England’s Ross Fisher has his sights set on a first European Tour title in almost four years after claiming a one-shot lead at the midway point of the Tshwane Open in South Africa.

Sergio Garcia labelled the rough as “dangerous” after struggling to a four-over-par 76 in the opening round of the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship.

England’s Simon Dyson wants to put the worst moment of his career behind him as he returns to action for the first time since being handed a suspended two-month ban from the European Tour.

The Golf Channel analyst who compared a rules violation by Tiger Woods to his own episode of cheating on a fourth-grade math test has admitted the comment was a mistake.

England’s Simon Dyson had “no recollection” of breaking the rule which led to his disqualification from the BMW Masters in Shanghai, according to tournament officials.

Damien McGrane guaranteed his Tour card for next season with a share of third in the KLM Open, while rookie professional Kevin Phelan will next travel to Portugal in search of similar status.

Jim Furyk hit a magical 59 as he surged into contention on day two of the BMW Championship in Illinois last night.

Sweden’s Rikard Karlberg holds a two-shot lead after carding a second-round 68 in the M2M Russian Open at Tseleevo Golf & Polo Club near Moscow.

Ireland’s Pádraig Harrington fired a 69 to finish the opening day of the FedEx St Jude Classic in Memphis on one under.

Phil Mickelson is back in the world’s top 10 for the first time since last May after his wire-to-wire victory at the Waste Management Phoenix Open.

Charl Schwartzel and Sergio Garcia end the year 14th and 16th in the world respectively after their weekend wins in South Africa and Malaysia.

Graeme McDowell’s victory at the World Challenge in California – his first title since the same event two years ago – has lifted him from 24th to 14th in the world.

Three rain delays are not the only thing world number one Rory McIlroy has had to contend with at the Barclays Singapore Open so far this week.

Rory McIlroy remained deep in the pack and then was held up by the weather for the second day running at the Barclays Singapore Open today.

The Nike Covert driver Rory McIlroy will take into competition next season was unveiled by five Nike staff players on day one of the storm-affected Barclays Singapore Open.

Ireland’s Shane Lowry has moved up from 128th to 74th in the world after his victory at the Portugal Masters yesterday.

Rory McIlroy is back as world number one after storming to his second major victory at the USPGA Championship – and David Lynn is up from 98th to a career-high 40th after finishing as a shock runner-up.

Tiger Woods took a huge step back towards the summit of golf with a battling 71 on Kiawah Island yesterday.

Rory McIlroy is expecting a tough test at the USPGA Championship today despite being just one shot off the lead at Kiawah Island.

Tiger Woods lamented his putting after finding himself seven shots off the lead following the opening round of the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational.

It was wet, it was windy, but nothing was going to stop fans turning out in huge numbers today for the first Irish Open in Northern Ireland since 1953.

It was wet, it was windy, but nothing was going to stop fans turning out in huge numbers today for the first Irish Open in the North since 1953.

England’s Mark Foster was the early clubhouse leader as the Irish Open finally returned to the North after a gap of 59 years today.

Is there any wonder Rory McIlroy is ready to embrace his tournament favouritism at Royal Portrush as the 2012 Irish Open gets underway today?

When Simon Dyson won the Irish Open in Killarney a year ago he had no idea his title defence would be such a special tournament.

Graeme McDowell and Pádraig Harrington, 2nd and 4th in the US Open, spearhead the home challenge in next week’s Irish Open at Royal Portrush.

Phil Mickelson needed a special round on his 42nd birthday to have any chance of being a contender at the US Open in San Francisco – but it did not begin as he hoped.

Ryder Cup hopeful Simon Dyson is out of this week's BMW PGA Championship - the European Tour's flagship event as he tries to shake off a stressed hip injury.

Ryder Cup hopeful Simon Dyson is out of this week’s BMW PGA Championship – the European Tour’s flagship event – as he tries to shake off a stressed hip injury.

It was agony and ecstasy for two of England’s stars at golf’s richest event today.

It was agony and ecstasy for two of England’s stars at golf’s richest event today.

Next month’s Irish Open has received another major boost with the confirmation that US PGA champion Keegan Bradley will be in the field at Royal Portrush Golf Club.

Ryder Cup contenders Simon Dyson and Francesco Molinari headed to Sawgrass in Florida today in totally contrasting moods.

Golf’s world number one spot has changed hands for the fifth time in just over two months.

England’s Simon Dyson and Dane Soren Kjeldsen were tied for the lead after six holes of the Spanish Open final round in Seville today.

Simon Dyson double-bogeyed the last hole to throw the race for the Spanish Open wide open again with a round to go in Seville.

Simon Dyson, the highest-ranked player in the field at 36th in the world, took over at the top in the rain-delayed third round of the Reale Seguros Spanish Open in Seville today.

A flooded course led to the Reale Seguros Spanish Open being suspended in Seville today before overnight leader Gregory Bourdy had teed off for his third round.

Lee Westwood’s successful defence of the Indonesian Masters title was not enough to lift him above Rory McIlroy at the top of the golf world rankings.

England’s Matthew Baldwin claimed the clubhouse lead on the first day of the Volvo China Open after opening with an assured seven-under-par 65.

Paul Casey will be thinking of his closet as well as his clubs when he takes to the Binhai Lake course at this week’s Volvo China Open in Tianjin.

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.

Padraig Harrington said in January that he expected to win more majors. Now he is even more convinced.

Bubba Watson moved all the way from 16th to a career-high fourth in the world rankings thanks to his play-off victory over Louis Oosthuizen in The Masters.