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The new relationship is Golf Genius’ first with the governing body and comes soon after the software company was named as CONGU verified to provide handicap and competition products and services to all associated clubs under the new World Handicap System (WHS).

England Golf will leverage Golf Genius’ digital live scoring platform and range of event management and communication tools to facilitate enhanced events for leading amateur golfers around the country.

Having undergone a successful trial operation at the Men’s and Women’s English Amateur Championships in July, England Golf will continue using Golf Genius at all its events immediately, including the Brabazon Trophy and English Women’s Stroke Play taking place this week.

James Crampton, England Golf’s Championship Director, commented: “We’re delighted to have Golf Genius as our approved software supplier for championships.

“With the help and expert knowledge of Golf Genius, we aim to bring our championships to life for the golfing public through the flow of information and live scoring from events.

“The ability to move to a paperless and digital system for competitors is also a forward-thinking move in keeping with England Golf’s ambitions to deliver first-class championships for our community of golfers.”   

Also commenting on the new relationship, Craig Higgs, Managing Director of Golf Genius International, said: “We are extremely excited to be working with England Golf and look forward to adding to the stature of the many historic and prestigious amateur events.”

As a CONGU verified Independent Software Vendor, Golf Genius is open to speak with any club interested in using its tournament management software to enable the introduction of WHS.

Having managed the introduction of WHS for the USGA since January, Golf Genius is uniquely positioned with the experience and product depth necessary to ensure a smooth and successful transition to the new system.

“Working with England Golf as an approved supplier is a big step for Golf Genius, giving us a platform to provide clubs with a proven product endorsed by the nation’s governing body,” continued Higgs.

Australian star Minjee Lee is five shots off the lead heading into the final round of the Ladies Scottish Open.

Lee shot a third-round one-under par 70 to be in a tie for eighth at two under for the Women's British Open lead-up event.

Compatriot Hannah Green is further three shots back in equal 17th after matching Lee's third-round score.

Azahara Munoz birdied the 18th hole to take a one-shot lead at the Renaissance Club, North Berwick.

The Spaniard shot a two-under 69 for a seven-under 206 total, just ahead of American Stacy Lewis (70).

The two players had shared the overnight lead.

Solheim Cup star Munoz has not won an LPGA Tour event since she captured the 2012 Sybase Match Play Championship in New Jersey.

Two-time major winner Lewis is a former top-ranked player and a 12-time LPGA Tour champion.

She is looking for her first win in nearly three years - since when she has given birth to her first child, Chesnee - to take into next week's Women's British Open, which she won in 2013.

American Jennifer Song returned a 70 to occupy third place, one shot behind Lewis.

New Zealand's Lydia Ko (67) and Cheyenne Knight (69) of the US are a stroke further behind.

Minjee Lee has slipped down the Ladies Scottish Open leaderboard after a disappointing second round at the Renaissance Club.

The Australian was the joint leader after the first round but her two-over 73 on Friday relegated her to joint 10th, four shots off the pace.

American Stacy Lewis, who shot a five-under 66 for the lowest round of the week, now shares the lead with Azahara Munoz at five-under.

Lewis, a former top-ranked player and a 12-time LPGA Tour champion, birdied the final four holes to bounce back from her only dropped shot - at the 12th.

The two-time major winner is looking for her first win in nearly three years to take into next week's Women's British Open, which she won in 2013.

"I love links golf," Lewis said. "Everyone asks what my favourite golf course is and I say anything in Scotland. I love how creative you can be."

Munoz bogeyed the last hole for a 69 that followed up a 68 from the first round.

Jennifer Song was a stroke behind after a 70, with Amy Olson and Olivia Cowan a further shot back after 71s.

Danielle Kang is bidding for a third straight win on the LPGA Tour, after back-to-back titles at the Drive On Championship and the Marathon Classic over the last two weeks, and the American is even par after two rounds of 71.

If Kang takes the title this week, she would become the first player since Ariya Jutanugarn in 2016 to win three consecutive events on the tour.

