RICHIE Ramsay today set his sights on a maiden European Tour victory in Australia this week.

RORY McIlroy put himself in contention for a Masters debut next April despite falling just short of securing a maiden European Tour win at the UBS Hong Kong Open.

PAUL LAWRIE carded a one-under-par 69 in the first round of the UBS Hong Kong Open today.

LAM Chih Bing was left to regret a bogey on the final hole of his second round today as he missed the opportunity to join Ernie Els and Simon Dyson in the lead at the Barclays Singapore Open.

PETERCULTER’S Greig Hutcheon recovered from a bad start to his second round in the Euro Tour’s qualifying school final to finish just one shot outside the card-winning places heading into the weekend action in Spain.

PADRAIG Harrington and Phil Mickelson failed to sparkle at the Barclays Singapore Open today allowing local player Lam Chih Bing to hog the limelight in the weather-interrupted opening round.

PAUL LAWRIE’S preparations for this week’s $5 million Barclays Singapore Open have been thrown into chaos.

WORLD No2 Sergio Garcia edged out Ryder Cup team-mate Oliver Wilson in a play-off to win a thrilling rain-affected HSBC Champions in Shanghai today.

PLAY on day two at the HSBC Champions in Shanghai was abandoned due to rain and a waterlogged course at the Sheshan International Golf Club.

PAUL LAWRIE harbours ambitions of being European Ryder Cup captain at Gleneagles in 2014.

THE Volvo Masters was trying to make up for lost time at Valderrama today.

PAUL LAWRIE battled through wet and windy conditions to move up the leaderboard during the second round of the Volvo Masters at Valderamma in Spain today.

GREIG Hutcheon admitted he already has his eye on the European Tour’s qualifying school next month after another over-par round in the Apulia San Domenico Grand Final.

ALVARO Quiros continued his red-hot form to take a share of the lead on a wet second day at the Castellon Masters.

PETERCULTER’S Greig Hutcheon is building himself up for a rousing late charge in the Apulia San Domenico Grand Final which was starting today on Italy’s Adriatic coast.

PAUL Lawrie’s seven-under 65, his best round for 18 months, took him to within two strokes of the Portugal Masters early lead and set up a first victory chance for six years.

PADRAIG Harrington may have discovered the knack of winning major titles but the PGA Grand Slam is proving a different story.

IT MUST be nice to know – as Padraig Harrington does – that he could fail to break 100 in Bermuda today and tomorrow and still walk away almost £120,000 richer.

JOINT leader Marcus Fraser attributed his second-round five-under-par 63 at the Madrid Masters to his in-form short game.

ABERDEEN’S Richie Ramsay lifted his second European Challenge Tour title after a final round of four under par 68 at the AGF–Allianz Golf Open Grand Toulouse.

TEENAGER Rory McIlroy will celebrate with a guided tour of Old Trafford courtesy of Sir Bobby Charlton if he can win his first European Tour title in the Dunhill Links Championship.

ROYAL Aberdeen’s Donald MacAndrew and Graeme McInnes tied for the lead on four-under-par 66 at the North-east Alliance meeting at McDonald Ellon.

JOSE MARIA Olazabal would rather play in the next Ryder Cup than take over as captain from under-fire Nick Faldo.

EUROPE will have to create history to claim an unprecedented fourth straight Ryder Cup victory after going into the second day at Valhalla trailing by 5.5 to 3.5.

EMOTIONS often run high in the Ryder Cup, but no-one expected European captain Nick Faldo to succumb before a ball had even been struck.

OPEN champion Padraig Harrington began Europe’s bid for a fourth straight Ryder Cup victory on the opening day’s play at Valhalla.

AMERICAN Ryder Cup captain Paul Azinger has warned his players to stay focused for the golfing marathon ahead at Valhalla this week.

SERGIO Garcia signed off from the last Ryder Cup with the words: “There’s nothing sweeter than beating the Americans.”

IF IAN Poulter emerges as one of the stars of the Ryder Cup, it will be a greater achievement than finishing second at The Open in July.

EUAN McINTOSH won an extra-time thriller to set up a hat-trick of victories for Newmachar.

RICHIE Ramsay woke up £17,000 richer today following his second place finish in the Qingdao Open in China.

ABERDEEN golfer Graham Gordon passed the stern test of the European Tour's qualifying school Stage One on a day of mixed fortunes for the North-east hopefuls at Chart Hills in Kent.

NICK Faldo expects Darren Clarke to continuing his revival because of his Ryder Cup omission, rather than in spite of it.