Ian Poulter yesterday labelled his performance as “disgusting, disgraceful and unacceptable” as he crashed out of the Volvo World Match Play Championship in Bulgaria.

Elliot Saltman was pipped for the £10,000 prize in a three-man play-off at the Astbury Hall Classic at the Cheshire venue.

SCOTLAND’S Craig Lee moved into a one-shot lead at the Madeira Islands Open yesterday courtesy of a four under par second round of 68, on a weather-affected day when former US Amateur Champion Peter Uihlein threatened the magic number 59.

PETITE as they come, Clara Young looks more cut out for a pommel horse than pummeling away with a golf club but today, in her native East Lothian, the 16-year-old will bid to follow in the spikemarks of Scotland’s greatest lady golfer.

World No 2 Rory McIlroy is set to leave Horizon Sports Management to create his own management group.

A FORMER prisoner of war camp which once held some of Hitler’s crack SS troops could be given a new lease of life - as a temporary home for the army of volunteers at next year’s Ryder Cup clash in Scotland.

FORMER champion Keegan Bradley last night shrugged off two bogeys around the turn to set a course record with a sizzling 10-under-par 60 in the opening round of the Byron Nelson Championship in Irving, Texas.

DEFENDING champion Nicolas Colsaerts and former winner Ian Poulter face a battle to remain in the Volvo World Match Play Championship after losing their opening group games in Bulgaria yesterday.

IT’S a mix of old and new at Longniddry this week.

SCOT Lloyd Saltman hailed a virtually flawless round after equalling his best 18 holes as a professional on the first day of the Madeira Islands Open.

HAVING already helped him ­become the first Irishman to secure the Ryder Cup captaincy, Scott Jamieson would love to be on Paul McGinley’s European team for next year’s match at Gleneagles.

CLARA Young may have to wait for the results of two Highers but the North Berwick teenager has already passed one test this week after safely qualifying for the matchplay phase of the Midlothian Women’s Championship at Longniddry.

MARBELLA may be her new home and a windy photoshoot out in the cold on a balcony above Princes Street definitely left her yearning to be in the Spanish sunshine yesterday.

STEPHEN Gallacher has been drawn in the same group as former US Open winner Graeme McDowell, the man he beat in a play-off to claim the Dunhill Links title nine years ago, in this week’s Volvo Match Play Championship in Bulgaria.

RACHEL Walker overcame a frightening first-tee flashback to set the pace at the halfway stage in the 36-hole qualifying for the Scottish Women’s Championship at Longniddry.

HOYLAKE’S return from the golfing wilderness has been rubber-stamped after it was awarded the Walker Cup in 2019 to coincide with Royal Liverpool’s 150th anniversary.

SCOTLAND’S leading female golfer has urged the sport’s governing body to “lead by example” by admitting women members to the country’s most famous club.

Professionals Kelsey MacDonald and Pamela Pretswell plus Scotland’s 2012 Amateur of the Year – Jack McDonald – joined pupils from Allan’s Primary School at Stirling Castle to help launch ClubGolf @ the Castle, part of this summer’s exciting ClubGolf Festival.

AS THE countdown clock to the Ryder Cup returning to Scotland for the first time in 40 years reaches 500 days, there’s surely no-one better placed to set the scene for next year’s match at Gleneagles than Tony Jacklin.

EIGHTEEN years after winning the event under her 
maiden name of Monaghan, Hilary Wardell is an intriguing entry in the qualifying for the Scottish Women’s Championship starting today at Longniddry, where she will enjoy home advantage.