Walker Cup captain Colin Dalgleish is hopeful that new sensation Shane Lowry will stay amateur until he has competed against the Americans in September.
The 22-year-old spent Monday thinking about his immediate future and trying to get his head around the fact that he had beaten eight of the world’s top 50 - Open and US [...]

Tiger Woods is not in pain. But he is in trouble as the Blue Monster threatens to devour him with two rounds left to play.
He trails leader Phil Mickelson by ten strokes following a 70 and three-under after two rounds.
The American was still finding the going hard in his first stroke play tournament in nine [...]

12-year-old Jennifer Yan earned a spot in the 19th Thai Ladies Am Open 2009 after winning the HSBC Youth Golf Challenge.
After four legs of intense competition at the HSBC Youth Golf Challenge, Singapore’s up-and-coming youth golfer, Yan, walked off the lush Tampines Course at Tanah Merah Country Club as the Overall Champion of the HSBC [...]

Jeev Milkha Singh was counting his blessings after claiming a one-stroke victory at the Barclays Singapore Open.
The Indian ace carried a narrow one-shot edge into the final hole in the US$5 million Asian Tour event after a tense final round at Sentosa Golf Club’s Serapong course but squandered his opportunity to secure the win when [...]

Jeff Overton shot a five-under-par 67 to take a one-stroke lead after the opening round of the Turning Stone Championship.
Overton moved clear at the top with a birdie on the eighth, his penultimate hole after starting his opening round on the back nine.
Steve Allan and Michael Allen are one shot back, with American Tag Ridings, [...]

Phil Mickelson and other stars who have talked of possibly joining the European Tour may be forced into a rethink.
It was decided on Tuesday night to up the minimum number of events required for membership from 11 to 12 - and to stipulate that at least two of them must be played in continental Europe.
The [...]

Sergio Garcia charged into a three-shot lead after the third round of the Tour Championship on Saturday.
Villegas compiled five birdies in six holes from the eighth on his way to a closing four-under-par 66 at East Lake.
Garcia’s closing 71 left both players on seven under par, one stroke ahead of American duo Phil Mickelson (69) [...]

Padraig Harrington won his second straight major with victory in the 90th USPGA Championship at Oakland Hills.
The double Open champion held off Sergio Garcia and Ben Curtis on a dramatic last day to end two shots clear at three under after a 66. Garcia (68) and Curtis (71) finished one under after a tense three-way [...]

Padraig Harrington became the first European in over a century to retain the British Open title with a gutsy final round that was capped by a majestic eagle on the 17th hole at Royal Birkdale on Sunday.
The Irishman, who came from six shots back to win at Carnoustie last year, overturned Greg Norman’s two-shot overnight [...]

In the first Major without the participation of Tiger woods since 1996, the top stars tried their best in testing conditions at the 137th British Open at the Royal Birkdale Golf Club here, but three lesser known names shared the opening day’s lead on a windy and wet Thursday.
As the leading trio Northern Ireland’s Graeme [...]