DENMARK'S Steen Tinning was the shock winner of the Telefonica Madrid Open yesterday as Pádraig Harrington blew a great chance to take over at the top of Europe's Order of Merit.

Ireland's Padraig Harrington slipped off the pace as Denmark’s Steen Tinning grabbed the second win of his European Tour career after an amazing final round in the Telefonica Madrid Open today.

Denmark’s Steen Tinning took over the lead from Padraig Harrington in a curious mixture of brilliance and bogeys as the Telefonica Madrid Open went into its final nine holes today.

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ENGLAND’S Laura Davies and Scot Mhairi McKay will be the only British players in Europe’s Solheim Cup team to face the United States at Interlachen in Minnesota from September 20-22 after they were named as wildcards today by captain Dale Reid.

The overnight leaders of the European Open at the K-Club have just teed off in Kildare.

Padraig Harrington has shot a five under par 67 to move to seven under for the tournament at the half-way stage.

Ireland's Philip Walton has finished his first round of the Murphy's Irish Open at Fota on one over par.

Van Phillips found a spectacular way of jumping into the lead in the Compass Group English Open at the Forest of Arden today.

The effects of a bad headache finally caught up with Steen Tinning as he lost a four-stroke lead in the Heineken Classic in Perth.