Phil Mickelson of the United States preserved his lead at The Open Championship after he carded a 69 to end the second round on 10-under-par but Sweden's Henrik Stenson is hot on his heels and trails by a single shot at Royal Troon.

Northern Ireland, who made the headlines in the build-up to the competition when he claimed the Olympic golf

I can't see why I can't play my best golf in the coming years.

Continued withdrawals from the golf tournament at next month's Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro have dented

due to fears over the Zika virus.Their respective decisions not to participate in the first Olympic golf

criticism.Senior International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Barry Maister of New Zealand claimed last month that golf

“I think this experience with golf might have made it even harder for us to get in, because we will have

Golf is a very good lesson to be learned.

Phil Mickelson rolled back the years with a vintage display on his way to a record-equalling major round of 63 and a three-shot lead on the first day of The Open Championship at Royal Troon in Scotland.

Power and Leona Maguire have been selected by the Olympic Council of Ireland (OCI) for the Rio 2016 golf

World number four Rory McIlroy, who claimed earlier this week that the Olympic golf competition “didn

reasons.Shane Lowry then followed suit in blaming Zika for his decision not to participate in the first Olympic golf

the men’s event as they were the next highest-ranked golfers from the country on the International Golf

Leona qualify for the Games as an amateur golfer,” Redmond O’Donoghue, chairman of the Confederation of Golf

He has been pivotal in the campaign to have golf reintroduced to the Games.

The R&A has been forced to defend its drug-testing policy after four-time major winner Rory McIlroy claimed he could “get away” with doping.

The Northern Irishman also said he believed golf needed to “improve its testing” due to the fact it is

carried out on golfers in 2014.A total of eight positive cases were found as a result.International Golf

the R&A, which organises The Open and governs the sport worldwide along with the United States Golf

Team GB have been set the target of winning at least 48 Olympic medals at Rio 2016 here today.

eight medals.Cycling produced a dozen medals at London 2012, while rowing delivered nine.Tennis and golf

Concerns over the future of golf on the Olympic programme following continued high-profile withdrawals

who clinched The Open title in 2014, then used his press conference yesterday to claim the Olympic golf

While I do not totally endorse Mark Twain’s philosophy that golf is a good walk spoiled, it is not particularly

nbsp;and I suspect there are many out there who will not agree with him.Rory McIlroy's criticism of golf

Olympic Games has the left the sport in a bunker ©Getty ImagesThe fact is, the Olympics doesn’t need golf

; nor does golf need the Olympics.Before McIlroy’s hole-in-one  shot condemning  the event

this week in a manner which has shocked the game’s Establishment, it was becoming clear that golf was

Golf in the Olympics is crazy. But if the IOC insist on having it, why not just crazy golf...?

Tour winner Francesco Molinari of Italy has become the 20th male player to withdraw from the Olympic golf

events.The 60 male and 60 female players are all eligible to represent their countries at Rio 2016, where golf

four-time major winner, claimed in a press conference yesterday that he will not watch the Olympic golf

out.Ireland's Rory McIlroy conducted a scathing press conference yesterday where he claimed the Olympic golf

are extremely grateful for the role each and every one of them has played in making this possible.”Golf

events at Rio 2016 are due to be held at the Reserva de Marapendi Golf Course between August 11 and

Around 5,000 athletes from 300 universities are set to compete in the European Universities Games (EUG) which will officially open tomorrow in Rijeka and Zagreb in Croatia.

Croatian Academic Sports Federation, also opted to add beach volleyball, basketball 3x3, bridge, chess, golf

Golf ace Rory McIlroy has defended his decision to withdraw from Rio 2016 but has dealt the sport’s Olympic

final member of the top four ranked men’s golfers to withdraw.Johnson has questioned the inclusion of golf

been echoed by McIlroy, who refuted suggestions that he had let the sport down after International Golf

McIlroy believes he has not let golf down by opting out of competing at Rio 2016 ©Getty Images“I got

into golf to win championships and win Major championships, and all of a sudden you get to this point

“But at the same time that's not the reason that I got into golf, I got into golf to win.

All four of the world's top golfers will be absent from the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro after Jordan Spieth joined Jason Day, Rory McIlroy and Dustin Johnson in confirming his absence.

Spieth's withdrawal was confirmed by International Golf Federation (IGF) President Peter Dawson this

Collectively, the number of [player] withdrawals has not put golf in a good light," said Dawson today

Defending Open champion Zach Johnson has also questioned the inclusion of golf, football and basketball

year-old claims the Olympics are less important to those sports than other events such as majors, in golf

, the World Cup, in football, and the National Basketball Association (NBA) league"I don't know if golf

a controversial play-off against Anna Nordqvist of Sweden at the Women’s US Open at the CordeValle Golf

Lang.The Swede, winner of the 2009 Women’s PGA Championship, was visibly perturbed by the United States Golf

Ireland's Olympic golf captain Paul McGinley believes Rory McIlroy and other stars who have decided against

number one Lydia Ko has moved into the lead after day three of the US Women's Open at the CordeValle Golf