Nick Faldo needed all his fighting qualities to dig himself out of a self-made hole at the Cisco World Match Play championship at Wentworth today.

Nick Faldo was gifted an early lead when he began his 18th appearance in the Cisco World Match Play championship at Wentworth today.

Ernie Els has ruled himself out of the race to win the European Order of Merit, saying he will take it easy for the rest of the season.

Open champion Ernie Els today pulled out of the race to be the European tour’s number one player this season.

For a man who threatened not to play the Ryder Cup because of its five rounds in three days, Colin Montgomerie faces something even more physically daunting this week.

PADRAIG HARRINGTON returns to the Cisco World Match Play championship tomorrow glad to have removed from his mind the hideous thought he was left with a year ago.

THE organisers of the Cisco World Match Play Championship have defended their decision to snub Ryder Cup star Darren Clarke for this year’s tournament.

Padraig Harrington returns to the Cisco World Match Play championship on Thursday glad to have removed from his mind the hideous thought he was left with a year ago.

Ian Woosnam has only to think back 12 months not to worry too much about his form going into the Cisco World Match Play Championship at Wentworth this week.

Ireland's Padraig Harrington will play Canadian Mike Weir in the first round of the Cisco World Match Play championship at Wentworth.

For the second successive year the European Order of Merit looks like ending with Retief Goosen and Padraig Harrington occupying the top two spots.

Ernie Els withdrew from the Dunhill Links Championship before his final round after his wife Liezl went into labour.

YOU might have expected Darren Clarke to have enough on his plate with the $5.5 million American Express World Championship over the next four days followed immediately

Ernie Els tops the list of entrants for next month's Cisco World Match Play Championship at Wentworth.

Open champion Ernie Els has warned Europe to expect a fired-up Tiger Woods at The Belfry later this month.

Darren Clarke decided to go on the attack in Seattle today – and was left wishing he had done it ages ago.

Lee Westwood experienced a feeling he has not had for a long, long time today - leading a golf tournament.

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Padraig Harrington has earned more than £1m this season and is on course to finish it in his highest-ever position on both the world rankings and European Order of Merit.

Ian Woosnam became the oldest-ever winner of the Cisco World Match Play championship at Wentworth with a two and one victory over Padraig Harrington today.

Sam Torrance, not even in the Cisco World Match Play championship until Tuesday, plays Padraig Harrington in the semi-finals of the £1million event at Wentworth tomorrow.

Thomas Bjorn said in March that he thought himself and Padraig Harrington had closed the gap on Europe’s ‘‘big three’’ of Lee Westwood, Darren Clarke and Colin Montgomerie.

Dublin's Padraig Harrington produced some blistering play to leave Nick Faldo needing a miracle in this afternoon's Cisco World Match Play championship first round clash at Wentworth.

Colin Montgomerie can understand any sportsman who wants to stay close to his family amid fears of more terrorist outrages.

Padraig Harrington knows better than to underestimate Nick Faldo in the first round of the Cisco World Match Play championship tomorrow.

Seve Ballesteros will play in this week's Cisco World Match Play championship at Wentworth.

Organisers are still trying to fill the last three places in the 12-man field for the Cisco World Match Play championship at Wentworth on October 11-14.