the us—based pga tour isjoining together with the european tour.ed to attract some of the world's top stars and it's hoped that a more co—ordinated approach to scheduling could help. keith pelley, chief executive of the european tour, said it will benefit all fans all over the world. there tends to be some consumer confusion when it comes to golf. we might have the wrong scene, consumer clarity. as we work together with the pga tour, as we collaborate on schedules, playing opportunities, content, hopefully there is more clarity in terms of top players and the overall golf professional ecosystem, because that's one thing that we do is share each other‘s interest in. time now for some of the day's other sport stories. champion jockey uh—sheen murphy says he won't appeal the decision to ban him for three months for testing positive for cocaine. the 2000 guineas winner failed a test in france injuly, but denies taking the drug, believing he failed because of contamination. murphy provided evidence from subsequent hair tests that found no trace of the s

the us—based pga tour isjoining together with the european tour.e of the world's top stars and it's hoped that a more coordinated approach to scheduling could help. keith pelley, chief executive of the european tour, reckons it will also benefit golf fans all over the world. there tends to be some consumer confusion when it comes to golf. we might have the wrong double seed, that would be consumer clarity. as we work together with the pga tour, as we collaborate on schedules, prize funds, playing opportunities, content, hopefully there is more clarity in terms of top players and the overall golf professional ecosystem, because that's one thing that we are going to do, is share each other‘s interest in. newly crowned seven—time formula i world champion lewis hamilton was fastest in both practice sessions ahead of this weekend's bahrain grand prix. the second had to be stopped twice, first when alex albon crashed and then when a dog found its way onto the sakhir international circuit. thankfully no drivers or pooches were harmed. and that's all the s

golf's two biggest tours have joined forces, with the pga and european tours forming what they say is an ‘historic moment for the sport', and we can get some reaction with our golf correspondent iain carter. what does this alliance actually mean, and where does the balance of power lie? gavin, i think it's fair to say the balance of power is still lies very much in the united states, the pga tour is a massive organisation. it had the most money and it has the best players in the world playing on it, but this agreement, i think bolsters the european tour. what has become very, very interesting and the fallout of all of this is a disclosure that the rebel premier golf league were deep in talks with the european tour. that deal had gone through. that could potentially have been some kind of threat to the pga tour. so, was in the pga tour's interest of form some kind of alliance with the european tour. the balance of power is certainly very much overall in america. this does certainly boost the european tour. i think it makes them stronger going forward. do you think we're likely to see m

he is, and on the pga tour as well.t six tournaments, five of them he has finished in the top three, because of form like this. this is the second hole of his third round, and just look at this approach into the par five. it is just ridiculously easy, or at least he makes it look ridiculously easy. that was an eagle, and two holes later, par three, he holds that from a monster distance, so that was a brilliant start. eagle on the second, birdie on the third and fourth. so he is taking a big grip on the masters right now. are very much the man to ca ptu re right now. are very much the man to capture the moment. but could john ram, the world number two, be the man to take over him and go on to win what would be his first major? we can see his best results here in all of the majors, tied fourth at the pga, third at the us open, could this finally be his one? he again is in very good form, he has been world number one is currently world number two. he hadn't really contended going down the stretch of those majors, so this c

the south korean 22—year—old and i think a lot of people feel he is a potential major winner, pga tour be part of our coverage tonight that he suffered 720. and look at danny willett six under par, shaping 2016, another one of these golfers who augusta and whatever else been going on itjust quicksand, and he says me. just—in—time is playing alongside dustin johnson, just—in—time is playing alongside dustinjohnson, i think he is drop to go back to 6—under but a big fat this week. one point we haven't even mentioned is tiger woods. for under par, het mentioned is tiger woods. for under par, he t soffit half past seven, will he be good? i thought he was very impressive yesterday. he actually rarely for all his greatness at a customer rarely starts as well as that bogey free run, worked totally in control of his golf. back in 19 because emmett too many problems and trying to defend the title and when a sixth greenjacket to defend the title and when a sixth green jacket to match jack nicholas, thatis green jacket to match jack nicholas, that is enough motivation, is in a? never write off ti

for an edge even if they are pga tour winners, even if they are major championship winners a lot ofust don't want to stay still especially when they see younger players come on to the screen like bryson jordan spieth has been searching for length, so a lot of players can get through it, but some get to chasing themselves down a ran britt ho rabbit hole and their game isn't the same so rickie is struggling a bet trying to get to back to one of the best in the board. >> i'm excited to see the fall colors a difference can sometimes be good damon hack, we appreciate you joining us have a great long weekend. >>> straight ahead, as we look to eventually get out of this covid mess, hopefully in the spring, who are the best long term bets in retail? we'll have the names to watch and maybe why yoga pants will always be in vogue stick around businesses today are looking to tomorrow. adapting. innovating. setting the course. but new ways of working demand a new type of network. one that's more than just fast. you need flexibility- to work from anywhere and manage from everywhere. advanced tech

a nerveless birdie putt on the 18th hole brought his first pga tour win at the houston open in texasgoal over and over again. borussia moenchengladbach were 11—2 down in stoppage time to bayer leverkusen when valentino lazaro produced this outrageous scorpion kick. worth another watch! one of the best consolation efforts you'll ever see. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me gavin ramjaun, and the rest of the sport team — that's your monday sport briefing. thatis that is indeed, our thanks to gavin and the team. coming up in business, we are going to be looking in detail at what a joe biden presidency means for the world's biggest economy but also, what it means for trade relations globally, but also in particular with the uk and is that special relationship going to be so special going forward? all that and more in a few minutes. see you soon. hello there. southerly winds are going to bring us a mild start to the week but they are also bringing extensive cloud, a little bit of damp weather and we've seen mist and fog patches as wel

