Michael Hoey put himself back into the hunt for a Ryder Cup debut with a three-stroke victory at the Hassan Trophy in Morocco today.

Damien McGrane and Phillip Price led the way as the second round of the Trophee Hassan II in Morocco reached its delayed conclusion this morning.

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.

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

South African Thomas Aiken was in sight of his first European Tour title after doubling his lead to four shots in the first six holes of the Spanish Open final round at El Prat near Barcelona today.

Defending champion Pablo Martin and last year’s runner-up Charl Schwartzel both made strong starts to day three of the Alfred Dunhill Championship to close the gap on leader Anthony Michael.

Lee Westwood gave himself a chance to become world number one with a superb charge at Carnoustie today, but little-known John Parry was still the man to catch in the Dunhill Links Championship.

Darren Clarke was today unveiled as the 'third man' to help Europe try to win back the Ryder Cup at Celtic Manor in Wales on October 1-3.

Five years after beating Tiger Woods down the stretch to become US Open champion New Zealand’s Michael Campbell finds himself in a very different battle in Scotland tomorrow.

Welshman Bradley Dredge and Scot Peter Whiteford took the first day honours at the BMW International Open in Munich with eight under par rounds of 64.

AS excitement in Wales builds towards their first-ever Ryder Cup in October there is a growing feeling too that there might be a Welshman in it.

Justin Rose, unsure what the future holds for him on the European Tour, took a big step towards easing his worries with a seven under par 65 in the Portugal Masters today.

An eagle on the long third at Kingsbarns briefly took 20-year-old Rory McIlroy into sole possession of the lead at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship today.

First David Duval, now Phillip Price. This could just be the week of the big comebacks in golf.

Retief Goosen was left wishing he had changed putters a week ago after he rolled in eight birdies to take the first-round lead at the BMW International Open in Munich today.

Three players outside the world’s top 250 outshone the big names in the early stages of the BMW International Open in Munich today, which was suspended at 10.40am Irish time after a particularly heavy downpour.

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.

England’s Oliver Wilson has suffered a blow to his Ryder Cup hopes, pulling out of the European Open at The London Club in Kent because of back trouble.

Four days after the biggest win of his life, Miguel Angel Jimenez pulled out of the Wales Open at Celtic Manor after 11 holes today.

John Daly bounced back from last week’s missed cut in Spain to share the early lead at the Italian Open in Milan today.

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

Ireland’s Paul McGinley is tied for second place at the Scottish Open.

England’s Nick Dougherty suddenly found himself only one shot off the lead when Swede Niclas Fasth hit trouble at the BMW International Open in windy Munich today.

Less than an hour’s play was possible at the Telecom Italian Open in Milan today before heavy rain forced a delay.

Padraig Harrington today carded a birdie on the 18th to move one shot clear at the top of the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship leaderboard going into the final round.

Padraig Harrington took advantage of a nervy start to the third round by overnight leader Phillip Price to move to the top of the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship leaderboard today.

Phillip Price came from nowhere to go into the weekend with a one-shot lead at the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship after carding a seven-under-par 65 for a 10 under 134 overall.

Phillip Price held the sole lead as the second day of the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship entered its latter stages.

From one happy hunting ground to another. It is as if Tiger Woods chooses the venues himself.

After leading for much of the day, Ireland’s Darren Clarke was overtaken by Scot David Drysdale and Sweden’s Johan Edfors at the Barclays Scottish Open today.

Phillip Price showed glimpses of his best form in the first round of the Madeira Island Open.

SERGIO Garcia and Carl Pettersson are the two Europeans hoping to take advantage this week of the absence of seven of the world’s top 10 players from the opening event of the new US Tour season.

Four days after beating Tiger Woods in Shanghai David Howell today did something else he has never done before - sign for a round of 59.

A brilliant pitch shot by Thomas Levet gave France the early lead when golf’s annual World Cup began at Vilamoura in Portugal today.

Luke Donald is set to choose David Howell for England’s World Cup defence - breaking up his winning partnership with Paul Casey.

IN exactly 12 months’ in the comfort of the press tent at the BMW International at the Munich Golf Club just outside the Bavarian capital, the European team to confront the Americans at The K Club on September 22-24, 2006 will be finalised.

England’s Greg Owen has resigned his European Tour membership, ruling him out of the Ryder Cup qualifying race.

IAN WOOSNAM is about to discover his worries about Europe not fielding their strongest side in the Ryder Cup next year are not going to go away. In fact, they could become far bigger than he imagined.

Ian Woosnam is about to discover his worries about Europe not fielding their strongest side in the Ryder Cup next year are not going to go away.

Retief Goosen scored 32 points to capture his first PGA Tour title of the year at The International in Colorado.

Ben Crane led from start to finish to win at the US Bank Championship in Milwaukee.

Bart Bryant outplayed a star-studded field to win the Jack Nicklaus-hosted Memorial by one stroke over Fred Couples.

Thomas Bjorn switched from criticising those who are not at Wentworth to trying to make his own presence felt when the BMW Championship began this morning.

The BMW Championship starting at Wentworth tomorrow is the richest and the biggest event of the European season so far – and Thomas Bjorn for one believes every European star should be present.