Britain-Ireland won the European Tour's Vivendi Trophy with Seve Ballesteros for the fifth straight time Sunday, topping Continental Europe by five points. The Britain-Ireland team needed just two points in the final round to clinch the trophy in Paris and got them in the first two matches, a 3 and 2 win by Graeme McDowell over Robert Karlsson and Rory McIlroy's 1-up decision over Henrik Stenson. The event, which was played at the Saint- Nom-la-Breteche Golf Club, was formerly known as the Seve Trophy, named for for longtime golf star Seve Ballesteros. Other winners in the final round were Robert Rock for Britain-Ireland and Anders Hansen, Soren Hansen, Miguel Angel Jimenez, Soren Kjeldsen and Francesco Molinari of Continental Europe.

The Britain and Ireland team won three-of-five matches Friday, widening its lead over Continental Europe to 6-4 at The Vivendi Trophy with Seve Ballesteros. The matches were in the four-ball format, in which a team's best individual score on each hole counts. The British-Irish team of Simon Dyson and Oliver Wilson carded a 2 and 1 victory over world No.

Great Britain and Ireland leads Continental Europe 3-2 after the first day at the Vivendi Trophy with Seve Ballesteros golf tournament at Paris. GBI secured its Day 1 lead in the four-ball competition, led by the record-equaling 6 and 5 win by England's Chris Wood and Anthony Wall over Sweden's Henrik Stenson and Robert Karlsson. I wanted to play Stenson at some point, Wood said. I think I raised my game against really top players, Wall added.

Great Britain & Ireland leads Continental Europe 3-2 after the first day at the Vivendi Trophy with Seve Ballesteros golf tournament at Paris. GBI secured its Day 1 lead in the four-ball competition, led by the record-equaling 6&5 win by England's Chris Wood and Anthony Wall over Sweden's Henrik Stenson and Robert Karlsson. I wanted to play Stenson at some point, Wood said. I think I raised my game against really top players, Wall added.

Italy's Francesco Molinari shot 9-under-par 63 Thursday to lead the Irish Open at Baltray by one stroke over Sweden's Johan Edfors. His opening round included an eagle, eight birdies and a bogey at the par-4 11th hole. The 63 bettered the single-round course record at the par 72 County Louth Golf Club by one stroke. I enjoy links golf and I enjoyed it a lot today, the 26-year-old Molinari said after the best 18 holes of his European Tour career. His older brother, Edoardo, was U.S.