Ryder Cup team-mates Justin Rose and Henrik Stenson found themselves six shots off the lead after the first round of the Zurich Classic of New Orleans - the first official team event on the PGA Tour since 1981.

Rookie Ted Potter Jr clinched his first PGA Tour triumph yesterday, beating fellow American Troy Kelly at the third play-off hole to win the Greenbrier Classic in West Virginia.

Scotland’s Martin Laird held the outright lead at eight under par after seven holes of his Players Championship second round at Sawgrass.

Graeme McDowell continued an amazing month for European golfers in Florida with a second round 63 in the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill today.

There was not even the proverbial man and his dog on hand to witness Damien McGrane move to a two-stroke lead with a 65 on the opening day of the Hassan II Trophy in Agadir.

Padraig Harrington made a strong start to the defence of his Iskandar Johor Open title as an opening 64 left the Irishman one shot off the lead midway through the first round in Malaysia.

Briny Baird will take a two-shot lead into the final round of the Frys.com Open after a seven-under-par 64 in California.

David Toms made a final-day comeback to claim his first PGA Tour title in five years as he enjoyed a one-shot victory over Charlie Wi at the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial.

Paul Casey is in position in Chicago to make his exclusion from the Ryder Cup look a huge mistake by Colin Montgomerie.

Justin Rose held his nerve to triumph by one shot at the AT&T National in Pennsylvania last night for his second PGA Tour win in five weeks.

Justin Rose will head into the final round of the AT&T National with a four-shot lead after posting a third successive sub-70 score in Pennsylvania yesterday.

Relieved of the burden of trying to seal a maiden win, a relaxed and clear-thinking Justin Rose moved into a four-shot lead heading into the weekend at the Travelers Championship in Connecticut.

PÁDRAIG HARRINGTON was rewarded for his decision to carry on playing after the trials of Pebble Beach as he took an early share of the first-round lead at the Travelers Championship in Connecticut last night.

Padraig Harrington took a share of the early clubhouse lead in Connecticut as the first wave of players completed their opening rounds at the Travelers Championship.

Colin Montgomerie led from the front as Europe battled into a 4 1/2 – 3 1/2 lead over Asia after the second day’s four-balls but warned there is still plenty of work to do if they are to claim a third victory at the tournament.

Europe ensured there will be all to play for on the final day of the Royal Trophy after Colin Montgomerie’s side battled back to lead 4 1/2 – 3 1/2 after today’s four-balls.

TREVOR FISHER JUNIOR held the lead at the halfway stage of the Africa Open after matching his opening-day effort with another 66 in East London to head into the weekend on 14-under-par.

Asia made a solid start in their bid to stage a successful defence of the Royal Trophy today after claiming a 2½-1½ advantage over Europe in the opening day's foursomes.

Asia have made a solid start to their defence of the Royal Trophy as they held the lead midway through the opening day's foursomes.

The full list of 28 teams for golf’s World Cup in China on November 26-29 has now been confirmed.

THOMAS BJORN, chairman of the European Tour players’ committee, has heavily criticised Pádraig Harrington for his reaction to a possible tightening up of membership rules.

Rory McIlroy will make his debut for Ireland and Sergio Garcia will represent Spain for only the fourth time when golf’s World Cup takes place in China in November.

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.

England’s Brian Davis and Greg Owen lie two shots behind first-round co-leaders Paul Goydos and Justin Leonard at the Valero Texas Open following a day of low scoring on Thursday at La Cantera near San Antonio.

Jerry Kelly ended seven years without a victory when he captured the Zurich Classic of New Orleans by a single stroke last night.

American Jerry Kelly, who walked off the course last week after taking 10 on one hole, was the early clubhouse leader on the second day of the Zurich Classic of New Orleans today.

Brian Gay strengthened his lead at the Verizon Heritage with a bogey-free third round four-under-par 67 at Harbour Town Golf Links in South Carolina.

Luke Donald made his move in the Verizon Heritage in South Carolina today as he posted an early low score to give the leaders something to think about at Harbour Town Golf Links.

Germany’s Alex Cejka gave the Verizon Heritage field a low score to aim at as he took the early clubhouse lead at Harbour Town Golf Links.

Asia were on the brink of a memorable victory over Europe in The Royal Trophy midway through the final day at Amata Spring Country Club near Bangkok.

Jose Maria Olazabal has called for a “special” performance as his European team seek to overturn a five-point deficit to defeat Asia and extend their 100% record in The Royal Trophy.

Europe faced an uphill task on the second afternoon of The Royal Trophy as Asia seemed set to extend their advantage in the four-balls today.

Asia were in the ascendancy midway through the opening day’s foursomes at The Royal Trophy as Europe squandered early advantages.

IRELAND’S Paul McGinley says there is an underlying desire within the European team to win The Royal Trophy this week in honour of the absent Seve Ballesteros.

Jeev Milkha Singh out-fought Padraig Harrington in a nervy battle down the closing stretch as the Indian ace claimed a one-stroke victory at the Barclays Singapore Open today.

Phil Mickelson surged into contention at the Barclays Singapore Open this morning, picking up birdies on his last two holes of the third round to move into a share of third spot, four strokes behind leader Chapchai Nirat of Thailand.

Ernie Els and Oliver Wilson were within a shot of clubhouse leader Lam Chin Bing at the weather-interrupted Barclays Singapore Open today when darkness ended play at Sentosa Golf Club with half the field yet to finish their first round.

Zach Johnson fired a six-under-par 64 last night to claim a two-stroke victory at the Texas Open.

Tiger Woods has refused to put a time-scale on his return from injury but is confident he will return "better than ever" despite not hitting a ball since his victory in the US Open.

Justin Rose’s hopes of a first major victory hit a setback at Oakland Hills as he lost touch with the US PGA Championship leaders during his rain-delayed third round.

Padraig Harrington bounced back into contention at the rain-delayed US PGA Championship after closing out his third round today with a 66 at Oakland Hills.

Justin Rose and his fellow leading contenders at Oakland Hills will have to negotiate 36 holes on the final day to become the 90th US PGA champion, after play was abandoned tonight.

Graeme McDowell, Andres Romero and Camilo Villegas all made charges towards the top of the leaderboard at Oakland Hills today before rain caused a suspension of play at the 90th US PGA Championship.

US PGA Championship contenders could face another rough and rain-interrupted day with thunderstorms and gusting winds forecast during the third round at Oakland Hills.

Will MacKenzie surged to the top of the leaderboard with a seven-under 64 during the second round at the £2m (€2.5m) John Deere Classic in Illinois.

Ken Duke and Charlie Wi each shot seven-under-par 64s to share a one-stroke lead after the first round of the John Deere Classic.

Hunter Mahan matched his best score of the year with a nine under-par 62 on Thursday to take a two stroke lead over Australia Steve Allan at the Canadian Open.

Padraig Harrington finished tied on 13th place as the Honda Classic was suspended after darkness set in the middle of a four-way play-off.

Padraig Harrington was disappointed not to have made more headway after finishing the third round of the Honda Classic tied for seventh.

Charlie Wi recovered from a shaky start to shoot a level par 70 and maintain a share of the lead after the second round of the Honda Classic in Florida.