Paul Dunne qualified for next month’s US Open as three-time US Open winner Tiger Woods was suffering another public humiliation that leaves as many questions about the former world No 1’s mental well-being as it does about his ailing back.

Graeme McDowell has returned to Orlando from Malaysia to begin his Masters preparations at a little known private golf course that has remained relatively hidden for 100 years.

The PGA of America is considering staging the USPGA Championship, one of golf’s four majors, outside the United States.

THE Greg Norman-designed Doonbeg Golf Club has been named as the “Best New International Course of 2002”, by the prestigious Golf Digest magazine.