For a change, Rory McIlroy can prepare for Augusta with someone else under more scrutiny than himself.

Tiger Woods can offer Padraig Harrington the benefit of his experience in dealing with the “eternity” between major championships when the pair tee off together in the Arnold Palmer Invitational tomorrow.

Tiger Woods will be in unfamiliar territory in the first round of the Accenture Match Play Championship – facing an opponent who hits the ball further.

In the blue corner, weighing in at 185 pounds, with 68 wins in 241 fights, 11 of them majors, from Cypress, California, and living in Orlando, Florida, the Open champion Eldrick ‘Tiger’ Woods.

It is Tiger Woods on whom most eyes will be focused when the US Open gets under way at Pinehurst tomorrow.

As the only man to have held all four majors at the same time, Tiger Woods does not need anybody to tell him how best to go about trying to win a Grand Slam.

Ken Doherty has set his sights on the quarter-finals of the Benson and Hedges Masters at Wembley after he overcame Matthew Stevens - 6-5 last night.

Tiger Woods, having already handed over one title this week, will be doing his best not to lose another when he tees off in the Deutsche Bank-SAP Open in Heidelberg tomorrow.

It is hard to determine whether Crucible Theatre rookie Shaun Murphy possesses more talent than confidence.

Ronnie O’Sullivan plans to snub Jimmy White when snooker’s top crowd pullers go head-to-head in the £695,000 (€1.1m) and Hedges Masters.