the footage was filmed — from a safe distance — by pga tour professional, tyler stolting.d today by hundreds of millions of hindus, sikhs and jains around the world. festivities this year have been limited by the pandemic, but people have found new ways of coming together. and we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers joe twyman, the director of datapoll, and the broadcaster and psychotherapist lucy beresford. that's coming up after the headlines at 11.30. now it's time for a look at the weather with nick miller. hello if you think this weekend has already delivered enough rain, well sand boy and there is more to come. along with happy downpours on sunday it will be windier along the east channel coast and for the channel islands and that is this area of low pressure stays close by, there will be spiralling bands of rains or shower, a case of rinse and repeat with the occasional blow—dry. and some of the rain will be heavy particularly across southern and western areas as we start the day. no restarting particularly cold but particularly wet across

the prehistoric creature was filmed from a safe distance by the pga tour professional, tyler stoltingsomething moving across the tee box — where the players tee off from — sped up, and then decided to get a quick video. the closer i got, the bigger it got. i've never seen anything like that, and i've never seen something that big, even in, like, the zoo here, you know? being here in florida, we are pretty used to the chance of seeing one, so i was pretty comfortable. i wasn't too worried. i know if you leave them alone, they leave you alone, so i wasn't too worried about getting attacked or anything like that. i got a great look at it. i was really close. i was in the golf cart and i could see that it was real, and the only unusual thing was the way it was walking. it was walking very high — i've learned it's "a high walk," they call it. usually, they are on their bellies and along the ground, so that was a little different, definitely, to see them walking that high and it being that high off the ground and being so massive. would you hang around to see that it was a real? time for a

that's his worst score of his pga tour career on the whole. he finished at minus 1.ustin johnson, oh, great playing. started the day with a four-shot lead. it got down to one, then he got real hot on the back nine. three straight birdies. shoots a 4 under for the final round, winning by five shots with a master record score 20 under par. it's his first green jacket and second major of his career. that's a look at sports. more news after the break. >>> new tonight, a surprising new study out of italy shows that the coronavirus was circulating there far earlier than first believed. researchers at the national cancer institute of milan shows that covid-19 has been in italy since september of 2019. nearly 12% of volunteers in a lung cancer screening trial that ran from september of 2019 to march 2020 had coronavirus antibodies. that suggests that covid spread beyond china months before previously thought. the outbreak was first reported in wuhan, china, last december. italy's official first covid-19 patient was reported on february 21st. >> british prime minister boris j

you'd like to have yet >> we are always interested in expanding our partnership we partnered with pga tourshat we have now. hopefully there will be more deals we can do. we hope to find partners with the same vision we do. >> prospects have gone up and down please come back soon. it is good to see you. >> thanks for having me. >> time for a news update. >>> here is what's happening at this hour. in georgia, the hand recount in votes in the presidential race has begun. joe biden currently holds a 14,000 vote lead the recount must be finished by midnight wednesday >>> new rise of covid in russia, germany and greece russia implementing new curfews. accounting for over a quarter of russia's new cases today >>> leaders spraying foam outside a building protesting better conditions for health care workers >>> in greece, government promising free covid vaccines for everyone expecting the first doses early next year. >> robert frank looking at how some wealthy people are trying to get the vaccine sooner than some others. back to you. >>> thank you. disney shares are on the move. many parks still rem

our own case our pga tour super stores our golf business has been incredible this year.eople coming in for golf fittings and lessons and apparel and whatever else. they love being outside and playing the game so we have seen a tremendous amount of positive activity in golf business. we do think it is going to create a challenge for us as many people have gotten used to shopping e-commerce and a variety of other ways. i think actually it could be a way to expand the universe, if you will so it gives the retailers a chance to apply new knowledge, new techniques, new ways to reach the customers they are serving and yet still offer the in-store experience. people still love being connected to other human beings, connected in the store getting product knowledge, being able to feel and touch the products they are big. i would agree, particularly come april or thereabouts when we have these three vaccines available to us in some significant numbers and on through 2021, i think thing are going to be very positive. >> just to hit on the company that you cofounded, home depot obvi

this putt on the 18th sealed a first win on the pga tour for the 24—year—old.t is over. oh, wow. they we re good now it is over. oh, wow. they were much more excited than he was. seriously, he said he has struggled with lockdown and the pandemic and he has found it tough to get back into his goal. but he's now targeting a place in the world's top 50. he was a little bit shell—shocked. i saw he was a little bit shell—shocked. isawa he was a little bit shell—shocked. i saw a lot of his fellow golfers saying yesterday that was the first of many. a young lad. he has a big future ahead. thank you. it is the masters this week. does that mean you will get no sleep? iam sleep? i am fully ready. i have a little bit of carpet laid out so i can do some putting as i watch! i cannot wait. it will be amazing. especially in this year of all years. here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. f°99y foggy at the moment, especially so across england and scotland but not exclusively. there is also mist but it isa exclusively. there is also mist but it is a mile start. we h