Roger Federer has ridiculed the suggestion he might be looking for a final shot of glory before retirement and insists he has “many more years left” in tennis.

OPEN champion Stewart Cink well remembers the moment Sergio Garcia made his first impression at a major championship, 10 years ago in the PGA Championship at Medinah.

TIGER WOODS has admitted he does not how rival Phil Mickelson will cope at this week’s US Open with the constant reminders of his wife’s serious illness.

PÁDRAIG HARRINGTON well remembers the 2002 US Open and the raucous atmosphere circulating around Bethpage Black as America’s national championship reached out to the masses on a public course for the first time in its history.

YOU could, if you were so inclined, put it down to the precociousness of youth, but Rory McIlroy sees no reason why he shouldn’t win the US Open in his first appearance this week if most things fall into place.

Two weeks after Greg Norman threatened to become the oldest major winner ever American Juli Inkster today set up the chance to do the same in the women’s game.

IF THERE was ever any doubt as to the municipal heart of this week’s US Open venue, it can be dispelled by Henrik Stenson’s experience there just before Christmas.

AFTER a week of incessant interviews and celebration, Pádraig Harrington is gradually beginning to refocus on his golfing career.

Padraig Harrington today returned from a trip to the dentist to talk about the one great thing in his favour if he finds himself battling Tiger Woods for the Masters at Augusta on Sunday.

From one happy hunting ground to another. It is as if Tiger Woods chooses the venues himself.

Those who thought Tiger Woods, having grabbed the halfway lead, would turn the Open championship into a one-man show are thinking again after his rollercoaster ride at Hoylake today.

TWO DAYS before he goes looking for a fourth Masters crown and ninth major title Tiger Woods believes his best is still to come.

Two days before he goes looking for a fourth Masters crown and ninth major title Tiger Woods said today he believes his best is still to come.

As the battle for the world number one spot goes on this week – Ernie Els and Tiger Woods could both replace Vijay Singh just a week after he went back to the top – one former holder of the crown has other things on his mind.

Gusting winds and a gutsy Andre Agassi were not enough to blow Roger Federer away.

Tiger Woods today predicted David Duval will become a force again.

Tiger Woods left the Open last night without the trophy he wanted, but with words of praise for Royal Troon.

For the first time since he won the US Masters in 1997, Tiger Woods will not start a major championship as the favourite when the 133rd British Open gets under way on Thursday.

PAUL McGINLEY will be the first Irish player into action in the Open Championship at Royal Troon at 7.03am on Thursday.

ALL the talk here is of how well Phil Mickelson, Tiger Woods, Vijay Singh and Ernie Els are playing. But, as Pádraig Harrington has argued, the 24 year drought since a European last won the US Open is about to end.

Bernhard Langer’s bid to become the oldest-ever winner of the Masters had a thrilling start today when he birdied the first two holes to move only a stroke behind Americans Phil Mickelson and Chris DiMarco.

Tiger Woods still gave himself a chance of winning his fourth Masters with a round to go at Augusta National today.

IT’S with an air of considerable uncertainty that Pádraig Harrington enters his fifth US PGA Championship at Oak Hill tomorrow.

THE Country Club of Rochester, the venue for this week’s US Open Championship, holds a special place in the hearts and minds of Irish golfers.

THOSE cynics among you who don't believe in fairy-tales will have to think again. Before a ball was struck at Royal St Georges on Thursday, nobody on this side of the Atlantic had ever heard of Ben Curtis.

ALBERT COSTA retained his position at the head of the Spanish Armada when he became one of four Spaniards to reach the quarter-finals of the French Open yesterday.