Golf

Nicolas Colsaerts’ third-round 67 saw him open up a three-shot lead heading into the final round of the Amundi Open de France as fellow Ryder Cup hero Jamie Donaldson roared into contention in Paris.

Scotland’s Richie Ramsay is a shot off the lead in joint third place after day one of the Amundi Open de France.

Dunblane golf professional Heather MacRae is set to end a turbulent year in which she was diagnosed with cancer by representing Great Britain and Ireland in the inaugural Women’s PGA Cup in Texas later this month.

Polmont Golf Club has been saved at the 11th hour after being on the brink of closing.

The European Tour and Ladies European Tour will stage a mixed tournament as part of their schedules next year.

Bernd Wiesberger held off the challenge of England’s Matthew Fitzpatrick to clinch his third win of the season at the Italian Open as Scotland’s Bob MacIntyre secured a top-five finish in Rome.

Bob MacIntyre, who has finished runner-up three times in his rookie season on the European Tour, is today in with yet another big chance of claiming that much sought after maiden victory.

Finland’s Tapio Pulkkanen claimed a slender lead in the opening round of the 
Italian Open after setting a target which proved too hot to 
handle.

There will be no more “play it again, Sam”. Nearly 50 years after he turned professional, Sam Torrance has called time on his competitive career. The man who holds the record for most appearances on the European Tour and gave us an iconic moment as he raised his arms skywards on the 18th green at The Belfry in 1985 after holing the winning putt in a Ryder Cup has officially retired at the age of 66.

Scottish Golf has teed up a partnership with an electric vehicle charging point supplier that will see hundreds of charge points installed at golf clubs across the country.

The vice captains for next year’s Ryder Cup are set to be the fittest in the event’s history due to the fact they’ll be walking at Whistling Straits and not darting around the course in golf carts. Because of the undulating terrain of the spectacular Pete Dye-designed layout on the banks of Lake Michigan, only the two captains, Steve Stricker and Padraig Harrington, will be permitted to use four wheels to float between matches as opposed to two legs.

So, an attempt by the Trump Organisation to reclassify farmland near Turnberry so it can build luxury villas and other houses (surely they would be luxury too?) has been rejected by planners.

They did the trick for Paul McGinley at Gleneagles in 2014 and now Padraig Harrington is hoping the words of the legendary Bob Torrance can also inspire Europe to a Ryder Cup victory nearly 4,000 miles away at Whistling Straits in Wisconsin.

Sitting in the Irish Barn at Whistling Straits wasn’t the only thing that made Padraig Harrington feel at home. “It looks like an Irish day out there,” he observed on a dank morning on the banks of Lake Michigan as a weather front swept in from the west, bringing a dramatic change from the glorious warm sunshine the previous day in Wisconsin. “An Irish summer’s day,” he added with one of his boyish smiles.

Captain Steve Stricker missed out both Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson when he mentioned the players likely to form the backbone of the US team in next year’s Ryder Cup at Whistling Straits, writes MARTIN DEMPSTER in Wisconsin.

A dramatic final day of the 2019 PGA Cup saw the United States produce the greatest comeback in the competition’s history as they came from four points down overnight to beat Great Britain & Ireland at Barton Creek Resort in Austin, Texas.

It was a mystery why a London-based newspaper ran a prominent story on Friday about Scottish Golf’s new all-singing, all-dancing app, given that it was unveiled last December at the governing body’s second national conference in Edinburgh.

Richie Ramsay has the season-ending DP World Tour Championship in Dubai in his sights after transforming his year with back-to-back top-ten finishes on the European Tour.