Lawrie in need of inspiration

Europe’s last winner of a major golf title is in crisis a week before the US Open, wondering whether the trip to New York is even worth making.

While Australian Nick O’Hern and England’s Miles Tunnicliff battled to stay out in front in the Diageo Championship at a windswept Gleneagles, Paul Lawrie finished his second round 76 saying he had just spent two days of “absolute torture”.