It is the first international event on the LPGA Tour since the Women's Australian Open in February.

Australian major winner Hannah Green is tied 36th after a second successive one-over 72 while compatriot Katherine Kirk is a shot further back.

Sam Horsfield kept up his excellent form since the resumption of the European Tour by shooting a seven-under-par 64 to take a one-stroke lead after the second round of the Celtic Classic.

Australian Jake McLeod, who was one behind first-round leader Thomas Pieters, is three behind Horsfield after shooting 69.

The Queenslander is tied for sixth, with Belgian Pieters one behind Horsfield.

Horsfield has been one of the leading players on the so-called UK Swing over the past month, having won the Hero Open and earning a top-10 finish in the British Masters.

With an eagle at the par-five 18th hole, the Englishman moved to 11-under for the tournament being held at Celtic Manor, the venue for the 2010 Ryder Cup.

Pieters had the chance to retain the lead after heading to the last tied with Horsfield, but he made bogey to drop into outright second place with a 68 on Friday.

Andrew Johnston, better known by his nickname "Beef," finished eagle-birdie-birdie-birdie to complete a wild round of 66 that began with a triple bogey and contained seven birdies in all.

Johnston was tied for third - two shots off the lead on nine-under overall - with Thomas Detry (66) and Callum Shinkwin (65).

The Celtic Classic is the fourth event of the six-week UK Swing, taking place in an isolated environment, after the tour resumed following a five-month stoppage because of the coronavirus outbreak.

Tom Hoge remained tied for the lead with three other players at the halfway point of the Wyndham Championship on Friday to keep his hopes of a maiden PGA Tour victory alive.

The overnight co-leader shot a second-round two-under 68 to sit atop the leaderboard with fellow Americans Talor Gooch and Billy Horschel and South Korea's Kim Si-woo at 10-under, heading into the weekend.

The 31-year-old Hoge struggled with his accuracy off the tee at times during the second round and said he needed to be better around the greens if he is going to claim his breakthrough victory.

"I'd say more than anything, I need to just hole a few key putts at the right time," he said.

"Those eight, 10-footers for par that keep the momentum going ... and get lucky at the right time, too."

Hoge shared the lead at the tournament in 2015 with Tiger Woods after 36 holes.

The four leaders are a stroke clear of Americans Harris English, Andrew Landry, Doc Redman and Harold Varner III, in addition to Ireland's Shane Lowry, who fired a second-round 63 to climb 37 places on the leaderboard.

Lowry is currently ranked 131 in the FedEx Cup standings and will need a strong performance this weekend to qualify for next week's Northern Trust at TPC Boston and the Tour Championship at East Lake, which has a field of 30.

"It was nice to go out there and shoot a good score today," he said.

"It's kind of the best score I've shot in a while and I'm looking forward to the weekend."

Australians Matt Jones and Cameron Davis are five and six shots off the pace respectively.

Davis shot a five-under 65 while Jones is tied 36th, after his 67.

World No.7 Brooks Koepka and world No. 17 Justin Rose were among the players who failed to make the cut.

Due to anticipated weather on Saturday, players will be grouped in threes for the third round and tee off from the first and 10th holes at the Sedgefield Country Club, the PGA said.

Australia's Jake McLeod eagled the last hole to move within one of leader Thomas Pieters after the opening round of the EPGA's Celtic Classic.

The Queenslander shot a six-under 65 and is joint second with England's Toby Tree.

Pieters led the tournament on Thursday, but the bigger talking point came off the course.

Alexander Levy became the first golfer to test positive for the coronavirus at a European Tour event and was one of two French players withdrawn on the opening day.

Levy came into contact last weekend with a friend in France who has since tested positive for the coronavirus, the tour said in a statement.

When Levy arrived at Welsh tournament venue Celtic Manor Resort, he tested negative. He was told to self-isolate for 14 days and has since returned a positive result in a retest.

Hours later, officials said Romain Wattel had been identified as having had contact with Levy in Wales after the tour and local health authorities used track and trace. He was also retested and returned a negative result, as did Levy's caddie.

