Australian Marcus Fraser led the way on a day of low scoring when the BMW International Open began in Cologne.

Scotland's Stephen Gallacher and South African Richard Sterne were setting a furious pace at the start of the BMW International Open in Cologne today.

Branden Grace claimed the Volvo China Open title as a final-round 69 left him three shots clear of the rest of the field.

Lee Westwood has defended his Indonesian Masters title despite going two over par for the final round in Jakarta.

RORY MCILROY has set up the possibility of a special Sunday for himself and girlfriend Caroline Wozniacki.

Welshman Stephen Dodd and German Marcel Siem were joint leaders after the second day’s play at the KLM Open in the Netherlands.

Rory McIlroy has set up the possibility of a special Sunday for himself and girlfriend Caroline Wozniacki.

SWEDE Alexander Noren produced the joint-best round of the Nordea Masters so far to take the outright lead at Bro Hof Slott Golf Club in Stockholm.

IRELAND’S Peter Lawrie holds a three-stroke lead after the first round of the Trophee Hassan II in Agadir, Morocco after a superb eight-under-par 64 at the Golf Du Palais Royal.

Ireland’s Peter Lawrie holds a three-stroke lead at the end of the first round of the Trophee Hassan II in Agadir after a superb eight-under-par 64 at the Golf Du Palais Royal.

Rikard Karlberg birdied the final two holes as a final-round 70 proved enough to win the Hero Honda Indian Open by two strokes at Delhi Golf Club.

Martin Kaymer’s made a rocky start in his bid to claim the world number one ranking at the Andalucia Valderrama Masters in Sotogrande today.

US Open champion Graeme McDowell was upstaged by world number 317 John Parry, who carded a second-round 67 to take the lead at the Austrian Open in Atzenbrugg.

AMERICAN Todd Hamilton’s decision to join the European Tour could bring him a first victory since the 2004 Open Championship this weekend.

EUROPEAN Tour big-hitter Nicolas Colsaerts equalled his lowest score on the circuit with an opening eight-under-par 62 in the KLM Open at Hilversum yesterday.

European Tour big-hitter Nicolas Colsaerts equalled his lowest score on the circuit with an opening eight-under-par 62 in the KLM Open at Hilversum today.

Sweden’s Peter Hanson turned up the Ryder Cup heat on Paul Casey even more today by taking a share of the lead three times at the Czech Open in Celadna.

Europe’s “Gang of Four” have been given something to think about not just by how Swede Peter Hanson played at the Czech Open yesterday, but also what he said afterwards.

FORMER European vice-captain, Des Smyth is supportive of Pádraig Harrington’s decision not to return to Europe and endeavour to qualify automatically for the Ryder Cup.

Peter Hanson lurks as the biggest danger to first round leader Shiv Kapur at the Czech Open – and to Paul Casey in the Ryder Cup race.

Indian Shiv Kapur had six successive birdies and raced into an early three-stroke lead in the Czech Open at the Prosper Resort in Celadna today.

THREE years after becoming the first Scot to win the US Amateur title in 108 years, Richie Ramsay now has his first European Tour title.

Three years after becoming the first Scot to win the US Amateur in 108 years, Richie Ramsay now has his first European Tour title.

Scotland’s Richie Ramsay won the South African Open at Pearl Valley today when he shot a best-of-the-day 65 and then beat Indian Shiv Kapur in a play-off.

Sweden’s Michael Jonzon is living proof that in golf it takes just one week to make it a great year.

Sweden’s Michael Jonzon, with one European Tour win in 290 starts and fighting for his future, leads the Castello Masters in Spain with a round to play.

Defending champion Sergio Garcia remained a shot behind leaders Martin Kaymer and Robert Allenby after the completion of the second round at the Castello Masters in Spain this morning.

Martin Kaymer has given himself the chance to regain the European Tour number one spot in his first event back from breaking toes in a go-kart crash.

PAUL LAWRIE has a chance this weekend to achieve something which has even eluded Tiger Woods so far.

Sweden’s Peter Hanson followed up his dramatic play-off hole-in-one on Monday with a sparkling start to the European Open at the London Club in Kent today.

THE strength in depth of the European Tour was demonstrated graphically at Baltray yesterday when 89 players finished under par in the opening round of the 3 Irish Open. But Pádraig Harrington, the pre-tournament favourite and 2007 champion, was not a member of that elite group.

Adam Blyth of Australia will take a one-stroke lead into the final round of the Maybank Malaysian Open after carding a six-under-par 66 today to edge ahead of Alexander Noren of Sweden and China's Liang Wen-chong.

Spain’s Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano set the pace at the delayed Dubai Desert Classic this morning as he moved on to four under par at a bright Emirates Golf Club to top the early leaderboard ahead of North duo Rory McIlroy and Darren Clarke

A fiery finish on the back nine gave Mark Brown his second title in as many weeks as the New Zealander claimed a three-stroke victory at the Johnnie Walker Classic today.

Phillip Archer and Graeme Storm remained in strong contention at the Johnnie Walker Classic today, with 69s to finish the third round 11 under – three strokes behind tournament leader Taichiro Kiyota.

Mark Foster enjoyed a strong start at the Johnnie Walker Classic today to take the lead after firing four birdies on the front nine, but Ian Poulter is in trouble after a run of three double bogeys in four holes.

Ireland’s Damien McGrane showed no ill effects from his recent tussle with Tiger Woods after carding a five-under-par first round at the inaugural Indian Masters to sit two strokes adrift of leader Jyoti Randhawa.

India’s Digvijay Singh set the early pace at the inaugural co-sanctioned Indian Masters in Delhi this morning after reaching the turn three-under-par.

Sweden’s Pelle Edberg opened up a two-stroke lead as the Dubai Desert Classic got underway this morning, with world-number-one Tiger Woods and Colin Montgomerie lurking in the chasing group at the Emirates Golf Club.

Robert Karlsson’s first bogey in three rounds failed to derail the Swede’s charge towards the Hong Kong Open title after he maintained his four-stroke lead over former champion Miguel Angel Jimenez at the Hong Kong Golf Club.

Padraig Harrington still has a love-hate relationship with Wentworth. And, surprising as it might seem, it will not change even if he earns almost £1.2m on the Surrey course on Sunday.

Padraig Harrington kept alive his hopes of a €1m bonus at Wentworth today - after refusing to let his golf go from bag to worse.

Mikko Ilonen hopes becoming the first Finn to win on the European Tour will do wonders for the sport in his homeland.

Mikko Ilonen fired a closing-round 70 to claim victory in the weather-interrupted Enjoy Jakarta Astro Indonesia Open today, becoming the first player from Finland to win on the European Tour.