Padraig Harrington will look to take inspiration from Shane Lowry’s Open triumph in the Barracuda Championship, where high points totals rather than low scores will be the order of the day.

Ryan Palmer had to find a team-mate if he was going to get back to New Orleans, one of his favourite PGA Tour stops for reasons ranging from the food to his friendship with Saints coach Sean Payton.

Jason Day eventually clinched the Farmers Insurance Open title following a tense battle which saw a Monday finish and six play-off holes at Torrey Pines.

Olympic champion Justin Rose believes new formats should remain an occasional diversion from golf’s traditional 72-hole strokeplay events.

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.

The linksy feel of Chambers Bay has not endeared championship organisers the USGA to a section of golfers who prefer the manicured parkland target golf they enjoy most weeks on the PGA Tour.

Golfers are sticklers for routine, mainly because their career is based upon repetition of the same thing, day in, day out.

Top seed and four-time major winner Rory McIlroy has been handed a tough draw for the new-look WGC-Cadillac Match Play Championship in San Francisco after being grouped with Billy Horschel, Brandt Snedeker and Jason Dufner. 

Rory McIlroy’s bid for a first FedEx Cup title – and with it a bonus of £6m – got off to an eventful start in the Tour Championship in Atlanta yesterday.

Billy Horschel won his second PGA Tour event and catapulted himself into FedEx Cup contention with victory at the BMW Championship in Denver on Sunday.

Rory McIlroy found himself overshadowed on the opening day of the Deutsche Bank Championship by the efforts of some six players, four Americans and two European, all vying for Ryder Cup ‘wildcard’ selection.

Shane Lowry was left to wonder what might have been at Valhalla last night as he continued to rue his Friday morning injustice at the hands of PGA Championship officials.

Rory McIlroy vowed to “keep the pedal down” as he looked to turn a narrow halfway lead into a second major title in four weeks in the 96th US PGA Championship.

To think Shane Lowry had been delighted with his draw for the first two rounds of this PGA Championship.

It cannot always be a procession but whatever the golfing gods throw in Rory McIlroy’s way right now he is finding the right path to negotiate those challenges.

Rory McIlroy will take a one-shot lead into Saturday’s third round at the PGA Championship promising to keep his foot on the accelerator as he seeks to close out back-to-back major victories.

Rory McIlroy recovered from a slow start to claim the clubhouse lead in pursuit of his second major title in succession on a weather-affected second day of the 96th US PGA Championship.

Ireland’s Shane Lowry felt it was “a joke” that play started in a torrential downpour on the second day of the US PGA Championship at Valhalla.

Rory McIlroy has recovered from a slow start to boost his chances of a second major title in succession in the weather-affected 96th US PGA Championship today.

Rory McIlroy failed to take advantage of a piece of good fortune in the weather-affected second round of the 96th US PGA Championship on Friday.

Torrential rain forced play to be suspended after just 20 minutes in the second round of the 96th US PGA Championship today.

Rory McIlroy survived a mid-round wobble to keep his objective of back-to-back Majors very much alive after the opening round of the PGA Championship at Valhalla last night.

Rory McIlroy survived a mid-round wobble to keep his objective of back-to-back majors very much alive after the opening round of the PGA Championship at Valhalla last night.

There’s a lot of love out there for Rory McIlroy but while everyone from Russell Henley to Jack Nicklaus and Johnny Miller were constructive and kind about the Irishman’s final-round collapse at the Honda Classic, McIlroy started the healing process straight away by taking ownership of his mistakes.

American Russell Henley came out on top in a four-way play-off to deprive Rory McIlroy of victory as the Honda Classic lived up to its name last night.

Rory McIlroy fell victim to his first meltdown since the 2011 Masters when he crashed to a final round 74 and lost in a four-way playoff for the Honda Classic at PGA National last night.

Keegan Bradley absorbed back-to-back bogeys before equalling the course record on the opening day of the Byron Nelson Championship in Texas.

Sergio Garcia, Tiger Woods and David Lingmerth will share the lead going into the final round of the Players Championship after the delayed third round was completed today.

Lee Westwood today surged into contention for a payday of more than £1m on the second day of the prestigious Players Championship at Sawgrass.

Phil Mickelson shot a first round 60 at 11 under par at the Phoenix Open to miss equalling the PGA Tour record by a single shot last night.

World number one Rory McIlroy was among a quartet of players atop the leaderboard after continuing his sparkling form with an eight-under-par 64 in the first round of the USPGA Tour BMW Championship at Crooked Stick in Carmel.

There was a soggy end to Rory McIlroy’s bid for victory in Memphis but the US Open champion will begin his title defence on Thursday with confidence restored after ending a run of three missed cuts.

Rory McIlroy went to the turn in a three under par 32 today and led the FedEx St Jude Classic in Memphis again.

Jason Dufner beat Ernie Els in a sudden death play-off to win the Zurich Classic of New Orleans, an event which saw Luke Donald regain top spot in the world rankings.

Matt Every shot a new course record to take a three-shot lead after the opening round of the Valero Texas Open last night.

Rory McIlroy is tied for second in the Honda Classic in Florida after carding a four-under-par first round of 66.

EUROPEAN TOUR chief George O’Grady wasn’t exaggerating when he claimed on Sunday that 2011 has been the greatest year in his organisation’s history.

Harrison Frazar, Matt Kuchar and William McGirt were in a three-way tie for the lead when bad light brought a premature end to the first round of The Barclays in New Jersey.

PÁDRAIG HARRINGTON believes a return to links golf in the Scottish Highlands this week will provide the ideal preparation for his bid to capture a third British Open in five years later this month.

World number one Luke Donald turned a brilliant start into a bitterly disappointing opening round of 74 in the US Open at Congressional near Washington today.

There is still one table in golf that has Tiger Woods as number one - the American Ryder Cup points list.

Ernie Els is expected to be back in action at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship in Tucson on Wednesday after a sore neck kept him out of last week’s Northern Trust Open in Los Angeles.

Ian Poulter is set to start the defence of his WGC-Accenture Match Play title against 2009 Open champion Stewart Cink if all the world’s top 64 show up in Tucson next week.

THE many American commentators who wondered aloud about Graeme McDowell’s worthiness to be crowned US Open champion after his great victory at Pebble Beach last June have been forced to eat another dose of humble pie after the latest heroics by the Portrush man in the Hyundai Tournament of Champions in Hawaii on Sunday.

Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy and England’s Brian Davis finished the first round one shot off the lead at the Deutsche Bank Championship in Boston where the effects of Hurricane Earl forced a one-hour delay in play.

Tiger Woods responded to his divorce this week by shooting a 65 to take a share of the lead at the Barclays in New Jersey.

Tiger Woods reacted to his divorce this week in style on the course - by shooting a 65 to take the early clubhouse lead at the Barclays.

US RYDER CUP captain Corey Pavin didn’t know whether to laugh or cry after surveying the leaderboard at the end of the WGC Bridgestone Invitational in Akron.

Tiger Woods today slumped to a closing round of 77 to cap a miserable week at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational.