Jesper Parnevik overcame an opening bogey to shoot a career best nine-under-par 61 at LaCantera Golf Course to open up a four stroke lead at the Texas Open today.

An eight-under-par round of 63 saw Nathan Green take a one-shot lead at the halfway mark of the John Deere Classic.

Neal Lancaster got off to a flying start at the John Deere Classic after the American fired eight birdies in an opening round 64 to take a one-stroke lead.

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

PÁDRAIG Harrington landed a 60ft eagle putt on the final hole to claim the Barclays Classic in New York late last night.

An ideal combination of some great shots and two extremely lucky ones enabled Luke Donald to get off to a flying start in the Players Championship - golf’s richest event – at Sawgrass in Florida today.

Irish golfers Pádraig Harrington and Graeme McDowell have made the cut, but remain well off the pace after the second round of the Honda Classic in Florida.

Justin Leonard has won out over Joe Ogilvie to register his first victory in nearly two years.

Justin Rose is one shot off the lead after the first round of the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic.

World number two Vijay Singh leads Tiger Woods by three shots at the end of the third round of the USPGA Tour Deutsche Bank Championship at the TPC of Boston.

Vijay Singh eagled the first hole on his way to an eight-under-par 63 to take a two-shot lead over Tiger Woods, Bill Haas and John Rollins after the second round of the Deutsche Bank Classic in Massachusetts.

US Open champion Jim Furyk shot a four-under-par final round of 68, holding off Tiger Woods to clinch a two-shot victory at the $3.5m (€3.6m) Buick Open.

JIM FURYK, the reigning US Open champion, held off Tiger Woods, shooting a final round 68 to post a two-shot victory at the four million-dollar Buick Open yesterday.

Jim Furyk fired a seven-under-par 65 to vault into the lead after the third round of the Buick Open.

US Open Scores

Tee-off times in the second round of the United States Open golf championship at Olympia Fields, Illinois, on Thursday and Friday (USA unless stated, all times Irish time).

US Open Scores

Tee-off times in the second round of the United States Open golf championship at Olympia Fields, Illinois, on Thursday and Friday (USA unless stated, all times Irish time):

Tiger Woods and Ernie Els – and the thousands of golf fans who want to watch every blow – will have to be up early for their first round clash in the US Open next Thursday.

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

Neal Lancaster continued to play virtually mistake-free at the Angus Glen Golf Club, shooting his second straight five-under-par 67 to grab a two-stroke lead after three rounds of the Bell Canadian Open.

Tee-off times in the final round of the 131st Open Championship at Muirfield on Sunday (Gbr and Ire unless stated):

British Open Leaderboard - third round scores

Muirfield bit back on day three of the Open Championship with driving rain and a fierce wind sending players tumbling off the leaderboard

No clear leader has emerged in the British Open so far with three players sharing the lead this afternoon.

Carl Pettersson holds a one stroke lead at the British Open in Muirfield.

Jerry Kelly carded a seven-under-par 65 to dramatically capture the Western Open in Illinois.

Jerry Kelly carded a seven-under-par 65 to dramatically capture the Advil Western Open in Illinois.

Matt Gogel erased some bad memories with a victory at the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am in California.

Vijay Singh put himself into contention for a first victory of 2001 by claiming a share of the lead on day one of the Buick Challenge in Georgia.