PÁDRAIG HARRINGTON might only be one place ahead of Rory McIlroy in the world rankings but the gulf in experience between the three-time major winner and the young Ulsterman was evident as they prepared for next week’s Masters Tournament at the Shell Houston Open.

THE bookmakers are running scared of Tiger Woods ahead of the WGC-CA Championship at Doral Golf Resort and Spa in Miami.

Retief Goosen shot a four-under-par 68 on Doral’s Blue Monster course to take a one-shot lead after the second round of the Ford Championship in Miami.

British American Tobacco and RJ Reynolds Tobacco have agreed to merge their US tobacco businesses, uniting the nation’s second and third largest tobacco companies in an effort to blunt the attacks of sagging sales and cheaper brands.

A judge in San Diego has fined RJ Reynolds Co more than €20 million for violating the terms of a US tobacco agreement by running magazine adverts aimed at teenagers.