Graeme McDowell has questioned the nature of the Kiawah Island course set-up on a windswept day two of the 94th PGA Championship.

Darren Clarke fought his own version of War On The Shore during the opening round of the PGA Championship at Kiawah Island.

Covered for three days by a ferocious dark sky, pounded with relentless rain, and advertised by many in the press as potentially the worst Major championship in 25 years, the 94th US PGA Championship had a stunning metamorphosis in yesterday’s opening round.

IF there is one thing we seem to be very good at these days, it’s not letting go.

After spending two weeks relaxing on the sun-splashed shores of the Bahamas, Darren Clarke now faces a PGA Championship reality check along the shores of the Kiawah Island.

Pádraig Harrington has his last chance of making the European Ryder Cup team when he travels to Kiawah Island this week in search of a second US PGA Championship.

With the top two spots on the leaderboard held by a South African and an Australian, the British Open provided considerable food for thought for the rival Ryder Cup captains Davis Love III and Jose-Maria Olazabal.

BERNHARD LANGER has never been one for jumping fences before he met them so it was all the more surprising to hear him recently express some doubts about his position as 2004 European Ryder Cup captain.