Shane Lowry's giant-killing run in Arizona is at an end after he fell to a 3&2 loss to fellow Irishman Graeme McDowell at the Accenture Match Play Championship.

England’s Ian Poulter eased into the last eight of the Accenture Match Play Championship in Tucson after a commanding 5&3 victory over Tim Clark in the last 16 today.

Luke Donald suffered one of the biggest defeats of his career today as the giant-killing continued at the Accenture Match Play Championship in Tucson.

Chris Wood’s closing eagle to win the Qatar Masters has earned him the European Tour’s Golfer of the Month award for January.

World top two Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods will play the same tournaments three weeks in a row starting with next week’s Accenture Match Play Championship in Tucson.

South African Richard Sterne produced a faultless closing round to claim a seven-stroke victory over local boy Charl Schwartzel with a tournament record 27-under at the Johannesburg Open.

Phil Mickelson is back in the world’s top 10 for the first time since last May after his wire-to-wire victory at the Waste Management Phoenix Open.

Rory McIlroy is tied for second in the Honda Classic in Florida after carding a four-under-par first round of 66.

Despite closing the gap on Luke Donald, it will still take a win at this week’s Honda Classic for Rory McIlroy to go to world number one.

Hunter Mahan has climbed from 22nd to ninth in the world after capturing the Accenture Match Play Championship by beating Rory McIlroy in the final.

Hunter Mahan rates Rory McIlroy “the best player in the world right now for sure” – but it is the American who has won the first world championship of the year and Luke Donald who still tops the rankings for one more week at least.

What could have been the day he became world number one at just 22 turned from sweet to sour for Rory McIlroy in Tucson last night.

What could have been the day he became world number one at just 22 turned from sweet to sour for Rory McIlroy in Tucson tonight.

Rory McIlroy pulled off a remarkable win over Lee Westwood in Tucson today and was left needing to beat American Hunter Mahan to become world number one for the first time.

Game on. Lee Westwood and Rory McIlroy will go head-to-head in the semi-finals of the Accenture Match Play Championship in Tucson tomorrow – and the reward for the winner at the end of the day could be the world number one spot.

Hunter Mahan, the man whose defeat to Graeme McDowell decided the last Ryder Cup, raced into the semi-finals of the Accenture Match Play Championship in Tucson today.

Rory McIlroy and Lee Westwood still have a chance to go to world number one this weekend – and they do not have to beat Tiger Woods to get there.

Graeme McDowell was the first player to tee off in the Accenture Match Play Championship in Tucson today – and the first player to make his exit.

England’s Paul Casey is out of next week’s Accenture Match Play Championship in Arizona, but hopes to have recovered from his dislocated shoulder in time for the WGC-Cadillac Championship in Miami on March 8-11.

Lee Westwood left nobody in any doubt about how disgusted he was by his last-round display at the Dubai Desert Classic.

Padraig Harrington will need to climb to 65th in the world rather than 64th to earn a place in next month’s Accenture Match Play Championship in Arizona.

Next year’s European Tour will again include just one event Ireland, two in England, one in Wales and three in Scotland.

Next year’s European Tour has been confirmed with the Irish Open switching from late July to the end of June, but with a venue yet to be announced.

NEGOTIATIONS about the future of the 2012 Irish Open are ongoing with a June 28 to July 1 date favourite to get the green light according to sources close to the European Tour.

WE are about to find out what a two-month break from golf, interrupted only by a trip to the Ryder Cup to be part of Colin Montgomerie’s backroom team, has done for Sergio Garcia.

IRELAND’s big three of Pádraig Harrington, Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell will be hoping for a lot better when they move on from Palm Beach Gardens and the Honda Classic to Doral and the famous Blue Monster course for this week’s WGC-CA tournament, the second of the year’s four world championships.

Padraig Harrington admits any player with aspirations of winning the 2010 Honda Classic at PGA National in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, will have to conquer a “big tough golf course”.

Next season’s European Tour – starting in South Africa on Thursday – will feature a minimum of 47 tournaments, including six new ones, and will once again culminate in the Dubai World Championship.

World number five Geoff Ogilvy is hoping to again fly under the radar at next week’s US Open at Bethpage Black in New York.

Tiger Woods again demonstrated the yawning chasm between his best golf and anyone else's when he turned the final of the Accenture Match Play Championship into a one-man exhibition.

Tiger Woods notched his sixth victory in a row when he blew away hapless Stewart Cink by a record margin in the final of the Accenture Match Play Championship.

Tiger Woods never thought he was going to lose his semi-final at the Accenture Match Play Championship.

Stewart Cink considers himself an underachiever in his chosen profession but admits a victory against Tiger Woods in Sunday's final at the Accenture Match Play Championship would go a long way to changing his self image.

Tiger Woods’ bid for the Accenture Match Play Championship title has barely survived after a tight encounter at Dove Mountain.

Colin Montgomerie crashed out of the Accenture Match Play Championship tonight.

Defending champion Henrik Stenson again made hard work for himself at the Accenture Match Play Championship on Thursday before eventually edging through his second round meeting with Trevor Immelman at the seventh hole of a play-off.

A day after playing some of the best golf of his life, Paul Casey struggled in the second round at the Accenture Match Play Championship today.

Colin Montgomerie, so many times Europe’s Ryder Cup hero, produced a sizzling back nine to hold off American Charles Howell in the second round of the Accenture Match Play Championship today.

Colin Montgomerie made an inauspicious start in his second-round encounter at the Accenture Match Play Championship on Thursday.

Six British players won their first round contests at the Accenture Match Play Championship on Wednesday and nobody was more impressive than world number 26 Paul Casey.

Tiger Woods admitted he was "very, very fortunate" to have escaped with a narrow victory in the opening round at the Accenture Match Play Championship.

Padraig Harrington, Colin Montgomerie and Sergio Garcia posted emphatic victories as the European contingent shone in the first round at the Accenture Match Play Championship today.

Tiger Woods will be in unfamiliar territory in the first round of the Accenture Match Play Championship – facing an opponent who hits the ball further.

Ernie Els has explained he made the late decision to play the Accenture Match Play Championship because he feels he is well rested after his winter break.