Rory McIlroy is tied for second in the Honda Classic in Florida after carding a four-under-par first round of 66.

Game on. Lee Westwood and Rory McIlroy will go head-to-head in the semi-finals of the Accenture Match Play Championship in Tucson tomorrow – and the reward for the winner at the end of the day could be the world number one spot.

Hunter Mahan, the man whose defeat to Graeme McDowell decided the last Ryder Cup, raced into the semi-finals of the Accenture Match Play Championship in Tucson today.

Rory McIlroy and Lee Westwood still have a chance to go to world number one this weekend – and they do not have to beat Tiger Woods to get there.

A struggling Tiger Woods was forced to hole a nine-foot par putt on the 18th to see off Spaniard Gonzalo Fernandez Castano as Graeme McDowell and Darren Clarke crashed out in the first round of the WGC-Accenture Match Play at Dove Mountain.

Graeme McDowell was the first player to tee off in the Accenture Match Play Championship in Tucson today – and the first player to make his exit.

Luke Donald is set to start his Accenture Match Play title defence against former world number one Ernie Els in Tucson on Wednesday.

Four birdies in the first seven holes from Korean Bae Sang-moon showed that Rory McIlroy again had nothing to fear from the Congressional course in Bethesta, Maryland as the final round of the US Open began.

South Korean star Bae Sang-moon held his nerve to capture the Kolon-Hana Bank Korea Open today.

Rory McIlroy climbed into a share of the third round lead at the Kolon-Hana Bank Korea Open today with a four-under-par 67.

John Bickerton is hoping playing with Ross McGowan tomorrow will prove a good omen as the English pair head into the final round of the Johnnie Walker Classic tied for the lead.

Bae Sang-moon fired a two-under-par 69 on Sunday to claim victory at the Kolon-Hana Bank Korea Open as Ian Poulter’s challenge collapsed on the closing holes.