Michelle Wie has entered for the United States Open at Pinehurst in June – and officials at the United States Golf Association are studying history books to see if she is the first female ever to try to qualify.

PADRAIG HARRINGTON is all for it; Greg Norman, Ernie Els and Colin Montgomerie are all against it.

STEPHEN GALLACHER missed equalling the lowest round of his European Tour career by incurring a bizarre one-shot penalty for hitting the ball when he did not mean to.

ANNIKA SORENSTAM, back where she belongs on the LPGA Tour following her brief flirtation with the men a fortnight ago, is in prime form for this week’s McDonald’s LPGA Championship.

Rory Sabbatini may have put himself in position for his first title in three years but his achievements were overshadowed by the appearance of Annika Sorenstam at the Colonial.

ANNIKA SORENSTAM defied her critics with a highly creditable one over par 71 in her first-ever round on the PGA Tour.

ERNIE ELS, having hurt himself hitting a punchbag in March, was not looking to pick a fight with anybody at Wentworth yesterday.

ANNIKA SORENSTAM was playing just like the guys in her group. She was hitting fairways, reaching some greens and leaving herself in position for pars and maybe even a birdie or two.

Swedish star Annika Sorenstam will try to defy the doubters when she tees up in the Bank of America Colonial event tomorrow.

Ernie Els, having hurt himself hitting a punchbag in March, was not looking to pick a fight with anybody at Wentworth today.

JULI INKSTER fired a closing 66 to win her second US Women's Open title by two shots from Sweden's world number one Annika Sorenstam on Sunday.