Barack Obama said he was tough enough to lift America up and out of a period of divisive and ineffective government today as he looks set to overtake Hillary Clinton in the race for delegates.

IT used to be said that everyone had two countries: their own and France. Nowadays, it’s the US. We all have a stake in the presidential election, even if we don’t unfortunately have a vote.

Britons Lee Westwood and Greg Owen were among 12 players today handed a start in next month’s Open championship.

Ben Curtis is back up from 205th to 104th in the world following his victory today in the Booz Allen Classic.

The Booz Allen Classic, already into a fifth day, suffered yet another delay this morning – and it had knock-on effects for next month’s Open championship.

Ben Curtis is in sight of his first victory since the 2003 Open at Sandwich.

Pádraig Harrington and Swede Daniel Chopra found former Open champion Ben Curtis a tough man to catch in the third round of the US Tour’s Booz Allen Classic today.

Former European tour winner Jose Coceres left the rest of the field trailing in his wake with a second successive 64 at the Booz Allen Classic in Potomac.

JOHN F KENNEDY had a reputation as a virile love-cheat president, even having a fling with Marilyn Monroe, but his wife complained that he was a lousy lover.