This has not been the best of seasons for Tiger Woods – to say the least.

Luke Donald did not face Tiger Woods on his Ryder Cup debut but he will on his first appearance in the American Express world championship at Mount Juliet in Co Kilkenny on Thursday.

People lined up for food and water while others searched in vain for generators in the sweltering heat as Florida residents began cleaning up all over again, demoralised by the fourth hurricane in six weeks to batter the state.

TIGER WOODS has been handed a glorious opportunity to close the gap at the top of the world rankings on Vijay Singh as a result of the Fijian’s shock withdrawal last night from the American Express Championship starting at Mount Juliet on Thursday.

RELIEF workers are warning of an epidemic of diseases such as malaria and tetanus in Haiti, as a humanitarian crisis mounts following devastating floods that killed 1,650 people and left 400,000 homeless.

Hurricane Jeanne has led to world number one Vijay Singh pulling out of this week’s American Express world championship at Mount Juliet in County Kilkenny.

Jeanne, Florida’s fourth hurricane in six weeks, piled on destruction in already ravaged areas, slicing across the state with howling wind that rocketed debris from earlier storms and torrents of rain that turned streets into rivers.

AT least three people died and more than a million were left without power yesterday after Hurricane Jeanne hit Florida’s east coast.

Hurricane Jeanne lashed Florida’s Atlantic Coast early today with 120mph winds and drenching rains, putting the weather-weary state in the record books.

Hurricane Jeanne lashed the Bahamas with violent winds and torrential rains today, making a direct hit on Abaco island and threatening the country’s second largest city of Freeport while hundreds of people took refuge in emergency shelters.

Hundreds of people fled their homes and took refuge in shelters set up in schools and churches today as Hurricane Jeanne bore down on the Bahamas with 100mph winds and torrential rains, threatening more destruction to an island chain still recovering from Hurricane Frances.

WITH Florida firmly in its sights, Hurricane Jeanne bore down on the Bahamas with violent winds and drenching rains last night threatening more destruction on islands still recovering from Hurricane Frances.

A revitalised Hurricane Jeanne was tonight on a path for the Bahamas and then on to the Atlantic coast of Florida, a state still reeling from three earlier storms.