Miguel Angel Jimenez’s overnight lead did not last long today as a previously defenceless Turnberry exacted a measure of revenge on day two of the 138th Open Championship.

Lee Westwood defied the rain and a bad draw to climb into the top 10 at the US Open on Saturday as PGA Tour rookie Ricky Barnes took the one-shot halfway lead at Bethpage Black and Tiger Woods made the cut.

PGA Tour rookie Ricky Barnes posted the target to shoot for at the rain-hit US Open halfway mark as the rain returned to Bethpage Black and Tiger Woods headed the right side of the projected cut line.

PGA Tour rookie Ricky Barnes posted the target to shoot for at the rain-hit US Open halfway mark as Tiger Woods began his second round hoping to beat approaching storms and the halfway cut.

First-round leader Mike Weir returned to the top of the US Open leaderboard as the leading contenders tried to beat the fast approaching rain storms at Bethpage Black.

CANADIAN left-hander Mike Weir led the US Open field at the completion of the first round at Bethpage yesterday after shooting a six under 64, just one outside the championship record low, and Graeme McDowell led the Irish quartet with a 69.

Mike Weir shot a 64 at Bethpage Black to take the clubhouse lead as the rain-delayed first round of the US Open neared completion today.

Retief Goosen shot a sizzling eight-under-par 64 today to surge to the top of the leaderboard after two rounds of the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, seizing a two-shot advantage over Dustin Johnson.

Mike Weir recovered from a slow start to regain the lead halfway through his second round at the Deutsche Bank Championship today.

Mike Weir turned in a bogey-free second round on Friday to grab a one-shot lead at the PGA Tour’s season-opening Mercedes-Benz Championship.

Nick Watney fired a five-under-par 68 to take a one-shot lead after Thursday’s first round of the season-opening Mercedes-Benz Championship.

American Brandt Snedeker grabbed the early lead at the season-opening Mercedes-Benz Championship in Hawaii.

Robert Karlsson’s first bogey in three rounds failed to derail the Swede’s charge towards the Hong Kong Open title after he maintained his four-stroke lead over former champion Miguel Angel Jimenez at the Hong Kong Golf Club.

The two-shot penalty which cost American Jeff Maggert so dearly when he was leading the 2003 Masters will no longer be imposed under new Rules of Golf coming into force next year.

England’s Oliver Wilson leapt to the top of the leaderboard at the halfway point of the Johnnie Walker Classic after carding a six-under-par 66 at the Blue Canyon Country Club today.

Ryder Cup flop Phil Mickelson has pulled out of the Grand Slam of Golf in Hawaii in November.

Colin Montgomerie lost four of the first six holes when he began his HSBC World Match Play quarter-final at Wentworth today.

Augusta National revealed its new chairman this week – but anyone expecting a radical change in olicy looks certain to be disappointed.

Australian Geoff Ogilvy, seeded only 52nd of the 64 players who began the week, became yet another shock winner of the Accenture Match Play Championship at La Costa.

Davis Love and Geoff Ogilvy shared the first seven holes of their Accenture world match play championship final at La Costa today.

MICHAEL CAMPBELL is the champion and another HSBC World Match Play has ended.

Seve Ballesteros has pulled out of the Open at St Andrews in two weeks’ time with his old Ryder Cup partner Jose Maria Olazabal set to replace him.

Seve Ballesteros has pulled out of the British Open at St Andrews in two weeks’ time, continuing an absence from golf which stretches back to November 2003.

IT ended up being Mike Weir’s tournament to lose and that’s exactly what he did when the pressure paralysed his putter.

It is becoming increasingly difficult not to notice Darren Clarke - but the worry for the Irishman is that no-one will remember him.

Tiger Woods rescued a three over par 75 when he returned to Augusta National today to finish off his first round in the 2003 Masters.

Nick Flanagan was inspired by Tiger Woods’ sensational performance at the 1997 Masters to take up golf himself.

The persistent heavy rain which has been falling in Augusta all week has taken its toll on the Masters course, with the start of the opening day’s play being put back by at least half-an-hour.

Justin Rose is set to make his US Masters debut this year after being named as one of 96 invited players.