Shane Lowry refused to beat himself up over his putting despite the frustration of finishing just two shots behind wire-to-wire winner Matthew Fitzpatrick in the British Masters at Woburn.

Shane Lowry was frustrated by the greens but pleased to be just two shots off the lead at the halfway stage in the British Masters at Woburn.

Niall Kearney hopes his last-hole heroics in California to win the PGA Cup for Great Britain & Ireland at the weekend can stand him in good stead for future success on tour, writes the PGA.

One of the strengths of the European Ryder Cup team is the sense of it being one big family pulling in the same direction for the same goal. It’s only a slight exaggeration but it holds true and the same could be said for European Tour itself, which, while it has grown beyond the wildest imaginings of those who set it up in 1972, is still a business of handshakes and relationships on a global stage.

The British Masters supported by Sky Sports will return to The European Tour International Schedule for the first time in seven years in 2015, with a quartet of Britain’s leading golfers rotating as the tournament host over the next four seasons, writes the European Tour.