GRAEME MCDOWELL was close to throwing up while fellow Irishman Michael Hoey just had trouble simply keeping his trousers up on day two of the rain affected Barclays Singapore Open.

Ireland's Peter Lawrie and Stephen Browne are just two shots off the pace the Spanish Open at San Roque after the first round.

After seven years of trying Seve Ballesteros’ nephew Raul finally made a real mark of his own on the European tour today – but only for 16 holes.

Raul Ballesteros, the 25-year-old nephew of Seve, had his lowest round on the European Tour today – and came off bitterly disappointed.

THE Nissan Irish Open at Co Louth Golf Club next week received a big boost yesterday when Thomas Levet captured the Scottish Open at Loch Lomond thanks to a spectacular closing round of 63.