Robert Rock made a flying start to his final round at the Alfred Dunhill Championship to close to within four shots of leader Anthony Michael in Malelane.

Defending champion Pablo Martin and last year’s runner-up Charl Schwartzel both made strong starts to day three of the Alfred Dunhill Championship to close the gap on leader Anthony Michael.

A last-hole double bogey from Michael Letzig handed control of the Buick Open to Tiger Woods in Michigan.

The US Open is set to return to Oakmont Country Club, Pennsylvania, in 2016 for a record ninth time, the United States Golf Association announced last night.

Anthony Kang’s good early-season form continued today as the winner of last week’s Maybank Malaysian Open fired his second consecutive 67 at The Vines Resort and Country Club to take the clubhouse lead on day two of the Johnnie Walker Classic.

SCOTLAND’S Richie Ramsay makes his professional debut at the Russian Open today accepting the hard work is about to start.

Stuart Appleby moved into a two-stroke lead after three rounds of the AT&T National after the Australian shot a two-under-par 68 on Saturday.

South Africa’s Richard Sterne takes a one-shot lead over England’s Oliver Wilson into the final round of the Johnnie Walker Classic in Phuket after carding an eight under par round at the Blue Canyon Country Club.

Colin Montgomerie is confident he can make a return to the world’s top 10 as the winner of eight European Tour Order of Merits looks to add the Johnnie Walker Classic to his burgeoning collection at the Blue Canyon Country Club this week.

Cork golfer Aaron O’Callaghan kicked off his spring campaign in style with a victory at the 54-hole Rice Intercollegiate tournament in Texas.

Lee Westwood had a far from happy return to the Saujana Golf and Country Club today as he carded a disappointing three-over-par 75 in the opening round of the Maybank Malaysian Open.

Seve Ballesteros is predicting early success for his European team over their Asian counterparts on the opening day of the Royal Trophy at the Amata Spring Country Club tomorrow.

Ireland will have ‘home’ advantage for this week’s World Cup in Barbados as they seek to lift the trophy for the first time since 1997.

Two of the hottest golfers on the PGA Tour, David Toms and Geoff Ogilvy, carded five-under-par 67s and are tied for the lead after the first round of the Honda Classic, which was suspended due to darkness with three players still to finish.

Europe powered into a convincing 6-2 lead over Asia and need only two and a half points from tomorrow’s eight singles matches to win the inaugural Royal Trophy at a blustery Amata Spring Country Club near Bangkok.

World number five Ernie Els will be able to give a good test to the knee he injured in the summer as a thunderstorm means he must play 23 holes in the Dunhill Championship in South Africa today.

A strong British challenge is poised to make its mark at the Cadillac Russian Open after Sweden dominated day two in Moscow.

Sweden’s Fredrik Widmark heads the Cadillac Russian Open after a carding his second 67 of the tournament for a 10-under-par total but he leads only by one from compatriot Mikael Lundberg after dropping a shot at his penultimate hole.

Birmingham’s Tom Whitehouse has adopted a new relaxed but determined attitude and it paid off as he fired a six-under-par 66 to lead after the first round of the Cadillac Russian Open.

American Spike McRoy and Swedes Carl Pettersson and Mathias Gronberg – all now playing on the USPGA Tour – were the leading lights at a poorly-attended 36-hole qualifier for next month’s Open at Royal Troon.

Chad Campbell matched the course record with a nine-under-par 61, jumping from 43rd to a share of the lead after the third round of The Colonial.

Ireland’s Peter Lawrie laid down the gauntlet today by predicting his rivals will need to shoot 20 under par or better at Houghton Country Club in order to take the Dunhill Championship title.

Foursomes results on the third day of the President's Cup, USA v International team at Fancourt Country Club, George, South Africa

Armed raiders tonight struck at a top Dublin hotel where the Irish soccer team is staying ahead of a friendly match against Canada.

American captain Curtis Strange insists he takes no pleasure in seeing Lee Westwood struggle just a month before Europe try to win back the Ryder Cup at The Belfry.