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Team Europe players and captain Thomas Bjorn hold the trophy as they celebrate after winning the Ryder Cup. (Reuters/Paul Childs)

Europe hold off tense US fightback for emotional Ryder Cup triumph

Team Europe denied a dramatic United States fightback to complete an emotional 17.5-10.5 upset victory

Ryder Cup captain Love qualifies for British Open

Davis Love was among eight players who had qualified for the British Open in an international qualifier in which Brian Davis earned top honours.

Top players shun Sun City Challenge

Even a purse of ,2-million has done little to entice the multimillion-dollar athletes to Sun City for this year’s Nedbank Golf Challenge.

Immelman back home to defend title

Trevor Immelman will on Thursday make his first appearance at home since winning the US Masters to defend his title at the Nedbank Challenge.

Team unity Faldo’s top priority at Valhalla

Europe’s team spirit has underpinned their dominance of recent Ryder Cups and captain Nick Faldo has made that a priority for their title defence.

Els, Garcia feel at home at the Open

Sergio Garcia is from Spain, and Ernie Els hails from South Africa, but both feel right at home on the north-west coast of England.

Garcia gets major lift with Sawgrass triumph

Sergio Garcia, arguably the best current player yet to win a Major, enhanced his status with a play-off victory at the prestigious Players Championship on Sunday. The Spaniard…

American Goydos edges ahead at Sawgrass

American journeyman Paul Goydos held his nerve in testing conditions to edge one shot clear in the Players Championship third round on Saturday. A stroke off the pace overnight,…

Perry takes charge at Sawgrass as Langer shines

Germany’s Bernhard Langer rolled back the years with a vintage display while American Kenny Perry eked out a one-shot lead in the Players Championship second round on Friday.…

Spaniard Garcia sets pace at breezy Sawgrass

Spaniard Sergio Garcia, steadily regaining confidence in his putting, took advantage of an early tee-off time to seize a two-stroke lead in the Players Championship first round…

Immelman faces first test as Masters champion

South Africa’s Trevor Immelman puts his credentials as US Masters champion to their first test in the Byron Nelson Championship from Thursday. Immelman will be looking to wrest…

Immelman takes the lead at Masters

Trevor Immelman emerged as the halfway leader at the Masters on Friday as Tiger Woods used an incredible finish to keep alive his bid for a fifth Augusta crown. Immelman, who has…

Els takes lead over Woods in Dubai

Tiger Woods struggled with everything on the course on Saturday, missing putts, driving wayward balls into the desert terrain and yelling at a photographer for taking a shot…

Goosen targets repeat win in Doha

Retief Goosen is hoping to become the first golfer to win the European Tour’s Qatar Masters on two occasions when the 11th edition of the ,5-million event gets under way on…

When the big cat’s away …

This weekend’s Nedbank Golf Challenge has already made the headlines, but it is likely to be remembered mostly for the late withdrawals by big-name stars. First it was world…