Lawrie seals victory at Gleneagles
Scotland's Paul Lawrie celebrated his return to Europe's Ryder Cup side by winning the Johnnie Walker Championship on home soil at Gleneagles.
Scotland's Paul Lawrie celebrated his return to Europe's Ryder Cup side by winning the Johnnie Walker Championship on home soil at Gleneagles.
Paul Lawrie took a one-shot lead in the third round of the Johnnie Walker Championship on Saturday after shooting a 67 which took him to a 12-under 204 and a one-shot lead over Frenchman Romain Wattel.
Thomas Bjorn won the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles after a five-man play-off.
England's Mark Foster and Spaniard Ignacio Garrido, who have not won on the European Tour since 2003, are one shot clear of the field going into the final round of the Johnnie Walker Championship.
Former Ryder Cup player Ignacio Garrido leads the field by a shot at the half-way stage of the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles.
Edoardo Molinari won a dramatic Johnnie Walker Championship with three closing birdies at Gleneagles today - and then waited to see if it had earned him a Ryder Cup wild card.
Europe's Ryder Cup race reached an exciting level on Friday with three of the four players battling for two places locked on the same two-round total in the Johnnie Walker Championship.
Injury-stricken Ross McGowan's first-round retirement at the Johnnie Walker Championship means Italian Francesco Molinari will definitely line up for his Ryder Cup debut in October.
Martin Kaymer has decided not to play the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles next week following his first major victory.
Pádraig Harrington will not play in the Johnnie Walker Championship, even though missing the event could reduce his chance of automatic qualification for the Ryder Cup team.
Swede Peter Hedblom made immediate amends for a play-off defeat the previous week by winning the Johnnie Walker Championship on Sunday.
Playing on greens he rates the worst of the year, Sweden's Peter Hedblom takes a one-shot lead into the final day of the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles.
Paul Lawrie kept a bogey off his card for the second day running to open up a two-stroke lead midway through the second round of the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles.
Scotland's Paul Lawrie, whose 10-year European Tour exemption for winning the Open ends this season, leads the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles after the opening day.
Frenchman Gregory Havret has won the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles by a shot from Grame Storm. While Oliver Wilson joined Justin Rose and Soren Hansen in clinching the remaining automatic qualification places for the Ryder Cup.
Justin Rose and Soren Hansen appeared to seal their Ryder Cup debuts with one round to go in the Johnnie Walker Championship while France's Gregory Havret clung on to the lead for the third day in a row.
The last three automatic places in Europe's Ryder Cup team were still in the melting pot on Friday as Frenchman Gregory Havret kept his lead after the Johnnie Walker Championship second round.
Scotland's Colin Montgomerie clung to his Ryder Cup hopes on Thursday despite trailing Johnnie Walker Championship leader Gregory Havret by six shots after the opening round.
Ian Poulter has withdrawn from this week's Johnnie Walker Championship and his Ryder Cup hopes now hinge on captain Nick Faldo handing him a wild card.
Scotland's Marc Warren triumphed on home soil when he beat England's Simon Wakefield in a play-off for the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles.