Darren Clarke, as proud as anyone about what is already a golden era for Irish golf, has the chance this weekend to add another chapter to the remarkable story.

Amateur Tom Lewis and joint overnight leader Thomas Bjorn lost their magic today and threw the 140th Open Championship at Sandwich wide open.

Surprise amateur contender Tom Lewis showed he had the grit to go with his guile after refusing to allow his Open dream to fall apart with one bad round.

Amateur Tom Lewis today made a solid start to his second round of the 140th Open Championship as he looked to build on his record-breaking exploits at Royal St George’s.

A 40-YEAR-OLD Dane and a 20-year-old amateur share the lead at the British Open heading into today’s second round of the oldest major in golf as Royal St George’s once again conformed to its quirky reputation.

Debenhams said today it was pleased with its half-year sales performance, despite revealing a 12% fall in profits to £94.1m (€117.1m).

Cash and internet payment firm PayPoint celebrated strong growth across the business with forecast-beating profits today.

Nick Faldo celebrated his 50th birthday by lighting a candle, metaphorically, for a man almost half his age.

The UK’s biggest off-licence business changed hands today after being sold to a team of private equity investors.

Supermarket group Somerfield is to take control of 114 smaller Safeway stores as part of a £260m (€374.4m) deal involving rival Morrisons, it said today.

Leeds United will play Fowler along-side Mark Viduka as the take on Arsenal.

British holidaymakers caught up in a terrifying rebel mortar and gunfire attack on Sri Lanka’s main airport were today preparing to return home.