PAUL CASEY has targeted a place in the world’s top 50 by the end of a year he is glad to see the back of.

Brian McElhinney may have played the Old Course at St Andrews seriously only once but he still believes he can succeed this week.

A shank on your second shot of the day is a pretty scary way to start a round of golf.

Darren Clarke has confirmed he will return to golf at next week’s Smurfit European Open at the K Club.

Fifteen-year-old Michelle Wie, runner-up to Annika Sorenstam in the second of the women’s majors on Sunday, has now become the first woman to qualify for an adult open championship conducted by the United States Golf Association.

As the only man to have held all four majors at the same time, Tiger Woods does not need anybody to tell him how best to go about trying to win a Grand Slam.

Peter Hedblom heard the crack and knew what it meant – a broken leg and the end for the time being of his European tour career.

TWO DAYS before he goes looking for a fourth Masters crown and ninth major title Tiger Woods believes his best is still to come.

Two days before he goes looking for a fourth Masters crown and ninth major title Tiger Woods said today he believes his best is still to come.

Seve Ballesteros will be missing for a seventh major running when the Masters is staged at Augusta in four weeks’ time.

Greg Norman withdrew from the Dubai Desert Classic before his second round today after suffering a recurrence of back trouble.

Michael Campbell bounced back from his US Masters disappointment to claim a share of the lead in the Italian Open in Milan today.

New Zealander Michael Campbell was excused for thinking that nobody liked him today as he grabbed the early second-round lead in the Smurfit European Open at the K Club near Dublin.

This year’s Open championship is likely to be the acid test for the Royal and Ancient Club, golf’s ruling body outside America, on whether something has to be done to limit how far the game’s top professionals now hit the ball.