BRITISH Open champion Louis Oosthuizen held his nerve in a three-way play-off with England’s Chris Wood and Spain’s Manuel Quiros to clinch the Africa Open.

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.

David Drysdale and Andrew Dodt shared the lead on 13 under par as the final round of the Avantha Masters in Delhi reached the halfway point but with 11 players separated by just two strokes, a dramatic finish at DLF Golf and Country Club was in store.

Former Ryder Cup player Andrew Coltart failed to keep his European Tour card today by missing the halfway cut at the JBWere Masters in Melbourne.

Just as he did when he took third place two years ago – in only his second professional event – Rory McIlroy tamed one of the toughest holes in golf today.

The greens at Gleneagles came in for criticism from players at the Johnnie Walker Championship today, with Jonathan Caldwell among their scalps.

POOR marshalling cost Gareth Maybin a possible share of the lead on day one of the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles in Scotland.

A special week for Colin Montgomerie could become even more memorable after he began the Andalucian Open with a five-under-par 67 in Seville today.

Colin Montgomerie was just where he wanted to be today on his 500th European Tour appearance as a professional – right at the top of the leaderboard.

Sweden’s Christian Nilsson still leads the Saint-Omer Open after making a solid start to his third round on Saturday, but his advantage has been cut to one shot.

Tour winners David Carter, David Park and Sven Struver face a trip to the qualifying school next month after missing the cut in the rain-delayed Mallorca Classic today.

Ireland’s Paul McGinley is tied for second place at the Scottish Open.

Favourite Retief Goosen and defending champion Robert Karlsson, the top two players in the Wales Open at Celtic Manor, both went crashing out at the halfway point tonight.

After leading for much of the day, Ireland’s Darren Clarke was overtaken by Scot David Drysdale and Sweden’s Johan Edfors at the Barclays Scottish Open today.

Robert Coles made headway in the third round of the Portuguese Open at Le Meridien Penina Golf and Resort.

Peter McEvoy, the former Great Britain and Ireland captain, believes this year’s Walker Cup side is one of the strongest ever assembled.

Wales’ Bradley Dredge takes a two-shot lead into today’s final round of the Deutsche Bank Championship in Hamburg.

Wales’ Bradley Dredge, two over par after his first hole of the tournament, moved into a share of the lead in the Deutsche Bank Championship today.

With the course and conditions still conspiring against the majority of the field at the KLM Open in Holland, it took two of the more experienced players in Gary Emerson and Paul Broadhurst to show how it should be done.

English pair Gary Emerson and Paul Broadhurst both used their experience to good effect in the second round of the KLM Open in Holland to occupy the top two spots on the leaderboard.

Overnight joint leader Paul Broadhurst surrendered his share at the top on the first hole of his second round at the KLM Open in Holland this morning but Scotland’s Steven O’Hara moved into his place.

A ROUND of 70 on the testing Burma Road course at Wentworth yesterday was far from a disaster for Pádraig Harrington.

Adam Scott remains on course for his fifth European Tour victory in the delayed Johnnie Walker Classic in Beijing.

Diego Borrego’s hopes of joining Seve Ballesteros and Sergio Garcia as the only home winners of the Spanish Open since 1972 suffered a big setback at San Roque today.

HOURS spent in his bedroom last week practising his putting and watching the Masters at the same time paid handsome dividends for Scot Steven O’Hara yesterday.

Hours spent in his bedroom last week practising his putting and watching the Masters at the same time paid handsome dividends for Scot Steven O’Hara today.

Two weeks after winning his first European tour title for 10 years in quite amazing fashion, Paul Broadhurst returned to action today and shot 80.

Englishman Paul Casey was the early clubhouse leader on the first day of the TCL Classic in China.

SCOTLAND’S Stephen Gallacher fought off the challenge of Ireland’s Graeme McDowell in a play-off to register his maiden European Tour win at the Dunhill Links Championship at St Andrews yesterday.

Scotland’s Stephen Gallacher fought off the challenge of Northern Irishman Graeme McDowell in a play-off to register his maiden European Tour win at the Dunhill Links Championship at St Andrews today.

Luke Donald will take a three-shot lead into the final round of the Scandinavian Masters as he chases a first European Tour win and Ryder Cup wild card.

England’s Miles Tunnicliff today recorded the biggest winning margin on the European tour this season.

England’s Miles Tunnicliff played a superb outward half to be four ahead with nine holes to play in the Diageo Championship at Gleneagles.

A week that promised so much turned sour for former Ryder Cup Scot Andrew Coltart today when he slumped to an 81 – a round that included a two-stroke penalty for hitting himself.

Scotland’s Steven O’Hara set a blistering early pace in the first round of the Italian Open in Milan this morning.

Steven O’Hara today showed fellow Scot Alastair Forsyth what could have happened if only he had been able to get a flight back to the Seville Open.

Steven O’Hara showed fellow Scot Alastair Forsyth what he was missing with a charge through the field at the Seville Open today.

Richard McEvoy stands alone as the clear leader of the Omega Hong Kong Open today after turning in another accomplished performance to shoot a 68 and set the clubhouse mark at 10-under-par.

Qualifying school graduate Richard McEvoy today made an incredible start to the European Tour season, shooting an eight under par 62 to storm into the lead at the Omega Hong Kong Open.

It is not difficult to spot which Ryder Cup star has been enjoying himself most back at The Belfry so far this week.

Nick Faldo protege Nick Dougherty and Jamie Elson, whose father Pip played on the European tour, have both been named today in the Britain and Ireland team which will defend the Walker Cup in Georgia on August 11-12.