Still, Wattel had to withdraw because of local health guidelines.

Pieters birdied four of his last five holes at the venue of the 2010 Ryder Cup, including at the 17th where he chipped in from off the green.

"(The chip on 17) was a little Pete Cowen special," Pieters said, referring to his coach. "It was grass against us, a little downhill so I tried to draw it, hit my spot and lucky it went it. It was a good shot.

"I putted well and kept my ball in play, so I didn't really get myself in trouble."

Pieters, a four-time European Tour winner, became a father for the first time during golf's suspension to daughter Florence.

"Fatherhood has been fantastic," the big-hitting Belgian player said. "I miss my little baby girl, but I am thankful I can play golf right now. It is the first event in five months, so it feels nice to get out there and actually put a score down."

Among the six players tied for fourth place - two shots off the lead - was Marc Warren, a winner in Austria last week when the tour resumed after a five-month break because of the pandemic.

Martin Simonsen of Denmark was a late replacement for Levy and shot 68 to be four strokes off the lead at an event played in an isolated environment.

The Australian contingent is faring well at the tournament with Maverick Antcliff also shooting a 68, while a shot further back are Min Woo Lee, Ryan Fox and Jason Scrivener.

Harold Varner III shot a bogey-free 62 in the first round of the Wyndham Championship on Thursday to sit atop the leaderboard alongside Tom Hoge and Roger Sloan.

The North Carolina native had eight birdies in all - four on the front nine and four on the back - to finish eight under at the par-70 Sedgefield Country Club, two shots clear of Harris English.

"I love coming back home and playing," Varner said.

"It's nice to get in your car, you don't really have to do too much, I can go home tonight."

He won't rest too easy, however, after seeing the sensational play of fellow American Hoge.

Hoge chipped in for birdie on the par-3 16th to take a one stroke lead over Varner but missed an 11-foot par putt on his last hole and had to tap in for his lone bogey, which dropped him into a tie for first.

Canadian Sloan was hot out of the gate with birdies on six of his first eight holes thanks to some stellar putting.

"You've just got to cherish days like this, it's fun when you're making that many putts," Sloan said.

"You've got to give credit to these greens, these greens are in remarkable shape. You get them started on line with the right pace, they're going in."

It was a different story for Brooks Koepka, who needed 35 putts to get through his round of two-over 72.

The world No.7 said fatigue was beginning to set in after playing in a slew of events recently and being in contention going into the final round of the PGA Championship in San Francisco on Sunday.

"A bit tired, to be honest with you, so definitely came out flat," said Koepka.

"But I've got to play, I've got no other option."

Koepka is currently 93rd in the FedEx Cup standings and will need to step up his game if he wants to qualify for the Tour Championship at East Lake, which has a field of 30.

The first round of the tournament, which is being played without fans due to the COVID-19 pandemic, was suspended due to weather late Thursday with a handful of players scheduled to complete it early Friday morning.

One of those players is Australia's Matt Jones, who is two-under with one hole to play.

The LPGA Shanghai tournament has been cancelled because of health concerns and travel restrictions put in place due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The event was scheduled for October 15-18 at Qizhong Garden Golf Club.

Danielle Kang successfully defended her title at Qizhong Garden last year with a one-stroke win over fellow American Jessica Korda.

The LPGA returned from a 166-day hiatus two weeks ago at Inverness Club for the first of two consecutive spectator-free events in Ohio.

Jason Day's former coach Colin Swatton predicts the Australian star's best golf is yet to come while opening up about the pair's hugely successful 20-year partnership.

Day recently split with Canberra-native Swatton, the swing guru who coached him from a prodigious teenager at a Queensland boarding school to a dominant world No.1 and major champion.

But without a win in more than two years, Day decided he will monitor his own golf swing and the move has sparked an electric return to form.

Day recorded three consecutive top-10s on the US PGA Tour for the first time in four years before threatening to win last week's PGA Championship, where he finished tied fourth.

