As world No. 1 Rory McIlroy stood atop Hong Kong’s smog-shrouded highest peak, former European and PGA No.1s Padraig Harrington and Matt Kuchar looked on in awe.

TIGER WOODS has a final chance to claim his first victory of the year at this week’s Chevron World Challenge and close the curtain on a 2010 campaign he described as “very painful”.

US TOUR Commissioner Tim Finchem is under increasing pressure to officially discipline Tiger Woods over the sex scandal that’s rocked golf.

Ryan Palmer sneaked in with a four-under-par round of 66 late in the day to take the halfway lead at the Sony Open in Honolulu.