Ernie Els has scraped into the 64-man field for next week’s WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship in Arizona – thanks to Phil Mickelson taking the week off.

PÁDRAIG HARRINGTON insists he will have to get back to his match play roots if he is avoid a first-round sucker-punch at the hands of Australian heavyweight Geoff Ogilvy in the $8.5m (€6.2m) WGC –Accenture Match Play in Tucson.

Thongchai Jaidee gave early-arriving fans a treat with the first hole in one of the week as the third round of the 110th US Open got under way in California on Saturday.

Jack Fleck has three significant memories of his epic 1955 US Open victory over Ben Hogan.

American Arron Oberholser has moved up from 80th to 41st in the world rankings following his maiden US Tour victory in the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-am.

American Arron Oberholser capitalised on a massive stroke of luck to land his first US Tour title today.

American Arron Oberholser was given a huge early boost when the final round of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-am began today.

Luke Donald followed up one of the luckiest bounces of his career to stay in the hunt for the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-am today.

England’s Luke Donald swept into the early lead at the US PGA Tour’s AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-am in California today.

RYDER CUP players Paul Casey, Miguel Angel Jimenez and Lee Westwood, double Masters champion Jose Maria Olazabal and Angel Cabrera, Graeme McDowell and Nick O’Hern are the latest players to confirm their participation in the Nissan Irish Open at Carton House Golf Club, Maynooth, from May 19-22.

Tiger Woods will be bidding for a hat-trick of wins when he returns to Pebble Beach tomorrow.