There was no hiding Shane Lowry’s bitter disappointment after confessing he let victory slip in the British Masters at Woburn.

Shane Lowry brushed off an elbow to the face to maintain his lofty position near the top of the British Masters leader board at Woburn.

Danny Willett insists he has no issue with Rory McIlroy being given a special exemption to remain in the Race to Dubai, even though that could stop him from ending the season as European No.1.

A decent initial prize cheque of his career was of little importance to rookie professional Paul Dunne following his 19th-place finish in the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship.

Greystones’ Paul Dunne fired an eagle and six birdies in a sensational second round 65 to top the final qualifying for The Open at Woburn and clinch his place at St Andrews later this month.

Graeme McDowell achieved a career first and heads into next week’s British Open in the best possible frame of mind after virtually being handed a successful defence of his French Open title in Versailles.

Defending champion Graeme McDowell strangely launched into a vigorous defence of guaranteed Ryder Cup rookie Victor Dubuisson after the second round of the French Open.

Greystones’ Paul Dunne survived the shock of nearly missing his tee time and went on to become the first Irish amateur to come through Final Qualifying for the British Open for 27 years.

Seven Irishmen will pursue their Open Championship dream by joining the scramble for 12 golden tickets for Hoylake at four Final Qualifying venues today.

A high-profile defence lawyer has been added to the legal team of Irish nanny Aisling Brady McCarthy whose Boston trial for murder is now just over two months away.

R&A chief executive Peter Dawson believes a new international qualifying series for the Open Championship will be more “rigorous” than International Final Qualifying which it replaces.

The Boston murder trial of Irish nanny Aisling Brady McCarthy is now likely to begin in April after her lawyers yesterday told a judge they were ready to fight the charge.

The lawyer representing Irish nanny Aisling Brady McCarthy yesterday argued that 90% of the evidence used to charge her client with murder should have been deemed inadmissible.

Paul McGinley didn’t allow the business of being Ryder Cup captain spoil his golf with a best finish in 15 months and a second straight top-10 result in the ISPS Handa Wales Open at Celtic Manor.

Irish nanny Aisling Brady McCarthy yesterday pleaded not guilty to the charge of first degree murder of one-year-old Rehma Sabir.

Des Smyth wants to win in his swinging 60s after losing his oldest winner’s record to Miguel Angel Jiménez.

Des Smyth won his second Travis Perkins plc Senior Masters title in three years with a superb four under par 68 in the final round at Woburn.

SHANE LOWRY is hoping to join a very exclusive club and boost his chances of finishing the Race to Dubai on a high when he makes his debut in the 100th edition of the Ladbrokes.com sponsored Irish PGA at Seapoint today.

Scotland’s Catriona Matthews produced a superb 68 to move on to the heels of world number one Lorena Ochoa in the Ricoh Women’s British Open at St Andrews today – but for Michelle Wie it was yet another sorry tale.

American Sherri Steinhauer enjoyed a few extra spin-offs from her impressive win in the Weetabix Women’s British Open at Royal Lytham & St Annes.

American Sherri Steinhauer rolled back the clock today when she shot a six under par 66 and took a two-shot lead after the third round of the Weetabix Women’s British Open at Royal Lytham & St Annes.

Ian Poulter admits to being hot-headed on the golf course – and now it has cost him £5,000 (€7,300).

HAVING ousted the holders Enniscrone in Thursday’s semi-final, Moate overcame Newcastle West by three and a half matches to one and a half to capture the BMW sponsored Irish Mixed Foursomes at Monkstown Golf Club yesterday.

US Open champion Michael Campbell admitted Thursday’s wash-out at the Deutsche Bank Championship had been “a blessing in disguise.”

US Open champion Michael Campbell’s rich vein of form continued in the delayed first round of the Deutsche Bank Championship in Hamburg.

Henrik Stenson, one of the growing band of European tour golfers who have decided to base themselves in the Middle East, leads the Qatar Masters in Doha with a round to go.

Defending champion Thongchai Jaidee put a dampener on Thomas Bjorn’s birthday celebrations in the second round of the Carlsberg Malaysian Open today.

Thomas Bjorn has celebrated his 34th birthday in style by taking the lead in the second round of the Carlsberg Malaysian Open.

A Japanese financial services group said today it had snapped up UK hotel operator Menzies for £120m (€169.4m).

SERGIO GARCIA insisted he had no regrets about turning down the chance of a £1million pay-day after impressing on the first day of the Mallorca Classic.

Sweden’s Henrik Stenson spectacularly birdied four of the last five holes to win The Heritage at Woburn by four shots today.

Padraig Harrington missed out on a place in the HSBC World Match Play championship today.

Sweden's Henrik Stenson will take a one shot lead into the final round of The Heritage tournament at Woburn after he shot a 67 today.

Padraig Harrington’s hopes of playing in the HSBC world match play championship in three weeks’ time are hanging by a thread.

He was not at the Ryder Cup and he has yet to figure prominently at a major, but Graeme McDowell is starting to become a real force in European golf.

IRELAND'S Graeme McDowell is the joint leader of the Heritage at Woburn along with 2002 Ryder Cup hero Phillip Price from Wales.

And so there were two. Padraig Harrington and David Howell are the only Ryder Cup men left in The Heritage at Woburn.

The morning after the night before was not quite so successful for Ryder Cup hero Colin Montgomerie and overnight leader, Ireland's Graeme McDowell.

Colin Montgomerie is not ready yet to say that last week’s Ryder Cup-winning moment will be the highlight of his whole career.

GRAEME MCDOWELL'S first round 67 left him joint leader in The Heritage at Woburn with Spain's Jose Manuel Lara and Australia's Nick O'Hern.

A birdie-eagle finish had Colin Montgomerie smiling yet again today when he returned to the European tour after his Ryder Cup heroics.

One of Britain’s brightest golfing prospects today spoke about the damage done to his career by enjoying too much of the good life.