Northern Ireland’s Michael Hoey remained on course for victory as he led by five strokes during the final round of the M2M Russian Open in Moscow.

Northern Ireland’s Michael Hoey opened up a five-shot lead ahead of the final round at the M2M Russian Open at Tseleevo Golf & Polo Club near Moscow.

Paul McGinley kept alive his hopes of ending a seven-year drought at the BMW International Open in windy Cologne today.

The start of the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles was delayed for two hours and 40 minutes by fog.

England’s James Morrison leads the Alstom French Open, two days after he nearly pulled out of it through illness.

Graeme Storm returned to the scene of his one European Tour victory today and shared the early first-round lead.

GOLF: IRELAND’S Darren Clarke battled back from a double bogey at the third and a further dropped shot at the ninth, to shoot a level par 70 and lie just three shots behind leader Chris Wood at the Iberdrola Open in Mallorca.

Chris Wood claimed a three-stroke advantage at the Iberdrola Open in Mallorca as Irish and British golfers dominated the upper reaches of the leaderboard heading into the weekend.

A course-record 63 earned Frenchman Gregory Bourdy a one-shot lead at the end of the first round of the Iberdrola Open in Majorca.

Former European Open champion Kenneth Ferrie put himself into contention for the Andalucian Open in Malaga with a brilliant third-round run today.

IRELAND’S hopes of having their first Amateur Champion since Brian McElhinney five years ago were dashed at Muirfield yesterday when Paul Cutler fell by the wayside in the quarter-finals.