It is now nearly 50 days since Tiger Woods crashed his car into a fire hydrant and a tree – and still there is no word on his whereabouts or when he might resume his career.

England's Ross Fisher, his sights still set on becoming the European Tour's number one this year, and American Anthony Kim will contest the final of the Volvo World Match Play Championship in Spain tomorrow.

Padraig Harrington will not be panicking yet, but surviving only one of his last five halfway cuts in America was definitely not what he had in mind after winning back-to-back majors last season.

Europe's newest star Rory McIlroy could face Tiger Woods in the third round of next week's Accenture World Match Play in Arizona - if, that is, the world number one decides he is ready to return to action.

Denmark’s Anders Hansen has leapt into the field for next week’s Accenture World Match Play in Arizona after achieving his second victory of the season in South Africa.

Darren Clarke has given up the chance to qualify for the Accenture world match play championship by pulling out of this week’s Malaysian Open.

Darren Clarke believes the “incredible” form of world number one Tiger Woods is a spur to each and every professional golfer.

England's Luke Donald fired a bogey-free six-under-par 64 to take a one-shot lead over compatriot Brian Davis after the opening round of the Honda Classic last night.

Colin Montgomerie believes he can help Sergio Garcia succeed where both have so far failed – win a major.

Ernie Els, the match play king of Wentworth, has once again omitted next month's Accenture world match play championship in Arizona from his schedule.

Henrik Stenson was the talk of golf earlier this year – and knows it is high time he did something to make everyone start speaking about him again.

American Steve Stricker carded the lowest round ever in an Open Championship at Carnoustie to set a testing clubhouse target today.

It has taken him three years, three long years, but finally Justin Rose is Augusta-bound again.

As if it is not hard enough for his rivals already, Tiger Woods now has Roger Federer helping him become an even better golfer.

Henrik Stenson is not sure he will ever be as famous as his caddie, but he could be ranked the third best player in golf on Sunday night.

European golf’s man of the moment Henrik Stenson was in superb form yet again when the CA World Championship began in wet and windy Miami today.

Two weeks before he plays the 75th major of his career Jose Maria Olazabal sprang back into life in windy Miami today.

Henrik Stenson has one world championship to his name and now he would like another – as well, of course, as the title of Masters champion in two weeks’ time.

Henrik Stenson is up from eighth to fifth in the world after his Accenture World Match Play victory – and that makes him the highest-placed Swede in the 21-year history of the rankings.

Fred Funk vindicated his decision to take part in the Mayakoba Golf Classic after carding a brilliant eight-under-par 62 to open up a two-shot lead after the first round at the Riviera Maya-Cancun course in Mexico.

Lee Westwood and Padraig Harrington clash in the first round of the Accenture world match play championship in Tucson on Wednesday – as do their Ryder Cup team-mates Darren Clarke and Sergio Garcia.

MANY of golf’s finest are snubbing this week’s World Cup at Sandy Lane in Barbados.

Colin Montgomerie produced his best golf in the US Open for almost a decade to take the first-round lead at Winged Foot.

David Howell has played just three rounds in the US Open, and is a total of 23 over par for the event.

Colin Montgomerie has pulled out of this week’s US PGA Tour event in an effort to bring his game back together in time for the Masters.

IRELAND'S "big three" of Padraig Harrington, Darren Clarke and Paul McGinley have suffered a noticeable drop in their world rankings since the beginning of 2006.

LUKE DONALD achieved arguably the best win of his life yesterday when he captured the Honda Classic in Florida - and with it moved into the world’s top 10 for the first time.

Luke Donald achieved arguably the best win of his life today when he captured the Honda Classic in Florida – and with it moved into the world’s top 10 for the first time.

The Blue Monster course at Doral in Florida appears to hold no fears for world number one Tiger Woods.

The countdown to next month’s Masters at Augusta starts in earnest tomorrow as the US Tour kicks off its ‘Florida Swing’ with nine of the world’s top 10 competing in the Ford Championship at Doral.

Rory Sabbatini has spoken out about heckling after grabbing the win which takes him top of the American golf tour.

SEVEN months ago Henrik Stenson had never played a golf tournament in America. Now he gets called in to speak to the media before he has even hit a shot.

There is a rapidly-reducing list of things Tiger Woods still has to do in golf - but one is win the Nissan Open in Los Angeles and another is start a season with three successive victories.

Colin Montgomerie missed a second-successive cut today when he crashed to a second-round 74 in the Johnnie Walker Classic in Perth.

IAN WOOSNAM and his potential Ryder Cup players must have been stirred, if not exactly shaken, by Chris DiMarco’s victory in the Abu Dhabi Championship at the weekend.

ONLY 44 minutes’ play was possible on the second day of golf’s richest event, the £4.5 million Players Championship, at Sawgrass yesterday.

DAVID TOMS crushed Ryder Cup team-mate Chris DiMarco six and five to win the Accenture World Match Play title in California yesterday - and with it a cheque for £686,052.

PÁDRAIG Harrington must be wishing that the golf season isn’t coming to an end after the outstanding form he has been showing over the past month.

Darren Clarke takes a one-stroke lead into the final round of one of golf’s richest events today.

New Zealander Michael Campbell came out of the golfing wilderness with a play-off win in the Nissan Irish Open at Portmarnock tonight.

Thomas Bjorn shares the lead with Michael Campbell and David Lynn going into the final round of the Nissan Open at Portmarnock.

Colin Montgomerie will not be repeating his experiment of spending eight weeks in America at the start of a season.

Tiger Woods was off to a flying start against Australian Stephen Leaney in their Accenture world match play championship third-round clash at La Costa in California today.