Lloyd Saltman equalled the best round of his professional career on the opening day of the Madeira Islands Open – Portugal – BPI as a scorching eight under par 64 moved him two shots clear at the top.

The Scotsman, a former World Amateur Number One and two-time Walker Cup player, was the first man off on the first tee and the early bird certainly caught the worm at the stunning Clube de Golf do Santo da Serra.

Graeme McDowell conjured a comprehensive 5&3 victory over Englishman Chris Wood on day one of the Volvo World Match Play Championship at the magnificent Thracian Cliffs and Beach Resort in Bulgaria.

The 2010 US Open Champion produced the biggest win of the first eight matches in the championship as he looks to continue the victorious form that propelled him to victory on the PGA Tour just two weeks ago.

Australian Matt Griffin made the most of perfect conditions to shoot an eight-under-par 64 on Thursday for a one shot lead after the first round of OneAsia's one billion won (around U.S. $900,000) SK Telecom Open on Korea's Jeju Island.

Griffin, a winner in Korea last year at the tour's Charity High1 Resort Open, had nine birdies and a bogey around the 6,732 metre (7,361 yard) par-72 Pinx Golf Club course -- and it could have been even better if not for two three-putts.

The spectacular venue for the Madeira Islands Open – Portugal – BPI is approximately 600 miles from the south coast of mainland Portugal, where Tom Lewis claimed a famous win in 2011, but a sense of familiarity has filled the Englishman with confidence this week.

Lewis launched himself into the limelight when, aged 20, he landed a fairytale victory at the Portugal Masters, just three months after carding the lowest ever round by an amateur at The 2011 Open Championship - a five under par first round 65 which handed him a share of the overnight lead.

Korea's top golfer K.J. Choi has rung the changes in a bid to recapture the form that has seen him win 18 titles around the world -- including The Players Championship in 2011. Choi is the star attraction at OneAsia's SK Telecom Open this week, and the stocky former power lifter is keen for a fourth victory at the one billion won (U.S. $900,000) tournament after prevailing in 2003, 2005 and 2008.

Since his famous victory at The Players Championship, when he beat David Toms in a sudden-death play off, Choi has twice won the CJ Invitational on home soil, but has drifted down the Official World Golf Rankings after making the top ten in 2008.

Phil Mickelson has confirmed he will return to Castle Stuart Golf Links to complete in the Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open from July 11-14.

The four-time Major Champion has become something of an adopted Scot over the past decade, playing in eight of the last ten editions of Scotland’s national open. His return to Inverness and the Home of Golf in the summer will see the 42 year old complete a hat-trick of appearances at Castle Stuart before the tournament moves to Royal Aberdeen Golf Club next year.

Overnight leader Ryu Hyun-woo held his nerve with a two-under-par 70 on Sunday to win OneAsia's GS Caltex Maekyung Open by a shot at The Namsoul Country Club on the outskirts of Seoul.

Ryu's four-round 14-under-par aggregate gave him his second professional victory -- he won for the first time on the Japan Tour last year -- and  earned him nearly U.S. $180,000 from the one billion won (U.S. $900,000) purse on offer at the OneAsia event. Kim Do-hoon (68) and Kim Hyung-sung (70) shared second place, with two others three shots further behind. Defending champion Kim Bi-o (71) finished at four under in 15th place.

Korean Ryu Hyun-woo scrambled to a five-under-par 67 on Saturday to take a one stroke lead into the final round of OneAsia's GS Caltex Maekyung Open after overnight leader Kim Hyung-sung (71) bogeyed the last to slip to second place. Runner-up last year after a blistering Sunday 63, Ryu is 12 under for three rounds at the hilly 6,349 metre (6,943 yard) Namseoul Country Club course on the outskirts of the Korean capital.

Four players share third place at nine under -- Kang Kyung-nam (68), Lee Kyoung-hoon (69), Kim Do-hoon (70) and reigning Kolon Korea Open champion Kim Dae-sub (71). Defending champion Kim Bi-o is three under in 20th place after shooting a 70.