Tiger Woods has revealed a new incentive as he tries to climb back to the top - his children want to see him on television.

Whether you agree paying Tiger Woods more in appearance money than the entire prize fund was worth in Abu Dhabi at the weekend or not, he contributed hugely to the success of the tournament.

It was first blood to Rory McIlroy today as he, Tiger Woods and Luke Donald took their opening steps in a season which promises so much.

Tiger Woods does not deny that appearance money is one of the factors in determining where he plays.

TIGER WOODS, along with the top four players in the world rankings, will contest this week’s Abu Dhabi Championship.

Tiger Woods, outside the world’s top 50 early last month, will close in on the top 10 if he wins in Abu Dhabi this week.

TIGER WOODS starts his season in Abu Dhabi next week unhappy his former coach Hank Haney is writing a book about their time together.

JUST about everybody by now has had their fling at picking their various sporting stars of 2011.

Luke Donald's shoulders slumped when he bogeyed the opening hole for the second round running at the Dubai World Championship today. But, just as he did in his first round 72, the world number one came straight back with three birdies in the next four holes.

TIGER WOODS thinks his late father would have been proud of him for finally ending more than two years without a win — and especially the way he did it.

Tiger Woods thinks his late father would have been proud of him for finally ending more than two years without a win – and especially for the way he did it.

Tiger Woods has climbed back up to 21st in the world rankings after finally ending more than two years without a victory.

TIGER WOODS scored his first win since the 2009 Australian Masters with a thrilling last-shot win over fellow American Zach Johnson at the Chevron World Challenge event at Thousand Oaks, California last night.

Tiger Woods today ended a long barren streak by winning his first tournament since 2009 – making birdie at the closing two holes to win the Chevron World Challenge.

Tiger Woods gave up the lead at the Chevron World Challenge as Zach Johnson edged one shot ahead after the third round in California.

YOU could be forgiven for thinking the end of the competitive golf season had finally arrived now we are almost into the month of December.

PEOPLE should cast their minds back a year before declaring that Tiger Woods is on his way back to the top.

THIS time last year, Graeme McDowell was the toast of the golfing world.

THEY may have experienced wildly different campaigns in the Majors this year, but hope springs eternal for Rory McIlroy and Pádraig Harrington as they look forward to strong finishes to their seasons.

GRAEME McDOWELL is looking forward to this week’s Irish Open and hoping it can act as a springboard to a strong second half of what has been a disappointing year.

Graeme McDowell is looking forward to the start of what he calls “the big show” – two rounds with Tiger Woods in The Masters at Augusta.

GRAEME McDOWELL will have another chance to get one over on Tiger Woods starting tomorrow after the pair were grouped together for the first two rounds of the Masters in yesterday’s draw.

GRAEME McDOWELL finds it “surreal” to think that he has outstripped Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson in the world rankings.

Graeme McDowell hopes he will finally be able to replicate his excellent team match play record in individual competition when the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship gets under way in Tucson this week.

THE Irish trio at this week’s Accenture World Match Play in Tucson enter the event with contrasting form.

THE many American commentators who wondered aloud about Graeme McDowell’s worthiness to be crowned US Open champion after his great victory at Pebble Beach last June have been forced to eat another dose of humble pie after the latest heroics by the Portrush man in the Hyundai Tournament of Champions in Hawaii on Sunday.

GRAEME McDOWELL, now up to fifth in the world rankings, is confident that a change from Callawayto Srixon clubs will not harm hisprospects of making a strong start tothe new season in Hawaii this week.

US OPEN champion Graeme McDowell, his Rathmore clubmate Alan Dunbar; Danielle McVeigh from Royal Co Down and Bill Gibson from the Curragh have been chosen for their annual awards by the Irish Golf Writers Association.

Ryder Cup hero Graeme McDowell agrees with Lee Westwood's assessment that Rory McIlroy would have been a more worthy recipient than Rickie Fowler of the PGA Tour Rookie of the Year award.

THE unlikely comeback.

Graeme McDowell is up to a career-high seventh in the world after his amazing victory over Tiger Woods in California.

Tiger Woods’ hopes of ending his title drought ended in a playoff as Graeme McDowell stormed back to win the Chevron World Challenge.

Tiger Woods is top of the leaderboard after the opening round of the Chevron World Challenge in Thousand Oaks, California.

TIGER WOODS has a final chance to claim his first victory of the year at this week’s Chevron World Challenge and close the curtain on a 2010 campaign he described as “very painful”.

SUNDAY’S confirmation by the European Tour that the July 28-31 date has been reserved for the 2011 Irish Open and chief executive George O’Grady’s comment that Killarney is the preferred venue had been well flagged but there is still no guarantee the tournament will take place in 2011.

RORY McILROY and Padraig Harrington will continue their single-minded chase for major glory by doing things their own special way next season.

Padraig Harrington is one of five European Ryder Cup-winning players that will take part in the Nedbank Golf Challenge in South Africa during early December.

Jim Furyk is the 13th different winner in 13 US Tour events so far this year - and very relieved to be so.

Scandal-hit Tiger Woods has decided to take an “indefinite break” from golf as he apologised for his “infidelity”.

IT certainly was an ill wind that blew in favour of Graeme McDowell when Tiger Woods pulled out of his own tournament last week.

JUST when he thought he was nearly out of the woods as regards allegations about his private life, yet more women have come forward claiming to have joined Tiger Woods in extra-marital trysts.

Jim Furyk’s victory at the Chevron World Challenge has moved him from 11th to sixth in the world rankings pushing 20-year-old Rory McIlroy out of the top 10 after he withdrew ill from the Nedbank Challenge in South Africa.

Graeme McDowell thanked his good fortune at Tiger Woods’ expense as he booked his ticket to the 2010 Masters last night.