Ben Curtis is back up from 205th to 104th in the world following his victory today in the Booz Allen Classic.

England’s Simon Dyson earned himself a place in next month’s British Open at Hoylake after a marathon eight-hole play-off.

Ireland's Graeme McDowell, who came through a qualifying tournament for the US Open earlier this month, sank a 12-foot birdie putt to make into the British Open today.

Irish golfer Padraig Harrington has to wait another day to discover if he is to earn second-place finish in the Booz Allen Classic.

Ben Curtis played down talk of an easy victory in the Booz Allen Classic despite being eight stokes clear when bad weather called a halt to the final round in Maryland.

Ben Curtis is in sight of his first victory since the 2003 Open at Sandwich.

Ben Curtis carded a six-under-par 65 to hold a one-shot lead over Jose Coceres at the halfway stage of the Booz Allen Classic in Maryland.

Former European tour winner Jose Coceres left the rest of the field trailing in his wake with a second successive 64 at the Booz Allen Classic in Potomac.

Ben Curtis put a poor US Open behind him to grab the lead after the first round of the Booz Allen Classic in Maryland.

Padraig Harrington has to beat 10 of the world’s top 12 if he is to make a successful defence of the Barclays Classic in America this week.

A CLASSY guy and a classy golfer, that’s David Howell, who yesterday cruised to a convincing victory and a cheque for €708,330 in the BMW PGA Championship.

South Africa’s Rory Sabbatini went to the top of the US Tour money list in the best possible fashion.

It will surprise nobody if Sergio Garcia starts the Ryder Cup points race with a victory in Switzerland tomorrow.

Ben Crane stayed on top of the leaderboard at the US Bank Championship in Cincinnati despite carding his first bogeys of the tournament in the third round.

Luke Donald, beaten by Tiger Woods by seven shots the last time they played together in a major, underlined the massive strides he has made in two years when the US Open began at Pinehurst today.

South African Rory Sabbatini has issued an apology for his extraordinary behaviour at the Booz Allen Classic in Maryland on Sunday.

Bookmakers Ladbrokes have cut the odds on Ernie Els winning the US Open from 10/1 to 7/1 after receiving a £40,000 (€60,000) bet.

DARREN CLARKE out because of his wife’s ongoing battle against cancer, Pádraig Harrington under something of a cloud, also because of the serious illness of his father and coming off the back of missing the cut in the Booz Allen Classic at the weekend.

SERGIO GARCIA and Annika Sorenstam came up with a European double in America last night.

Englishmen Lee Westwood and Luke Donald are in a group of six golfers one shot behind leader Tom Kite after the third round of the Booz Allen Classic at Congressional Country Club’s Blue Course.

Robert Allenby carded seven birdies and just one bogey in a 65 to lead by two strokes after the second round of the Booz Allen Classic at the Congressional Country Club in Maryland.

DARREN CLARKE has withdrawn from next week's US Open to be with his wife Heather, who is suffering from cancer.

DARREN CLARKE has withdrawn from this week’s Booz Allen Classic in Maryland to spend time with his wife Heather, who is suffering from cancer.

Tiger Woods shot a six-under-par 65 for a share of the lead after the first round of the Deutsche Bank Championship in Massachusetts.

ADAM Scott captured his second PGA Tour win of the season after equalling the tournament scoring record in a four-shot victory at the Booz Allen Classic in Potomac, Maryland.

GRAEME McDowell’s spectacular final round of 64 that shot him up to a tie for fourth in the French Open at the weekend means that Ireland now has three players in the top ten of the European Tour order of merit.

Adam Scott captured his second PGA Tour win of the season after equalling the tournament scoring record in a four-shot victory at the Booz Allen Classic in Potomac, Maryland.

Glen Day was on the brink of becoming only the fourth player in PGA Tour history to shoot under 60 when a two-hour rain delay halted his charge and he had to settle for a nine-under-par 62 that left him three strokes behind Adam Scott at the Booz Allen Classic in Maryland.

JAY HAAS did not quite get the Father Day’s present yesterday he had been hoping for on Friday evening but it came pretty close.