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. (...)
Colin Montgomerie plans to muscle his way in
Colin Montgomerie returned to the rank and file of the European Tour with a decent 72 in the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship and believes he knows what he needs to do to get even close to where he was: pump iron in the gym. (...)
Team Europe hold on for Celtic Manor victory
Graeme McDowell was so nervous he could barely hold his club on the final nine holes of the last match of this gruelling, elongated, rain-lashed Ryder Cup. (...)
Europeans reign supreme after stunning Ryder Cup comeback
Colin Montgomerie's Europe found a crock of gold at the end of the rainbow over Celtic Manor after a stunning comeback left Europe in command for the extra day's play at the 38th Ryder Cup on Monday. (...)
Molinari's stunning finish takes the Johnnie Walker Championship
Italy’s Edoardo Molinari could not have done any more to force his way into the European Ryder Cup team at the 11th hour than the glorious three-birdie finish that allowed him to claim the Johnnie Walker Championship in a dramatic day at Gleneagles. (...)
Ryder Cup guessing game is over
European Ryder Cup captain Colin Montgomerie opted for the "experience and stature" of Padraig Harrington, the exemplary record of Luke Donald and the "best finish I've seen in 25 years on tour" from Edoardo Molinari in making his three wildcard picks for Celtic Manor. (...)
Johnnie Walker home win would be forgettable
Marc Warren and Stephen Gallacher would relish a Sunday head-to-head at the Johnnie Walker Championship to provide the first Scottish European Tour winner of 2010 — even if their win would be forgotten almost immediately. (...)
Perthshire summit for Monty's Ryder Cup team
Colin Montgomerie's bespoke new home in Dunning will be the venue for a high-level summit between the European captain and his vice-captains, when they will hammer out the wildcard options for Celtic Manor. (...)
Richard Finch takes lead in Johnnie Walker Championship
The muddied picture of Ryder Cup qualification got a little clearer, but amid the intrigue about European captain Colin Montgomerie's continuing wildcard dilemma there is an actual golf tournament going on at the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles. (...)
Ryder Cup captain Montgomerie faces mission impossible
Colin Montgomerie is feeling the pressure as Sunday's Ryder Cup wildcard deadline approaches and he faces an "impossible" task to pick three players to complete his European team at the culmination of this week's Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles. (...)
'Shrek' Oosthuizen benefits as the Old Course bites back
The man sometimes known as Shrek stood square against the winds that arrived with a vengeance at St Andrews and was left with a mighty five-stroke lead for the weekend in the 150th anniversary Open Championship. (...)