Ireland’s Pádraig Harrington will continue his bid to stop his slide down the world rankings in the Sanderson Farms Championship in Mississippi this week.

Marcus Fraser holds a two-stroke lead at the Australian PGA Championship following a second-round 65 but a host of big names, including Bubba Watson, Robert Allenby and Adam Scott, remain in contention at Coolum.

Geoff Ogilvy is firmly on course to win the Australian Open after extending his lead over the rest of the field to five shots after today’s third round.

Daniel Gaunt joined fellow Australians Alistair Presnell and Adam Bland in the lead at six-under after the opening round of the Australian Masters at Victoria Golf Club in Melbourne.

The last time Ernie Els won at Doral in Miami he went on to win The Open four months later.