For the second contest running there has been some unexpected bite to the Seve Trophy.

After a telling off from captain Colin Montgomerie, Ian Poulter helped Britain and Ireland mount a Seve Trophy fightback at The Wynyard near Middlesbrough today.

Britain and Ireland fought back in the Seve Trophy today despite a Bradley Dredge blunder and Ian Poulter being left in no doubt he had incurred the wrath of captain Colin Montgomerie.

The Seve Trophy resumed today with Ian Poulter left in no doubt that he had incurred the wrath of captain Colin Montgomerie.

CAPTAIN Colin Montgomerie and Graeme McDowell were the only home winners as holders Britain and Ireland made an awful start to the Seve Trophy at The Wynyard near Middlesbrough yesterday.

Captain Colin Montgomerie and Graeme McDowell were the only home winners as holders Britain and Ireland made an awful start to the Seve Trophy at The Wynyard near Middlesbrough today.

Great Britain and Ireland captain Colin Montgomerie is confident his side can win the Seve Trophy for the third successive time when they take on Continental Europe next week.

JEAN VAN DE VELDE is back in the Open championship, will be back full-time on the European tour next season and is over £260,000 richer.

THERE was joy and pain for the home crowd at the French Open as Jean van de Velde revisited the trauma of his 1999 British Open nightmare to allow defending champion Jean-Francois Remesy to retain his title in a play-off.

Six years on from his Open championship nightmare - and the even bigger nightmare that followed - Jean van de Velde is back in the spotlight.

Twelve months after Jean-Francois Remesy became the first home winner of the French Open since 1969 a multi-pronged attack on the title was being made today.

IRISH golf fans are in for a real treat at Carton House today when the Nissan Irish Open hots up.

Ian Poulter won a play-off with Sergio Garcia today to guarantee his season is remembered for more than funny trousers and a Ryder Cup cap.

NOT everybody likes Tiger Woods. He can be sullen and uncommunicative, evasive and defensive, but nobody can question his commitment on the golf course.

THE coveted prize is within Paul McGinley’s grasp but he refuses to accept that the Ryder Cup place is actually his until the last putt is holed in Munich tomorrow night.

Brian Davis and Jean-Francois Remesy left Munich today with their Ryder Cup dream over.

Spain’s Miguel Angel Jimenez, chasing his fourth win of the season and proud new owner of one of the sponsor’s products, leads the BMW International Open in Munich at the halfway stage.

THE battle for the last three places on the European Ryder Cup team will be decided in Munich this week.

Four automatic places in Europe’s Ryder Cup team have still to be decided entering the final event, the BMW International Open in Munich, later this week.

PAUL McGINLEY has leapt from 92nd to 68th in the world rankings and to within touching distance of joining Pádraig Harrington and Darren Clarke in the European Ryder Cup team as reward for his share of sixth place in the USPGA.

ALTHOUGH disappointed at failing to make the best of the favourable early morning conditions, Paul McGinley goes into the final two rounds of the US PGA at Whistling Straits on one under par.

David Howell, Ian Poulter and Phillip Price all have the dream and the hope of playing in the Ryder Cup this September.

PADRAIG Harrington and Paul McGinley lead the Irish challenge after rounds of two under par 70 on the opening day of the Smurfit European Open at The K-Club.

Retief Goosen returns to action following his superlative second US Open triumph when he plays in the Smurfit European Open at the K Club near Dublin tomorrow.

Jean-Francois Remesy has jumped to fourth in the European Order of Merit after his French Open win at the weekend.

Jean Van de Velde was missing today when the most star-studded British Open championship qualifying event in living memory took place at Sunningdale.

THERE is a real chance of 40-year-old Jean-Francois Remesy making Europe's Ryder Cup team after yesterday becoming the first home winner of the French Open for 35 years.

There is a real chance of 40-year-old Jean-Francois Remesy making Europe’s Ryder Cup team after he today became the first home winner of the French Open for 35 years.

Jean-Francois Remesy today became the first home winner of the French Open for 35 years at Le Golf National near Paris.

After the shock of hitting his opening drive into water Jean-Francois Remesy held off Australian Richard Green to take a one-stroke lead into the final nine holes of the French Open at Le Golf National near Paris today.

The chance to become the first home winner of the French Open since 1969 simply inspired Jean-Francois Remesy today.

An outward 34 was not enough to keep Ian Woosnam in a share for the lead when the French Open went into its third round at Le Golf National near Paris today.

IAN WOOSNAM, seeking his first European Tour victory in 146 starts going back seven years, allowed a three-stroke lead disappear over the closing stretch of the French Open yesterday.

Ian Woosnam, seeking his first European Tour victory in 146 starts going back seven years, allowed a three-stroke lead to disappear over the closing stretch of the French Open today.

One of the longest holes on the European Tour was again proving to be one of the toughest today and not even the leader of the French Open could escape unscathed.

Rain and fog prevented Tiger Woods marking his US tour return in style – but Northern Ireland’s Darren Clarke managed a hole-in-one before bad weather brought the first round to an early close at the Buick Invitational in La Jolla today.

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Paul McGinley has falled to 39th place in the Lancome Trophy.

Colin Montgomerie, joint leader overnight, slumped to seven shots off the pace in the second round of the Novotel Perrier French Open today.

Adam Scott started the day three shots ahead in the Qatar Masters at Doha Golf Club and ended it in the same position, leaving the 21-year-old Australian only 18 holes away from his second victory on The European Tour International Schedule.

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David Higgins will start today's fourth round of the Madrid Open at 15 under par.