Padraig Harrington will tee-off with defending champion Tiger Woods and 2007 champion Angel Cabrera at this week's US Open at Bethpage, New York.

Some fine putting saw Nathan Green bag an opening round of 62 and grab the lead in the Texas Open.

Luke Donald surrendered any faint chance of winning the Players Championship when he suffered a nightmare finish to his third round on Saturday.

Swede Mathias Gronberg moved into contention for a first US Tour victory when he produced a third-round 65 at the Buick Championship in Cromwell, Connecticut, today.

Chris Couch chipped in from 26 feet on the 18th hole to preserve his lead and win the Zurich Classic of New Orleans.

Phil Mickelson may have failed to hang on to two of his titles so far this season, but he made a sparkling start to his defence of the BellSouth Classic in Atlanta yesterday.

Seasoned professional Greg Kraft has issued a lawsuit against the PGA for what he claims was a failure to safeguard the health of players at a tournament in Arizona in February 2002.

First-round scores from the Disney Golf Classic, Disney Magnolia and Disney Palm Course, Lake Buena Vista, Florida (par 72, US unless stated)

A rarely-used rule helped Ernie Els to make a winning start to the new golf season in Melbourne.

Padraig Harrington, the highest-ranked European in the Accenture World Matchplay Championship, failed to survive the opening round for the second year running in Melbourne today.