Tiger Woods' wife Elin has settled her libel action against the Dubliner magazine which published fake nude photos of her in an edition published around the time of the Ryder Cup in September last year.

Ian Woosnam has taken the calculated gamble that Darren Clarke will be able to cope with the emotion of a Ryder Cup in Ireland being staged just six weeks after the death of his wife.

After wildly contrasting starts Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson ended honours even in the opening round of the US PGA championship in Chicago today – but now they have some catching up to do.

THE ABSENT Paul McGinley wouldn’t have been unduly upset by developments in the first round of the PGA at Medinah yesterday.

HELICOPTER traffic is busier than usual around Waterville these days, with the rich and famous arriving for a unique golfing event.

A NUMBER of leading players, caddies, officials and members of the public yesterday attended a service held on the practice putting green outside the Medinah clubhouse in memory of Heather Clarke, who passed away after a long illness on Sunday morning last.

Golfer Darren Clarke “won the greatest trophy of his life” when he married his wife Heather, mourners at her funeral were told today.

The town of Portrush is expected to come to a standstill later today for the funeral of Heather Clarke, the wife of golfer Darren Clarke.

American Ryder Cup captain Tom Lehman has been told that the players want him on the team if he qualifies this weekend.

IT will be a poignant moment for the many people here in Medinah who knew and loved Heather Clarke when US Ryder Cup captain Tom Lehman leads a service in her memory on the putting green at 6.30 this morning prior to the start of play.

Darren Clarke has been forced to withdraw from the Houston Open after receiving news of wife Heather’s medical tests.

FAR more than a golf tournament and lots of money were at stake at Wentworth yesterday when the BMW PGA Championship eventually went to a worthy winner in 35 year-old Argentinian Angel Cabrera.