The sign-writer, on standby in case of a dramatic feat at the Heineken Classic, was pressed into action yesterday as Ernie Els shredded Royal Melbourne to shoot an historic round of 60.

LIKE most other 14-year-old girls, Michelle Wie listens to underground music, watches the Disney Channel and loves to go shopping.

TIGER WOODS brushed aside suggestions he is in a slump at the NEC world championship in Akron yesterday insisting he is playing some of the best golf of his career.

US-based New Zealander Grant Waite continued his good relationship with Canadian courses when he held the lead after the first round of the Canadian Open.