Nicolas Colsaerts left his putt on the 18th "hanging" as he just missed out on firing the European Tour’s first round of 59 at the Portugal Masters.

Defending champion David Lynn is looking for some inspiration as he returns to the scene of his last victory.

World number 792 Oliver Wilson won the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship today as Rory McIlroy paid the price for two amazing blunders at St Andrews.

Rory McIlroy recovered brilliantly from a nightmare start to remain in contention for his fifth win of the year in the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship on Sunday.

England’s Oliver Wilson will take a three-shot lead into the final round of the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, but world number one Rory McIlroy is one of the Englishman’s nearest challengers.

Ireland’s Shane Lowry set the clubhouse target on a difficult second day of the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship on Friday.

Pádraig Harrington muscled his way towards ending a six-year winless drought and then revealed he has set himself a goal of representing Ireland in the 2016 Olympics.

World number one Rory McIlroy was struggling to reproduce his Ryder Cup form on the opening day of the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship on Thursday.

He may never match the feats of his major-winning father Darren but Tyrone Clarke has dipped his toes into competitive golfing waters this year and yesterday strutted his stuff in the Pro-Am ahead of this week’s Northern Ireland Open Challenge at Galgorm Castle.

After many unsuccessful attempts at mastering a surfboard, Shane Lowry continued to stand upright in the ancient club-and-ball game with a four under par 68 on day one of the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship.

Five Irish golfers, Waterville’s David Higgins, Ulstermen Chris Devlin and Gareth Shaw, Dubliner Niall Kearney and Yorkshire-born Simon Thornton, will be among a group of 150 hopefuls seeking 25 places on the 2013 European Tour when the final Tour School takes place over six days at the Catalunya complex near Barcelona beginning next Saturday.

Ryder Cup captains past and present Colin Montgomerie and Jose Maria Olazabal are part of a 96-strong field at Sunningdale tomorrow battling for 10 places in next month’s Open Championship.

Rory McIlroy again crashed out of the Players Championship, golf’s richest event, at Sawgrass last night.

European captain, Jose Maria Olazabal insists Pádraig Harrington must show form if he is to qualify for the Ryder Cup.

A day after shooting the lowest official score of his career, a 10-under-par 61 to set the course record, Pádraig Harrington slumped to a two- over 73 in the Transitions Championship in Florida, yesterday.

Miguel Angel Jimenez has hopes of becoming the European Tour's oldest-ever winner this weekend - thanks to the circuit's youngest-ever winner throwing the Andalucian Open wide open.

Hennie Otto leads the South African Open with a round to go after a day to forget for both five-time winner Ernie Els and overnight leader Steven O’Hara.

Eleven months after crashing to an 88 and joint last place in the South African Open, Lyle Rowe had the thrill of leading the event at Serengeti today.

South African Jbe Kruger took advantage of a collapse by compatriot George Coetzee to race clear in the Alfred Dunhill Championship at Leopard Creek today.

Pablo Martin’s hopes of an Alfred Dunhill Championship hat-trick lay in ruins in South Africa tonight.

STEVE WILLIAMS was accused of stealing the spotlight from Adam Scott after caddying the Australian to victory at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational.

IT promises to be an exciting moving day today at the Irish Open presented by Discover Ireland as Marcel Siem takes a one-stroke lead into the third round with 24 players within five shots of him.

Australian Aaron Baddeley is up from 224th to 73rd in the world after winning the Northern Trust Open at Riviera in California.

Venezuelan Jhonattan Vegas is up from 187th to 86th in the world after producing the third shock result in a row on the PGA Tour this season.

Graeme McDowell has now moved level with Phil Mickelson in fourth place in the world rankings as both build up to this week’s Abu Dhabi Championship.

Graeme McDowell’s heroics in Hawaii over the weekend have left him poised to take the world number four spot off Phil Mickelson.

Pablo Martin’s successful defence of the Alfred Dunhill Championship in South Africa has seen him leap more than 100 places on the world rankings.

Graeme McDowell is up to a career-high seventh in the world after his amazing victory over Tiger Woods in California.

A blistering eight-under-par 62 from Mark Brown propelled the New Zealander into the first round lead at the UBS Hong Kong Open today.

Adam Scott’s victory at the Barclays Singapore Open today has taken him back into the world’s top 20.

Padraig Harrington has moved back into the world’s top 20 with his first victory in over two years at the Johor Open in Malaysia.

Jeppe Huldahl’s record-equalling round of 61 was not enough for him to claim the lead at the Portugal Masters as Pablo Martin raced into a three-shot advantage going into tomorrow’s final round after a day of low scoring in Vilamoura.

Lee Westwood had something to celebrate today even before he teed off in his Ryder Cup singles against Steve Stricker at Celtic Manor.

Jim Furyk’s win at the Tour Championship – by a shot from England’s Luke Donald - sees America go into their defence of the Ryder Cup this week with four of the world’s top five players.

Ireland's Padraig Harrington, who was given a Ryder Cup wild card for Europe, falls out of the top 20 in the world rankings for the first time in more than four years.

American Charley Hoffman’s runaway five-shot win at the Deutsche Bank Championship in Boston – the second event of the FedEx Cup play-offs – lifts him from 132nd to 51st in the world.

Paul Casey may feel down in the dumps, but he has moved up in the world.

Europe Ryder Cup captain Colin Montgomerie has named Padraig Harrington, Luke Donald and Edoardo Molinari as his three wild card picks to face America at Celtic Manor on October 1-3.

Edoardo Molinari brought the Ryder Cup debate to boiling point today by how he played and then by what he said.

Sweden’s Peter Hanson is up to 40th in the world, a rise of nine places, with his victory at the Czech Open.

Scotland’s Stephen Gallacher continued his fine form this summer with an early hat-trick of birdies when the Czech Open resumed today.

The two-stroke penalty imposed on Bradley Dredge at the Czech Open late yesterday did not receive the same headlines as the one given to Dustin Johnson in the US PGA Championship last Sunday.

THIRTEEN players are separated by only two shots at the halfway stage of the Czech Open – and they include two of the men chasing a Ryder Cup place.

Europe’s “Gang of Four” have been given something to think about not just by how Swede Peter Hanson played at the Czech Open yesterday, but also what he said afterwards.