DA Points found form out of nowhere to claim victory at the Shell Houston Open by a shot and book his place at the Masters.

Tiger Woods lamented his putting after finding himself seven shots off the lead following the opening round of the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational.

When the world rankings came out this week 19-year-old Italian Matteo Manassero found himself third reserve for the Open Championship.

Troy Matteson remained at the top of the John Deere Classic leaderboard after carding a second round 68 today.

Webb Simpson was nervous about playing with Tiger Woods for the first two rounds at the Wells Fargo Championship, but on day two the challenge came from another familiar face in the form of his house guest Nick Watney.

Tiger Woods is in danger of missing the cut at the Wells Fargo Championship in Charlotte, but Rory McIlroy’s hopes of winning back the world number one spot remain very much alive.

Rory McIlroy is now just two shots behind the leaders after holing two birdies in his opening five holes in The Masters at Augusta today.

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.

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

World number one Luke Donald has officially withdrawn from next week’s HSBC Champions world championship in Shanghai to be home for the birth of his and his wife's second child.

Australia‘s Robert Allenby led the way as he came to the end of his opening round at the CIMB Asia Pacific Classic.

Webb Simpson took a step towards top spot on the PGA Tour's money list by shooting a seven-under-par 63 to share the lead in the first round of the McGladrey Classic at Sea Island.

Michael Bradley held a one-stroke lead after a first day of the Travelers Championship on which only just over three-and-a-half hours’ play was possible due to thunderstorms.

THE little fella might have been three decades older than his 53 years the way he struggled up the hill.

Fourteen birdies between them in just 10 holes were still not enough to make Europe’s world leaders Martin Kaymer, Lee Westwood and Luke Donald the overnight pacesetters in Miami.

A clean-up operation was needed at the Blue Monster course in Miami after gusts of over 50 miles per hour disrupted the start of the WGC-Cadillac Championship.

Only 30 minutes’ play was possible before a fierce thunderstorm hit the WGC-Cadillac Championship in Miami today.

The 69-strong field for the WGC-Cadillac Championship was cut to 66 before a ball was struck in Miami today.

Graeme McDowell has still to make the quarter-finals of the WGC-Accenture Match Play for the first time after losing to Korean YE Yang in Tucson today.

After two days of the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship in Tucson there are only three top 10 seeds left – and they are all European.

RORY McILROY crashed to the second biggest defeat in the history of the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship as Graeme McDowell battled his way into the last 16 at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club near Tucson.

Rory McIlroy was on the receiving end of an absolute hammering at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship in Tucson today.

Graeme McDowell hopes to show Ryder Cup team-mate Ross Fisher today why he is now the world number four.

Tiger Woods is out of the WGC-Accenture Match Play already, beaten on the first extra hole by Dane Thomas Bjorn in today’s opening round.

Ernie Els is expected to be back in action at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship in Tucson on Wednesday after a sore neck kept him out of last week’s Northern Trust Open in Los Angeles.

World number one Lee Westwood will now have to play former winner and former Ryder Cup teammate Henrik Stenson in the first round of the WGC-Accenture Match Play in Arizona on Wednesday – providing there are no more withdrawals.

Ian Poulter is set to start the defence of his WGC-Accenture Match Play title against 2009 Open champion Stewart Cink if all the world’s top 64 show up in Tucson next week.

American Jonathan Byrd and Swede Carl Petterson both shot impressive first rounds of 66 to share the leadership of the Hyundai Tournament of Champions in Hawaii.

A birdie at the last hole saw Ben Crane hold off Brian Davies to win the CIMB Asia Pacific Classic by one stroke.

Ben Crane will take a two-stroke lead into the final round of the CIMB Asia-Pacific Classic after the American shot a five-under-par 66 to move clear of the field.

AT a time when it seems like everything is going according to plan for the European Ryder Cup team, it is more than a little ironic and disturbing that Pádraig Harrington finds himself struggling for one of the eight automatic places in Colin Montgomerie’s team.

SIX months ago who would have foreseen the possibility of the European Ryder Cup team facing the Americans in October without Sergio Garcia?

Englishman Brian Davis produced a second successive round of 65 to share the lead at the Crowne Plaza Invitational in Fort Worth, Texas.

KJ Choi came within one hole of an extraordinary third round Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial before his day was ruined by a quadruple bogey at the 18th.

THE so called fifth major, the Players Championship at Sawgrass over the weekend, proved a salutary lesson for Ireland’s top two players, Rory McIlroy and Pádraig Harrington.

Lee Westwood has another disappointment to add to his long list, this time out-gunned by a player who knows even more about near-misses.

After 108 starts in America since his one and only win 12 years ago Lee Westwood could today make it three European victories in a row at golf’s richest event.

Phil Mickelson’s bid to become world number one for the first time – at the expense of Tiger Woods – began with a birdie at Sawgrass today, but it was not the start of something special.

Tiger Woods will play with fellow American Matt Kuchar and Korean KJ Choi in the first two rounds of The Masters on Thursday and Friday.

THE certainty that there will be a fierce battle for places in the European Ryder Cup this year is good news for the ‘3’ Irish Open Championship at Killarney over the August Bank Holiday, less than a month before Colin Montgomerie’s team to face the USA at Celtic Manor is finalised.

RORY McILROY pulled a brilliant victory from the jaws of defeat when the WGC-Accenture World Match Play Championship began in Tucson yesterday.

Rory McIlroy pulled a brilliant victory from the jaws of defeat when the WGC-Accenture World Match Play Championship began in Tucson today.

A dazzling putting display gave Luke Donald victory over ex-Walker Cup team-mate Graeme McDowell at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship in Tucson today.