Peter Lawrie leads a trio of Irishmen paving the way in the opening stages of the first round of the Czech Open.

MIGUEL Angel Jimenez believes the lack of a dominant force in the world of golf makes it an exciting time for spectators, but would still like to see Tiger Woods get back to his best.

MICHAEL HOEY returns to action at the Czech Open tomorrow determined to break into the European Tour’s Top 60, but realistic enough to know a bad bounce is all it takes to derail the best laid plans.

KEEGAN BRADLEY’S victory in the US PGA Championship on Sunday was cause for celebration in Kenmare in the early hours of Monday but otherwise the week in Atlanta was a bitter disappointment for Ireland’s best.

SWEDE Peter Hanson leapt from 15th to eighth in Europe’s Ryder Cup race after winning a dramatic and nerve-wracking Czech Open with an 18-foot play-off putt with Ireland’ Peter Lawrie and England’s Gary Boyd.

Swede Peter Hanson leapt from 15th to eighth in Europe’s Ryder Cup race after winning a dramatic and nerve-wracking Czech Open with an 18-foot play-off putt today.

Peter Lawrie was in top spot at the Czech Open in Celadna today after Ryder Cup-chasing Swede Peter Hanson threw away a four-shot overnight advantage

Peter Hanson’s four-shot overnight lead had disappeared after only three holes of his final round in the Czech Open at Celadna today.

Sweden’s Peter Hanson leads the Czech Open by four shots with a round to go and victory for the 32-year-old in Celadna tomorrow will knock Paul Casey out of a Ryder Cup qualifying place with a week to go.

Paul Casey’s position in the ninth and last automatic spot on Europe’s Ryder Cup looked even more precarious today.

Scotland’s Stephen Gallacher continued his fine form this summer with an early hat-trick of birdies when the Czech Open resumed today.

The two-stroke penalty imposed on Bradley Dredge at the Czech Open late yesterday did not receive the same headlines as the one given to Dustin Johnson in the US PGA Championship last Sunday.

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.

England’s Simon Dyson shook off jet lag and boosted his Ryder Cup hopes with four closing birdies when the Czech Open began at the Prosper Resort in Celadna today.

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.

UNDER normal circumstances Paul Casey would not be paying close attention to what is happening at the Czech Open.

Miguel Angel Jimenez’s joy at seeing Martin Kaymer win the United States PGA title on Sunday was not only because he likes the young German.

Simon Dyson today provided the starkest contrast imaginable to Europe’s stay-away Ryder Cup stars.

PÁDRAIG HARRINGTON admitted last month that he would be “devastated to miss the Ryder Cup.”

Sweden’s Martin Erlandsson had 10 birdies, six of them in a row, in the third round of the European Tour’s Moravia Silesia Open in the Czech Republic today.

The European Tour’s return to the Czech Republic this week sees German Alex Cejka back in the country from which he and his father fled nearly 30 years ago.

HAVING acquired the services of a new caddie, Dermot Byrne, and with two months on theprofessional circuit behind him, the serious business begins for 3 Irish Open champion Shane Lowry over the coming weeks.