Five-time Major winner Phil Mickelson enjoyed a front row seat as a rejuvenated Rory McIlroy muscled his way into contention for a second success in three events at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship.

The sounding of a siren to halt play due to poor light probably did Pádraig Harrington a favour on the opening day of the thunderstorm affected Turkish Airlines Open at Belek.

Captain Paul McGinley today struck the very first shot in the Ryder Cup qualifying race – and 10 minutes later carded the first bogey in the year-long process.

The next time Paul McGinley visits Gleneagles it will be by steam train in a month’s time and in the company of rival USA captain, Tom Watson to mark ‘A Year To Go’ celebrations to the 2014 Ryder Cup.

England’s Tommy Fleetwood today won his first European Tour title after a play-off with Scotland’s Stephen Gallacher and Argentina’s Ricardo Gonzalez in the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles.

Two years after a five-man, five-hole play-off was necessary to decide the Johnnie Walker Championship, extra holes again looked on the cards midway through the final round at Gleneagles.

Low scoring remained the order of the day when the Johnnie Walker Championship resumed at an overcast Gleneagles today.

Paul McGinley’s love/hate relationship with the PGA Centenary course continued with Europe’s Ryder Cup captain delighted to make the cut in the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles.

Argentina’s Ricardo Gonzalez wasted no time in trying to pull clear of a crowded leaderboard when the Johnnie Walker Championship resumed at Gleneagles.

Ryder Cup captain Paul McGinley will consult his potential team members on course set-up after 80 players broke par in the opening round of the Johnnie Walker Championship.

Ryder Cup captain Paul McGinley has dismissed the notion of qualifying for his own side, despite showing some prospective team members how it is done in the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles.

Austria’s Bernd Wiesberger today made a good start to the defence of his title before bad weather forced play to be suspended in the Ballantine’s Championship.

Two birdies over the space of the first four holes helped Scotland`s Stephen Gallacher steal a march on his rivals and take a share of the lead at the Malaysian Open this morning.

Tom Lewis came back down to earth with a bit of a bump today after winning on only his third start as a professional.

England’s John Parry surged into the early clubhouse lead on the third day of the Castello Masters in Spain.

Sweden's Peter Hedblom shot 64 today to take go one shot clear at the top of Castello Masters leaderboard after two rounds.

MICHAEL HOEY is seeing the same foot specialist that works with Chelsea F C in a goal to rid himself of continuing aching feet.

Paul Lawrie fired a seven-under-par 64 to share the lead after the first round of the Castello Masters in Spain.

Lee Westwood battled on in the Dunhill Links Championship at St Andrews today, but whether he would make it through the entire week because of his injured calf remained to be seen.

Officials from the Cuban Roman Catholic Church today revealed the names of five more political prisoners who will be released into exile in the coming days under a landmark agreement with President Raul Castro’s government.

More than 200 European Tour events and seven years on from his only victory, England’s Mark Foster takes a three-stroke lead into the final day of the Spanish Open in Seville.

SWEDEN’S Johan Edfors remembers all too clearly the moment in last year’s US Open final round when he left a putt eight feet short and a New York fan yelled out: “Looks like Jesus, putts like Mary.”

ARGENTINA’S Ricardo Gonzalez leads the Open de España after day one following a round of 66 at the Real Club de Sevilla with a one-shot advantage over England’s Paul Waring who completed his day in 67 shots.

Refreshed by a five-week break with his family in Argentina, big-hitting Ricardo Gonzalez made a superb return to the European Tour today.

PETER LAWRIE celebrated his father-in-law’s 60th birthday by grabbing a share of second place on the opening day of the Hassan II Trophy in Morocco.

Robert Karlsson produced a bogey-free final round seven-under-par 65 to win the Commercialbank Qatar Masters by three strokes in Doha today.

Golfers do not normally like it when they win an event and then are told that their title defence will be on a different course.

Argentina's Tano Goya leads the Moravia Silesia Open by one from English pair John Bickerton and Steve Webster after a seven-under-par 65 on the European Tour's return to the Czech Republic after a 12-year gap.

Ricardo Gonzalez’s victory in the SAS Masters in Sweden on Sunday has moved him up 154 places on the world rankings to 162nd.

ARGENTINA’S Ricardo Gonzalez, without a top 10 finish all season, grabbed his fourth European Tour title in stunning fashion in Malmo yesterday.

Argentina’s Ricardo Gonzalez produced a truly stunning finish to grab victory at the SAS Masters in Malmo today.

Australian Marcus Fraser hopes to celebrate his 31st birthday tomorrow with the second European Tour victory of his career.

England’s Sam Little, a lowly 187th on this year’s European Tour money list, charged from 50th place to 12th with a four-under-par outward half of 32 in the third round of the SAS Masters in Malmo today.

Ricardo Gonzalez and Lee Slattery are first and second at the halfway stage of the SAS Masters in Malmo – yet former US Open champion Michael Campbell was the one with the most to celebrate tonight.

Ricardo Gonzalez and Lee Slattery, who got away from golf in very different places and in very different ways last week, are first and second at the halfway stage of the SAS Masters in Malmo.

A week labouring on his farm back in Argentina appears to have worked wonders for Ricardo Gonzalez on his return to the European Tour.

HENRIK STENSON’S hopes of donating the first prize of nearly €166,000 to his own charitable Foundation took a blow yesterday when he began the SAS Masters in Malmo with only a level par 73.

TOM WATSON bounced back from his British Open Championship play-off heartache with an opening-round 67 yesterday at The Senior Open Championship.

Sam Torrance’s 705th event on the European Tour – a record by more than 80 - did not begin in the manner he envisaged today.

Charl Schwartzel won the Madrid Masters, after a flawless five-under-par 66 in the final round left him three shots ahead of second-placed Ricardo Gonzalez.

Charl Schwartzel held off the strong challenge of Ricardo Gonzalez to post a five-under-par 66 and take a one-shot lead into the final day at the Madrid Masters.

Oliver Wilson played and talked like a Ryder Cup player in waiting today – but Nick Dougherty is poised for one last bid to catch him.

Ricardo Gonzalez was the early pacesetter this morning as the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship got underway.

The complete line-up of players for golf’s World Cup in China on November 22-25 has been announced.