as both reached 500 European tour events in Tenerife today – and Roe marked the special occasion in real style.

England’s Mark Roe reached a significant milestone in his European Tour career today – but wished he was at home instead.

The rule which caused one of the biggest controversies in golf for many years is to be changed.

COLIN MONTGOMERIE’S build- up to the final major of the season went horribly wrong at Gleneagles when he retired hurt after only 13 holes.

Sweden’s Henrik Stenson today made a flying start to the delayed first round of the Deutsche Bank Championship in Hamburg.

Peter Lawrie and Graeme McDowell flew the flag for Ireland when the European tour’s flagship event began at Wentworth today.

ENGLISH golfer Richard Finch had the best possible reason yesterday to cancel plans to attend a friend’s wedding in Portugal this weekend.

English golfer Richard Finch had the best possible reason today to cancel plans to go to a friend’s wedding in Portugal this weekend after firing a course record at the Italian Open.

Ian Woosnam is this morning expected to celebrate his 47th birthday by being confirmed as Europe's next Ryder Cup captain for when the event is staged at the K-Club near Dublin in September 2006.

Former Ryder Cup captain Bernard Gallacher believes Ian Woosnam and Nick Faldo should be named as Europe’s next two skippers.

BERNHARD LANGER’S decision to opt out of the captaincy of the European Ryder Cup at The K-Club next year is acutely disappointing.

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.

Robert Karlsson, arguably one of the biggest under-achievers on the European Tour, certainly could not be accused of that at the start of the Nissan Irish Open today.

Love at first sight it was not for Phillip Price. Nor second or third sight, come to that.

A search in his garage paid huge dividends for Ian Woosnam as he rediscovered form in the French Open at Le Golf National near Paris.

Ian Woosnam, not even in Europe’s top 100 this season, suddenly hit top form when the French Open began today.

Robert Allenby, who deserved a medal for his level-par 70 at the US Open on Sunday, did not cope quite so well with Le Golf National near Paris when the French Open began today.

ROLL up, roll up. Come and see some of your favourite golfers in a situation they have never faced before – because the situation has not existed before.

Mark Roe, famous for seeing his dream of winning the Open dashed by a rules blunder last year, was disqualified again in Heidelberg today.

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