Padraig Harrington will today attempt to come through just the second qualifier of his career as he bids to book his ticket for next month’s US Open via a 36-hole international qualifier at Walton Heath.

England’s Chris Wood sank a 12-foot eagle putt on the final hole to grab his first European Tour title in brilliant fashion today.

World number two Maria Sharapova has suffered a blow to her Australian Open title hopes after having to withdraw from the Brisbane International with a collarbone injury.

Team success in the Ryder Cup and individual glory in major championships are not mutually exclusive, as the likes of Seve Ballesteros, Jose Maria Olazabal, Bernhard Langer, Nick Faldo and Ian Woosnam proved on many occasions.

Rory McIlroy was savouring yet another major masterclass today – and just loving the fact that he had proved some people wrong about him.

Only a month after people were asking what had gone wrong, Rory McIlroy on Sunday night proved everything is all right by storming to his second major - and at a younger age than Tiger Woods managed it.

Rory McIlroy was heading towards his second major title tonight – at a younger age than Tiger Woods managed it – as the sporting attention of the world began to turn away from London.

Tiger Woods is out of another tournament through injury – and whether he makes The Open his first event for over two months now remains to be seen.

BRITISH Open champion Louis Oosthuizen held his nerve in a three-way play-off with England’s Chris Wood and Spain’s Manuel Quiros to clinch the Africa Open.

Chris Wood, last season’s Rookie of the Year on the European Tour, could be the next uncapped player to throw his hat into the Ryder Cup ring.

Padraig Harrington credited Tiger Woods with taking him to a new level as the two stars looked ahead to jousting once again at the top of the US PGA Championship leaderboard.

European Ryder Cup captain Colin Montgomerie has backed “four or five” of his potential 2010 team to secure top-10 finishes at this week’s US PGA Championship in Minnesota.

Padraig Harrington believes last night’s tournament-leading 64 at the World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational was his best round of golf since winning the US PGA Championship almost exactly a year ago.

TOM WATSON can’t understand what he’s trying to do. Likewise, Peter Alliss.

DO NOT try to persuade Pádraig Harrington that the old adage of ‘if it ain’t broke don’t fix it’ is the sensible path to take for a golfer still basking in two major victories.

FOR a man whose Augusta National experiences have been shaped by his spectacular failures there, Greg Norman’s return to the Masters has been met with an amazing amount of hype.