JASON DAY fought through a rocky final round for a 2-over 72 that was good enough to give the 22-year-old Australian the Byron Nelson Championship title for his first win of his PGA Tour career.

BALLYLIFFIN’S Thomas Kearney has been handed a dream invitation to tee it up in this week’s Valero Texas Open on the PGA Tour.

COLOMBIAN Camilo Villegas landed the Honda Classic title at Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, after holding off a European challenge led by Justin Rose.

American golfer Doug Barron has been suspended for a year by the PGA Tour after committing a doping offence.

IT will take Tiger Woods another four weeks at least before he can renew his bid for a 15th major championship and so narrow the gap on Jack Nicklaus at the top of the honours list to three.

Journeyman professional Jeff Brehaut is intent on enjoying his time at the top of the US Open leaderboard, however long it lasts at Bethpage Black.

Kenny Perry has taken the lead after the third round of the FBR Open.

The New Zealand Open will be co-sanctioned by the Australasian Tour and the USPGA Tour’s Nationwide Tour for at least the next two years after cutting ties with the European Tour.

Oliver Wilson played only two games on his Ryder Cup debut at the weekend, but the event was still so emotional and so mentally draining that he has pulled out of this week’s Quinn Direct British Masters at The Belfry.

Not one of the world's top 20 is in the field for the US Tour's Bob Hope Chrysler Classic starting over three courses at La Quinta in California tomorrow.

Former European Open champion Kenneth Ferrie starts his new career on the US Tour in Hawaii tomorrow – and does so alongside an American who, for a very different reason, is just as excited to be at the Sony Open.

Lee Westwood pardoned a previously condemned putter to storm into contention for his first European Tour title in almost four years.

Mark Wilson outlasted a trio of players in a three-hole play-off on Monday to win the Honda Classic.

Padraig Harrington was disappointed not to have made more headway after finishing the third round of the Honda Classic tied for seventh.

AARON BADDELEY hopes his second PGA Tour victory is the start of something big, maybe even major.

Tiger Woods carded two eagles and four birdies on his return to golf at Torrey Pines on Thursday - but he did not even come close to matching the performance of fellow American Brandt Snedeker.

A late flurry from Argentina’s Ariel Canete was enough to seal victory in the inaugural Joburg Open.

South Africa‘s Andrew McLardy surged into the early lead at the Joburg Open as the fourth round got under way at the Royal Johannesburg and Kensington Club.

BRAY’S Keith Nolan has revived his professional golfing career on the back of a fighting performance in the US Tour School that ended yesterday with the sixth and final round over the PGA West and Jack Nicklaus Tour courses in Florida.

Darron Stiles carded his second four-under-par 66 at the River Highlands and has a one-shot lead after Friday’s second round of the Buick Championship.

He may once have been banned from the European Tour, but Sweden’s Per-Ulrik Johansson is now more than happy to be back in the fold.

Tim Herron and Tom Pernice Jr both fired two-under-par 68s to share the lead after three rounds of the FedEx St Jude Classic in Memphis.

Darron Stiles carded a six-under-par 64 to take a two-shot lead after the second round of the St Jude Classic in Memphis.

American Chris Couch, shock leader of the Zurich Classic in New Orleans with a round to go, was hoping for a far less stressful Sunday than his last one.

LUKE DONALD achieved arguably the best win of his life yesterday when he captured the Honda Classic in Florida - and with it moved into the world’s top 10 for the first time.

Two of the hottest golfers on the PGA Tour, David Toms and Geoff Ogilvy, carded five-under-par 67s and are tied for the lead after the first round of the Honda Classic, which was suspended due to darkness with three players still to finish.

It continued to look as though the start of the 2006 US Tour season had come too soon for some players in Hawaii today.

Jason Gore shot a five-under-par 67 to take a two-shot lead after the third round of the 84 Lumber Classic in Pennsylvania.

Defending champion Vijay Singh trails leaders Brett Quigley and Australian Gavin Coles by one shot at the Houston Open.

Irish golfers Pádraig Harrington and Graeme McDowell have made the cut, but remain well off the pace after the second round of the Honda Classic in Florida.

THE Team Ireland Golf Trust have announced funding of over a quarter of a million euro for 29 Irish golfers.

Tiger Woods shot a six-under-par 65 for a share of the lead after the first round of the Deutsche Bank Championship in Massachusetts.

THE OCCASION was the 2003 US Masters. Tiger Woods was the defending champion, by a distance the game’s finest player and a man who held the American public enthralled.

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