Rory McIlroy saw his hopes of a successful PGA Championship title defence hit the rocks last night as Jason Dufner was attempting to protect a two-shot lead down the stretch at Oak Hill.

Jim Furyk opened up a two-shot lead after seven holes of his third round at The McGladrey Classic at Sea Island.

Graeme McDowell looked like he had just gone 18 rounds with Mike Tyson after he suffered a late collapse but still kept alive his chances of grabbing a second US Open triumph in three years

Rory McIlroy finds himself back with Argentina’s Angel Cabrera for the first two rounds of The Masters on Thursday and Friday.

Top seed Andy Roddick had to dig deep in a tough encounter with Rajeev Ram before booking his place in the quarter-finals of the Atlanta Tennis Championships.

World number eight Andy Roddick has withdrawn from the Madrid Open due to illness.

Andy Roddick became the first big-name seed to crash out of the US Open men’s singles as he lost a fifth-set tie-break to fellow American John Isner.

Andy Roddick showed no ill-effects from a late start at Flushing Meadows or his crushing Wimbledon final loss to Roger Federer as he blasted his way into the US Open second round in the early hours of Tuesday morning.

Camilo Villegas picked up a birdie to establish a one-stroke lead over Jim Furyk when the third round was completed at the BMW Championship today.

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.

A FRUSTRATED Andy Roddick was downed by Philipp Kohlschreiber, who moved into the fourth round of the Australian Open after a titanic five-set struggle lasting until the early hours of Saturday morning in Melbourne.

Philipp Kohlschreiber downed a frustrated Andy Roddick to move into the fourth round of the Australian Open after a titanic five-set struggle lasting until the early hours of Saturday morning in Melbourne.

World number one Roger Federer was beaten by Chile’s Fernando Gonzalez at the Tennis Masters Cup on Monday.

Tiger Woods has announced he will not be participating in the PGA Grand Slam of Golf, which takes place at the Mid Ocean Club in Bermuda in October.

ANDY RODDICK won the battle of the big-hitting former grand slam champions in four sets to bring an early end to Marat Safin’s Australian Open campaign.

American Jim Furyk capped probably the second-best year of his career by retaining the Nedbank Golf Challenge in South Africa but accepted he was a long way from catching world number one Tiger Woods.

ROGER FEDERER and Tiger Woods broke open two bottles of Dom Perignon and toasted — to a growing friendship, greatness and Grand Slams.

FIVE-TIME Grand Slam winner Justine Henin-Hardenne’s march towards reclaiming her US Open title began in earnest on Monday as she cruised past Maria Elena Camerin 6-2, 6-1 in an opening round match yesterday.

RAFAEL NADAL of Spain successfully defended his men’s title at the French Open yesterday beating world number one Roger Federer of Switzerland 1-6, 6-1, 6-4, 7-6 (7/4) after three hours on the Philippe Chatrier court.

Jim Furyk put paid to the notion that Americans – all except world number one Tiger Woods of course – do not travel well by winning the Nedbank Golf Challenge in Sun City, South Africa, yesterday.

THIRD seed Amelie Mauresmo slumped out of the US Open yesterday following a listless 6-4 6-1 defeat by fellow Frenchwoman Mary Pierce in the quarter-finals.

Second seed Lindsay Davenport progressed to the fourth round of the US Open with a 6-3 6-2 rout of Spaniard Anabel Medina Garrigues despite a shaky performance.

Justine Henin-Hardenne struggled to advance at the US Open and thinks rust has a lot to do with it.

Jim Furyk, dogged by questions about his wrist and game all season, fired a two-under-par 69 to win the Western Open at 14-under-par 270.

Jim Furyk birdied five of his final nine holes to finish at six-under-par 65 and hold a three-shot lead after the first round of the Barclays Classic in New York.

The more Padraig Harrington has played the Accenture World Match Play Championship, the merrier he has become.

Author John Feinstein learned a little about golf and a lot about life in his new book on the late Bruce Edwards. Michael Moynihan finds out how.

Tiger Woods arrived on the practice range accompanied by his own sizeable entourage, teenager Lloyd Campbell turned up with his sister carrying his clubs.

THE OCCASION was the 2003 US Masters. Tiger Woods was the defending champion, by a distance the game’s finest player and a man who held the American public enthralled.