The 32-year-old has clawed back up the world rankings to No.32 and Swatton says Day's hot form will continue.

"He's taken responsibility for his game and his swing," Swatton told AAP of the pair's split.

"He is super motivated to get back to world No.1 and it won't surprise me if he gets there.

"Four top 10s and contending in the first major of this year, I think, is a sign of things to come."

Day, who as a child lost his father to stomach cancer, has considered Swatton a father figure since meeting him at Queensland's Kooralbyn International School.

"It was Jason's work ethic that was always going to make him successful," Swatton said.

"I saw that, even at the age of 14, he was prepared to work harder than anybody else."

Swatton was also Day's caddie until September 2017 and helped him to 10 of his 12 US PGA Tour victories, including a major at the 2015 PGA Championship, as well as 51 weeks as world No.1.

"There's no disappointment at all," Swatton said.

"The biggest compliment you can get as a coach from a player is for them to feel they've been given the knowledge and skills to perform."

Day and fellow big-name Australians Adam Scott, Marc Leishman and Cameron Smith will sit out this week's Wyndham Championship - the final event of the US PGA Tour's regular season.

Due to COVID-19 forcing a 90-day shutdown of the US Tour, no players will lose their exempt status if they finish outside the top 125 on the FedEx Cup points race.

However, those inside 125 still advance to a three-event playoffs series with the full $US70 million prize pool being paid out.

Australians in the Wyndham field are Matt Jones (87th in FedEx Cup points), Cameron Davis (102nd), Cameron Percy (140th), Aaron Baddeley (156th), Rhein Gibson (190th), John Senden (232nd) and Greg Chalmers (245th).

Collin Morikawa has been hailed as the latest wonder-youngster to emerge in golf after lifting the PGA Championship on Sunday - leaving the last golden generation looking old in the tooth.

Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy won four majors 2011 to 2014 but is now on a six-year drought at 31, an age where many would previously have considered that his best would still be to come.

Jordan Spieth then enjoyed a golden spell with three majors spanning 2015 to 2017 but has since tumbled down the rankings and is trying to rediscover his form aged 27.

"I think the game is getting better, younger," Spieth said before the start of the PGA Championship at Harding Park, San Francisco.

He wondered if the closed door nature of the event due to the coronavirus would help ease the pressure but singled out - in America at least - the high level of college golf as a significant change in a game which previously required years of experience.

Morikawa, 23, is not flawless. He made headlines in June after all for losing a play-off by missing a metre-long putt.

But in just his second major tournament, he built a consistent foundation and finished a stunning six-under 64 to win by two shots.

"When I woke up today, I was like, this is meant to be," he said. "This is where I feel very comfortable. This is where I want to be, and I'm not scared from it.

"I think if I was scared from it, the last few holes would have been a little different, but you want to be in this position."

Morikawa chipped in at the 14th after an earlier lucky bounce but it was his decision to go for the green at the drivable par-four 16th, which brought a shot for the ages and set up the eagle which effectively won the tournament.

"I'm sure it was a split between hitting iron and going for it," he said. "Why not hit a great driver? Why not hit that little left-to-right shot with the wind helping off the left?

"I just needed that one bounce to go forward, and it did, and those are shots that you've got to take opportunities. That's what really separated me."

Morikawa was playing with Paul Casey, two decades his senior, and the Englishman who finished tied for second with Dustin Johnson said his playing partner's triumph was no surprise.

"We could just tell," he said. "Those of us who knew, knew that was the cat ... he's the one.

"Even if the media weren't talking ... that's where we were focusing our attention. And we weren't wrong."

Out of the 12 top-10 finishers, six are under 30 years old while there were four aged 25 or under including Matthew Wolff at just 21.

Justin Rose, the second eldest in the top 10 at 40, made his own prodigious breakthrough at the 1998 Open Championship as a 17-year-old. He is now described by the PGA Championship website as a "grizzled veteran."

The next major of the rearranged coronavirus season is the US Open at Winged Foot, New York, September 17-20. The Masters is November 12-15 while the Open Championship was cancelled.