A late chip-in eagle lifted the English links specialist to four under, one shot clear after two demanding rounds at Trump International Golf Links.

McIlroy responded to a difficult week in Memphis with a bogey-free 64 at Bellerive.

Kinhult relied on an outstanding short game for a five-under 67 in difficult Scottish conditions.

Royal Lytham & St Annes will stage a later Open to accommodate Olympic golf. The adjustment strengthens the case for spreading the men’s majors across…

Firm fescue surfaces, careful water management and eight years of course development will shape the first Solheim Cup staged in the Netherlands.

Six players return from last year’s defeat at Cypress Point, while four debutants join Dean Robertson’s side for the September match against the United States.