As darkness fell on the field, Se Ri Pak could be seen rising on the leaderboard at the Jamie Farr Classic.

Swedes Annika Sorenstam and Sophie Gustafson kept the European flag flying as they advanced to today’s quarter-finals of the HSBC Women’s World Matchplay Championship at Hamilton Golf Club in Gladstone, New Jersey.

British interest ended today with defeats for Catriona Matthew and Laura Davies in the HSBC Women’s World Matchplay Championship at Hamilton Golf Club in Gladstone, New Jersey.

South Korea’s Se Ri Pak ended a two-year victory drought when she beat Australia’s Karrie Webb in a play-off to win the McDonald’s LPGA Championship at Bulle Rock in Maryland.

TEENAGE sensation Michelle Wie made a pleasing debut in the Weetabix Women’s British Open but she has already targeted playing in the men’s event in the near future.

Teenage sensation Michelle Wie made a pleasing debut in the Weetabix Women’s British Open but she has already set her sights on playing in the men’s event in the near future.

JEONG JANG became the fourth South Korean to win a women’s major yesterday when she held off a challenge from former champion Sophie Gustafson with a final round 69 in the Weetabix Women’s British Open at Royal Birkdale.

The British Open championship could change from being a men-only event next year.

EUROPEAN Ryder Cup captain Bernhard Langer is out of not only this week’s Deutsche Bank-SAP Open in Heidelberg, but also next week’s Volvo PGA championship at Wentworth.

Annika Sorenstam, playing her first LPGA Tour event of the season, shot a four-under-par 68 to extend her lead to two strokes after 54 holes of the Safeway International in Arizona.

Fresh from victory in the Australian Open on Monday, Britain's Laura Davies is high on confidence going into the opening event of the LPGA season in America, the Welch's/Fry's Championship in Tucson, Arizona.

PADRAIG HARRINGTON is all for it; Greg Norman, Ernie Els and Colin Montgomerie are all against it.

Greg Norman today urged golf’s administrators to find a way of outlawing the increasingly popular practice of leading female players taking sponsors’ invitations to compete on the men’s tours.

COLIN MONTGOMERIE is among a number of male golfers expressing doubts about the increasing amount of lady golfers playing at the men’s tournaments.

Annika Sorenstam’s historic season has been recognised with her winning the 2003 Golf Writers’ Trophy.

Britain’s Laura Davies suffered one of the cruellest days of her career today when she shot an 81 and dropped right out of contention at the ADT Tour Players’ Championship at West Palm Beach in Florida.

Great Britain’s Laura Davies claimed a share of the halfway lead after launching a second-round birdie spree at the ADT Tour Players’ Championship at West Palm Beach in Florida today.

STEPHEN GALLACHER missed equalling the lowest round of his European Tour career by incurring a bizarre one-shot penalty for hitting the ball when he did not mean to.

WORLD number one Annika Sorenstam completed a career Grand Slam when she won her first Weetabix Women’s British Open yesterday with a final-round 70 at Royal Lytham and St Anne’s.

IT isn't very often that an Irish sports person sees off the best efforts of rivals from 57 other countries, but that's what happened at Royal Musselburgh yesterday when Cian McNamara, a student at Crescent College Comprehensive and a member of Limerick Golf Club, maintained his three-stroke overnight lead to become the first Irish player to capture the R&A Junior Open Championship.

Second round scores from World Ladies Matchplay Challenge, Chiba, Japan