In what he calls “the start of my mini-season”, Nick Faldo this week plays his first tournament in America since pulling out of the Masters with back trouble last April.

Seve Ballesteros managed only a six-over-par 77 today in his first appearance on the European tour for almost two years.

Trees right, trees left. Bogey, double bogey. That was Seve Ballesteros’s first two holes on the European tour for almost two years today.

The day Seve Ballesteros feared might never come – the day he returns to the European Tour – arrives tomorrow at the Madrid Open.

DARREN CLARKE needed just four words to sum up his final round collapse in the MCI Heritage at Hilton Head. “Anybody got a beer?” asked the Dungannon man.

PÁDRAIG HARRINGTON confirmed last night that he will play in next week’s Masters tournament at Augusta National.

Seve Ballesteros is set to end 17 months out of golf in the Spanish Open at San Roque, starting on April 14.

Phil Mickelson clicked straight back into top gear when the Players Championship – golf’s richest event and unofficial fifth major – began at Sawgrass in Florida today.

Seve Ballesteros will be missing for a seventh major running when the Masters is staged at Augusta in four weeks’ time.

Seve Ballesteros, whose last tournament golf was 16 months ago, has pulled out of the Masters at Augusta in four weeks’ time.

Tiger Woods remains firmly on course to take another step towards golf’s first-ever Grand Slam of all four majors in one year.