As another second Sunday in April transformed from warmth to cool, and majestic Georgia pines cast sprawling shadows, “Masters roars” crescendoed from one corner of Augusta National to the other and the thought occurred: will they ever again ring out for Tiger Woods?

JUST like old times, Jack and Arnie, the Golden Bear and the King, were gearing up to be centre stage at a major championship today, with golf’s most enduring personalities set to fulfil their roles as honorary starters at the 75th Masters.

Two days after telling Jack Nicklaus that Augusta National had become too tough for him, 60-year-old Tom Watson revived memories of last year’s Open with a brilliant start to the 2010 Masters.

HAVING taken a few weeks off to recharge the batteries, recover from a few nagging aches and get in a few hours of practice, Pádraig Harrington and Rory McIlroy return to action in this week’s Shell Houston Open.

FOR a man whose Augusta National experiences have been shaped by his spectacular failures there, Greg Norman’s return to the Masters has been met with an amazing amount of hype.

PLANS for a €60 million five-star hotel and a championship golf course designed by Jack Nicklaus will be unveiled in Donegal today.

MICHAEL CAMPBELL is the champion and another HSBC World Match Play has ended.

Just as he did in the Masters last year Phil Mickelson birdied the final hole to win the US PGA title at Baltusrol today.

Charlie Mulqueen

Same course, same golfer, same story. Tiger Woods is the man to beat at the Open championship at St Andrews.

After one hole of the British Open championship Luke Donald had one thought in his mind.

JACK NICKLAUS yesterday expressed a degree of sympathy for Tiger Woods and the expectations his outrageous golfing talent heaps on the world’s number one.

At 9.01am precisely tomorrow the eyes of the sporting world turn to Muirfield and its golfing minefields.

Just nine players finished under-par last night after the third round in the British Seniors' Championship at Royal County Down.