Spain’s Pablo Martin remains on course for back-to-back victories after claiming the clubhouse lead in the South African Open.

One of the best shots of his life helped Swede Martin Erlandsson to an eight-under-par 64 and a one-stroke lead on the opening day of the South African Open.

Swedish golfer Martin Erlandsson went from the ridiculous to the sublime when the South African Open began at Pearl Valley today.

South African James Kingston and Swede Martin Erlandsson will not forget today’s start of the new European Tour season in a hurry – but for very different reasons.

SWEDE Peter Hedblom breathed a huge sigh of relief at Gleneagles after winning the Johnnie Walker Championship.

Swede Peter Hedblom breathed a huge sigh of relief at Gleneagles tonight after winning the Johnnie Walker Championship.

Sweden’s Martin Erlandsson, joint 20th with a round to play, birdied seven of the first 10 holes and led the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles today.

Even with a bogey six on his card, Sweden’s Martin Erlandsson equalled the Zennemer course record with a seven-under-par 63 on the final day of the KLM Open in The Netherlands today.

England's Steve Webster was handed a one-shot lead going into the last day of the Moravia Silesia Open in the Czech Republic, after Spaniard Ignacio Garrido double-bogeyed the final hole of his third round.

Ireland's Gareth Maybin was just two shots off the lead going into the last day of the European Tour’s Moravia Silesia Open in the Czech Republic, sharing fourth with Englishman Sam Little on nine under.

Sweden’s Martin Erlandsson had 10 birdies, six of them in a row, in the third round of the European Tour’s Moravia Silesia Open in the Czech Republic today.

Australian Marcus Fraser hopes to celebrate his 31st birthday tomorrow with the second European Tour victory of his career.

Ricardo Gonzalez and Lee Slattery are first and second at the halfway stage of the SAS Masters in Malmo – yet former US Open champion Michael Campbell was the one with the most to celebrate tonight.

A week labouring on his farm back in Argentina appears to have worked wonders for Ricardo Gonzalez on his return to the European Tour.

Spain's Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano produced what he called the best round of his life to take the third-round lead in the Barclays Scottish Open at Loch Lomond today.

Lee Westwood’s late decision to play the Barclays Scottish Open looked anything but foolish today as he surged into second place.

Just as he did in Paris last Saturday, Colin Montgomerie began to make good use of an unexpected chance to play today.

Retief Goosen was celebrating at the end of the Barclays Scottish Open second round, after an eight-under-par 63 catapulted him from four behind into a two-stroke lead.

Peter Hanson, the Swede who holed-in-one in a play-off to qualify for the US Open last month, did not need anything as dramatic as that to cut Martin Kaymer’s lead to just one shot at the French Open Alstom in Paris today.

Robert Karlsson and Lee Westwood’s head-to-head battle for the European Order of Merit title looked like being a thriller the way they started the Portugal Masters in Vilamoura today.

Jeev Milka Singh wants to follow Nick Faldo as a major winner after emulating the Ryder Cup captain to win the rain-shortened Bank Austria Open.

India’s Jeev Milkha Singh took a leaf from Nick Faldo’s book to win the rain-shortened Bank Austria Open in Vienna.

Ignacio Garrido three-putted the last to take a three-stroke lead into the final round of the Spanish Open in Seville tomorrow.

Ignacio Garrido led the Spanish Open by five shots midway through his third round in Seville today – but it was English amateur Danny Willett who produced the story of the day.

Not many golfers hug their caddie halfway through an event, but for former Ryder Cup star Ignacio Garrido it was perfectly understandable on Friday.

Former Ryder Cup player Ignacio Garrido, needing to find form this season to keep his European Tour career afloat, swept clear of the field when the Spanish Open resumed in Seville today.

Darren Clarke moved through the field when the Spanish Open resumed in Seville this morning – but he still found himself further off the lead.

The sun shone, but the big names did not in the opening round of the Spanish Open in Seville on Thursday.

David Howell and Darren Clarke, Ryder Cup heroes a year ago, were unable today to avoid easily their worst season on the European Tour.

Darren Clarke completed his worst-ever season on the European Tour by missing yet another halfway cut today.

Martin Kaymer, one of the few golfers in the world who knows what it is like to score 59, sparkled again today when he began the £2m Portugal Masters in Vilamoura with an 11 under-par 61.

England's Mark Foster threw the Quinn British Masters at The Belfry wide open tonight by finishing his third round with a double bogey six.

Rory McIlroy, one of Europe’s brightest golfing prospects, today hit back from the disappointment of a second round 78 in the Quinn Direct British Masters at The Belfry.

The start of the third round in the Quinn Direct British Masters at The Belfry was delayed for 28 minutes by fog today.

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

Sweden's Martin Erlandsson equalled the lowest round ever seen at The Belfry today - long after most of the crowd had gone home.

Scotland’s Marc Warren triumphed on home soil when he beat England’s Simon Wakefield in a play-off for the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles.

Scotland’s Marc Warren and England’s Simon Wakefield went into a play-off for the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles.

England’s Simon Wakefield, seeking his first European Tour win in 181 attempts, was still sharing the lead after seven holes of his final round in the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles today.

It was no doubt the last thing he felt like, but Darren Clarke somehow managed a wry smile after joining Colin Montgomerie in crashing out of the Austrian Open today.

Unbeaten as Ryder Cup partners last year and inseparable on tour for years, Lee Westwood and Darren Clarke went their separate ways on the leaderboard in the first round of the Austrian Open today.

Paul McGinley has been talking of his 'relief' at qualifying for the European Ryder Cup team.

Paul McGinley and Jose Maria Olazabal today became near-certainties to be part of the European team going for a record third successive Ryder Cup victory in less than three weeks’ time.

Paul Broadhurst was in severe danger of becoming the next player to fall out of the Ryder Cup race in Munich today.