Britain's richest ever golf event, the Dunhill Links Championship, got off to an inauspicious start as fog, wind and rain held up the first round on all three courses.

Colin Montgomerie asks only one thing of the Open at Lytham in a fortnight. He wants to do himself justice.

After the opening round in the £2.6m Smurfit European Open, five players share the overnight lead of five under par 67.

There is a five-way tie for the lead on five under par at the Smurfit European Open at the K Club in Co Kildare.

There is a tie at the top of the European Open leaderboard with Henrik Bjornstad and Massimo Scarpa both in the clubhouse on - 5 under.

Latest leading positions in the final round of the Murphy’s Irish Open at Fota Island, Cork.

Overnight leader Colin Montgomerie has picked up two further strokes in his opening five holes today, making birdies at the fourth and fifth to move to 12 under par.

Lee bogeyed the 17th to drop alongside Clarke and Casey on one under, but Swindon’s David Howell, beaten in a play-off for the British Masters four weeks ago, and Australian left-hander Richard Green improved to three under.

Adam scott currently leads the English Open on ten under.

Latest leading positions in the third round of the Compass Group English Open at the Marriott Forest of Arden Hotel, Coventry.

Latest leading positions in the third round of the Compass Group English Open at the Marriott Forest of Arden Hotel, Coventry:

Adam scott leads the Compass Group English Open.

Andrew Oldcorn is in the lead at five under in the English Open. Darren Clarke is currently two over.

English Leaderboard

Des Smyth is celebrating reaching a number of remarkable milestones with his victory in the Madeira Island Open.