TIGER WOODS has hired Joe LaCava to be his third full-time caddie.

The decline and fall of Tiger Woods has come to this – he does not even qualify for the next world championship as things stand.

RYDER CUP hero Graeme McDowell admitted yesterday that he nearly spoke up when he heard he was down for the anchor role at Celtic Manor on Monday.

Jim Furyk, the man who began the FedEx Cup play-offs by oversleeping and being disqualified, now looms as the biggest threat to Luke Donald's hopes of a bumper pay day this weekend.

Luke Donald held a one-shot lead after a superb outward 32 in his second round of the Tour Championship in Atlanta today.

LUKE DONALD and Paul Casey are even closer to a possible £7.2million jackpot – the richest prize in golf – this weekend after making superb starts to the Tour Championship in Atlanta today.

Paul Casey is in position in Chicago to make his exclusion from the Ryder Cup look a huge mistake by Colin Montgomerie.

Tiger Woods remained an also-ran at the BMW Championship in Chicago today – and Rory McIlroy was still one of the back-markers.

Matt Kuchar remains the man to catch in the FedEx Cup play-offs after opening the BMW Championship with a superb seven-under-par 64 at Cog Hill today.

Hurricane Earl caused a one-hour delay in play at the Deutsche Bank Championship in Boston today with Rory McIlroy and Brian Davis one stroke off the lead.

Paul Casey looked close to tears tonight after being told he had not made the Ryder Cup team.

FOR anyone wondering why Sergio Garcia has decided to take a two-month break from golf after this week’s USPGA Championship, it should become abundantly clear by checking out his latest gift to the world of YouTube.

IAN POULTER reaped the rewards for Sunday’s hard-fought one-stroke victory at the Barclays Singapore Open as the Ryder Cup contender ended a two-year winless streak to leap to a career-high 15th in the world.

THE European Tour has confirmed that prize money in the season-ending Dubai World Championship is being cut by 25% because of the economic downturn.

Britain’s world number three Paul Casey is out of this week’s Barclays event in New Jersey, the first leg of the US Tour’s FedEx Cup play-off series.

World number three Vijay Singh has revealed he will play more frequently on the European Tour next year.

Colombian Camilo Villegas leaps into the world top 20 for the first time after his victory in the US Tour’s BMW Championship, the third leg of the FedEx Cup play-off series.

Tiger Woods shot a six-under-par 64 in the third round at the Tour Championship, but it was not good enough to increase his lead.