Lee Westwood has described Tiger Woods as “just somebody else you’ve got to beat.”

England’s Graeme Storm hopes to follow up his sixth place finish in Miami two weeks ago with victory in the Portuguese Open on Sunday – if he does not have to rush home first.

Colin Montgomerie still has to climb four more places in the world rankings to qualify for the Masters at Augusta on April 10-13.

Darren Clarke, has "95% recovered" from his hamstring injury that forced him out of last week's Irish Open, according to spokesman Martin Hardy.

Not since Max Faulkner in 1953 has anybody managed a successful defence of the Spanish Open, but a golden opportunity has presented itself to Niclas Fasth this week.

Paul Broadhurst will this week try to match Tiger Woods’ achievement last Sunday by winning a European Tour event three years in a row when he defends his Portuguese Open title.

England’s Justin Rose is among seven players who have earned late invitations to next week’s Masters.

Tiger Woods notched up win number 77 of his professional career even with a real mixed bag of a final round in Miami last night.

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

Four times a winner on the US Tour, American Notah Begay knows he might never have a better chance to win on the European Tour than this weekend in Madeira.

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.

Two weeks before they make their debuts in the Masters at Augusta, Bradley Dredge and Kenneth Ferrie have opted for some hill-walking training as well as golf practice this week.