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Mark Foster buzzing at top of Johnnie Walker Championship leaderboard
Delayed by fog, soaked by rain, buzzed by swarms of wasps and finally plunged into darkness with the first round unfinished, Scotland's summer of golf continued in glorious fashion at Gleneagles. (...)
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Open 2011: So far very open as seven shots separate field
Two days of tentative probing among the moonscapes of Royal St George's served to shockingly eliminate a good deal of the most favoured names in the 140th Open Championship but left every one of the 70-odd who survived with a reasonable chance of claiming the Claret Jug. (...)
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Open 2011: Success would be special for 'patient' Lee Westwood
Luke Donald comes in to Sandwich with dominating consistency, Rory McIlroy arrives full of youthful vigour and expectation, while the man who has the best recent Open record of all the three favourites is keeping things deliberately low-key. (...)
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Donald's trousers give away his roots as he pockets Scottish Open
Luke Donald underlined his relentless consistency, his world number one ranking and his Scottish roots as he stormed from four shots behind at the start of the day to win the rain-shortened Barclays Scottish Open by four at Castle Stuart. (...)
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Castle Stuart shines on an eclectic day at the Scottish Open
There's a chasm between second in the world and 232nd, and the same distance between the expectations borne by Lee Westwood and Chile's Mark Tullo — but the pair lead the field after an entertaining first day of the Barclays Scottish Open at Castle Stuart. (...)
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McDowell has no post-US Open advice for friend Rory McIlroy
Last year's Scottish Open was conducted in a post-party haze for Graeme McDowell, and he's wondering whether his great friend Rory McIlroy might have the same affliction having followed him as US Open champion. (...)
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Luke Donald will lead a strong field at the Scottish Open
World numbers one and two, Luke Donald and Lee Westwood, and two of the top three Americans in the world rankings, Phil Mickelson and Matt Kuchar, will lead the strongest field in Europe this year at the Barclays Scottish Open at Castle Stuart next week. (...)
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Scottish Open golfers head north to Castle Stuart as links switch pays off
Five of the world's top eight players will compete in next month's Barclays Scottish Open at Castle Stuart — and the Highland public have responded in their thousands to their first European Tour event. (...)
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Ernie Els on the warpath over Wentworth 'craziness'
Ernie Els will continue to "tweak" his re-design of the Wentworth West Course but lashed out at criticism of the famous track at the BMW PGA Championship as "craziness" and accused Ian Poulter of "damaging the flagship event." (...)
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Intruiging weekend at BMW PGA Championship
The world number one elect, the player long thought of as the coming man of European golf and the future of the game on this side of the Atlantic makes for an outstanding trio to contest the European Tour's premier title at the BMW PGA Championship this weekend. (...)
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'Invincible' Luke Donald just getting better at BMW PGA Championship
Being "a little bit invincible" makes no sense as a phrase but it works as a description of how Luke Donald is feeling on the golf course as the clear favourite for the BMW PGA Championship strode out to an immediate two-shot advantage through the rains and swirling winds at Wentworth. (...)
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'Consistency pays' but Luke Donald relishes thought of Wentworth first
It may not be obvious underneath the mild-mannered, usually smiling demeanour, but the man accused of settling for second too often is boiling about so many near things and prepared to put it right at the head of the best ever field for the £4 million BMW PGA Championship this week. (...)
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Carnoustie Links golfers club together for Chloe and Ayley's surgery
Carnoustie Links staff have teed up a double fund-raising boost for Angus twins. (...)
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In-form Martin Laird out to emulate Masters hero Lyle at Augusta
It's not the fashionable anniversary being marked at Augusta this week as the silver jubilee of one of the greatest events in Masters history is being marked at the tournament's 75th staging, but for Scots the 23 years since Sandy Lyle's 1988 victory is particularly resonant. (...)
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Martin Kaymer sweeps to Dunhill win
Martin Kaymer left little question as to who the best golfer on the planet is at the moment, as he shot a closing 66 on the Old Course at St Andrews to claim the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship as his third win in a row. (...)
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Andrew Coltart inspired by Ryder Cup heroes
Andrew Coltart is a man who thrives on inspiration and there is plenty of it in the air at St Andrews this week, coming both from July and from just a few days ago. (...)
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John Parry moves into gear at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship
John Parry's Vauxhall Astra doesn't quite match up to some of the gleaming specimens in the players' car park at St Andrews, but the 23-year-old Englishman could be trading up to a Rolls Royce with change to pay for a chauffeur if he maintains his commanding lead in the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship. (...)
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Mixed emotions for Colin Montgomerie after Ryder Cup success
The greatest day in Colin Montgomerie's career is now obvious to all, but he revealed the very worst was when he had to leave his friend Paul Casey out of what would eventually be the triumph of Celtic Manor and the regaining of the Ryder Cup. (...)
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Lee Westwood focuses on championship success
Lee Westwood's mission is not the world number one ranking that will come to him if he wins the Alfred Dunhill Championship, but the title he won in 2003 which set him on the road towards being the best player in the world. (...)
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Europe's Ryder Cup heroes back Jose Maria Olazabal as 2012 captain
Spain's Jose Maria Olazabal is the clear front-runner to replace Colin Montgomerie as Europe's Ryder Cup captain for the next series of matches in 2012 if he can battle back from rheumatism for a second time. (...)
