Denmark’s Thomas Bjorn birdied four of the last five holes to snatch the lead off Austrian Markus Brier with a round to go at the Commercialbank Qatar Masters in Doha.

Martin Kaymer suddenly found top form again at the Commercialbank Qatar Masters today – but probably too late to take him to world number one tomorrow.

Paul Lawrie revived memories of his greatest year in golf with a second-round 66 at the Commercialbank Qatar Masters in Doha today.

It was a rough start for some of the big names at the Commercialbank Qatar Masters in Doha today.

BRITISH Open champion Louis Oosthuizen held his nerve in a three-way play-off with England’s Chris Wood and Spain’s Manuel Quiros to clinch the Africa Open.

Louis Oosthuizen shares the lead with Markus Brier heading into tomorrow’s final round of the Africa Open after a four-under-par round of 69 on day three handed him a 13-under total in East London.

US Open champion Graeme McDowell was upstaged by world number 317 John Parry, who carded a second-round 67 to take the lead at the Austrian Open in Atzenbrugg.

Welshman Bradley Dredge leads the BMW International Open in Munich at the halfway stage as star attractions Ernie Els and Sergio Garcia crashed out of the event.

Scotland's Paul Lawrie has stepped up his bid for a first title in eight years today.

A SPECTACULAR eagle two at the ninth proved crucial as Waterville’s David Higgins yesterday made it through to next week’s Open Championship at Turnberry with a splendid performance over the Glasgow Gailes links in the final local qualifying round.

Scotland’s Lloyd and Elliot Saltman today became the first brothers to qualify for The Open since Seve and Manuel Ballesteros 26 years ago – both of them by the skin of their teeth.

Double Masters champion Jose Maria Olazabal was none too confident today about winning a place in the Open Championship.

Clubhouse leader Ashley Hall admitted he is now entertaining the prospect of an unlikely Volvo China Open victory after the Australian equalled the course record with a scintillating third-round 65 today.

Simon Dyson today moved into a share of the lead in the Volvo China Open alongside Chapchai Nirat and Markus Brier.

Austrian Markus Brier admitted he rode his luck at times but still felt he was good value for his one-stroke lead following the opening round at the Volvo China Open.

Ireland's Peter Lawrie and Damien McGrane are five shots off the lead after the opening day of the China Open in Beijing today.

Damien McGrane overcame a bogey at the first to make a solid start to the defence of his Volvo China Open title as four birdies saw the Irishman move to three under par through 11 holes.

Ernie Els and Oliver Wilson were within a shot of clubhouse leader Lam Chin Bing at the weather-interrupted Barclays Singapore Open today when darkness ended play at Sentosa Golf Club with half the field yet to finish their first round.

Lee Westwood’s hopes of overtaking Padraig Harrington European number one suffered a massive blow after a terrible start to his third round in the Dunhill Links Championship.

Teenager Rory McIlroy will take inspiration from double Open champion Padraig Harrington as he attempts to win his first European Tour title in the Dunhill Links Championship.

Lee Westwood is up to second on the European Order of Merit – but not quite in the way he had hoped.

Darren Clarke will be hoping for his recent revival to continue and to avoid a repeat of last year’s misfortune in the Austrian Open near Vienna this week.

Volvo China Open winner Damien McGrane insists his maiden victory on the European Tour will not cause him to change the way he plays.

Damien McGrane coped with the tough conditions at the Beijing CBD International Golf Club to secure his maiden title on the European Tour with an impressive nine-stroke victory at the Volvo China Open today.

A first European Tour victory cannot come soon enough for Damien McGrane, who took a three-stroke lead into the final round of the Volvo China Open.

Damien McGrane takes a three-stroke lead into the final round of the Volvo China Open after carding a four-under-par 68 today.

Michael Lorenzo-Vera continued to impress at the Volvo China Open as he secured a one-stroke lead at the end of the second round in Beijing today.

Damien McGrane carded an eagle to soar up the leaderboard and join Richard Finch at the top midway through the second round of the Volvo China Open today.

European Tour rookie Michael Lorenzo-Vera will take a one-stroke lead into the second round of the Volvo China Open after carding a five-under-par 67 today.

Former prodigy Zane Scotland carded a four-under-par 68 to take a share of the lead midway through the opening round of the Volvo China Open.

GRAEME MCDOWELL has revealed that he hopes to emulate the career of Open champion Pádraig Harrington as he seeks a fourth European Tour title at this week’s Volvo China Open.

Graeme McDowell has revealed that he hopes to emulate the career of Open champion Padraig Harrington as he seeks a fourth European Tour title at this week’s Volvo China Open.

Sweden’s Daniel Chopra has leapt all the way to second place in the European Ryder Cup race and 61st in the world after his shock victory in the US Tour’s season-opening Mercedes Benz Championship in Hawaii.

Justin Rose has paid a price for not playing in last week’s HSBC Champions tournament in Shanghai – he is no longer Europe’s top-ranked player.

Colin Montgomerie’s first-round defeat to Ernie Els in the HSBC World Match Play Championship last Thursday has cost him a place in the world’s top 50.

England’s Nick Dougherty has leapt 53 places to a career-high 47th place in the world rankings – and he leads the race for places in Europe’s Ryder Cup team next year.

The complete line-up of players for golf’s World Cup in China on November 22-25 has been announced.

Tiger Woods enters his 10-week break from golf holding a lead of more than 14 points over Phil Mickelson in the world rankings.

Nick Faldo’s Britain and Ireland team, stung into action by television pundits predicting doom and gloom, ran away with the Seve Trophy at The Heritage near Dublin.

England’s Laura Davies fired a course-record seven-under-par 65 in sunny conditions to take a one-stroke lead heading into the final round of the UNIQA Ladies Golf Open in Austria.

Colin Montgomerie, who has lost only three of his last 22 Ryder Cup games going back 10 years, this afternoon suffered his third defeat in three matches at this week’s Seve Trophy in Ireland.

Colin Montgomerie, who has lost only three of his last 22 Ryder Cup games, this afternoon suffered his third defeat in three matches at this week’s Seve Trophy in Ireland.

Gregory Havret received a hug from captain Seve Ballesteros and the cheers of the few fans there to see it after producing a hole in one on the third day of the Seve Trophy at The Heritage near Dublin today.

Nick Faldo was able to smile on Friday night as his Britain and Ireland side levelled the Seve Trophy at 5-5, while stitched-up Scot Marc Warren was still around to play a part over the weekend.