Shane Lowry will face Rory McIlroy in the first round of the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship in Arizona on Wednesday.

Graeme McDowell’s victory at the World Challenge in California – his first title since the same event two years ago – has lifted him from 24th to 14th in the world.

Graeme McDowell was delighted to end a two-year victory drought with a three-shot success at the World Golf Challenge in California.

Graeme McDowell remains on course for victory at the World Golf Challenge after a solid third round at Thousand Oaks.

Graeme McDowell produced a superb second round of 66 in the second round of the Tiger Wood Challenge at Sherwood Country Club near Los Angeles last night to open up a three stroke lead in an event worth more than a million dollars to the champion at the conclusion of the event tomorrow.

Nick Watney topped the leaderboard after the first round of the World Challenge in California, with European Ryder Cup hero Graeme McDowell in a chasing pack of three.

American Nick Watney ended an eventful week in Malaysia with a brilliant 61 and a one-stroke victory at the CIMB Classic today, leaving Tiger Woods in joint fourth place after he closed with a 63.

Bo van Pelt clinched his first victory on the European Tour with a two-shot triumph in the ISPS HANDA Perth International.

Bo van Pelt extended his overnight lead and looks firmly poised to claim his maiden European Tour crown at the ISPS HANDA Perth International.

Bo van Pelt’s 60 foot birdie putt on the 18th green has given the American a one-shot lead heading into the final round of the ISPS HANDA Perth International.

Rory McIlroy has a $10m cheque firmly in his sights again with only two rounds of the FedEx Cup play-offs to go.

Rory McIlroy doesn’t have to win this week’s Tour Championship to pick up the massive FedEx Cup bonus of $10 million (€7.65m) bonus but he still has a lot of work to do if he is to leave East Lake, Atlanta, with golf’s richest prize tomorrow night.

The battle for the $10 million (€7.65m) FedEx Cup Series bonus is still very much alive after yesterday’s first round of the Tour Championship at East Lake, Atlanta.

World number one Rory McIlroy was among a quartet of players atop the leaderboard after continuing his sparkling form with an eight-under-par 64 in the first round of the USPGA Tour BMW Championship at Crooked Stick in Carmel.

Rory McIlroy is in a four-way tie at the top of the leaderboard at the BMW Championship at Crooked Stick after shooting an opening round of 64 last night.

After his dramatic win in Boston on Monday Rory McIlroy is only two shots off the lead at the BMW Championship.

United States captain Davis Love III cannot wait for the action to start after completing his line-up for this month’s Ryder Cup.

Davis Love III is set to end speculation – if not debate – over the final make-up of the United States Ryder Cup team by naming his four wildcard picks.

Rory McIlroy birdied two of his first three holes to move into the top 10 on day three of the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational in Akron, Ohio.

Tiger Woods held firm to beat Bo Van Pelt to the AT&T National title at Congressional and move second on the all-time list of PGA Tour winners.

Augusta National served up another thriller – and it ended with American Bubba Watson pulling off the fifth win by a left-hander in the last 10 Masters.

A week of constant improvement at Augusta National finally delivered a Masters low round of 68 for Graeme McDowell and left the former US Open champion regretting his poor attitude on the opening day.

As two-horse races go this was quite the contest.

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.

EUROPEAN TOUR chief George O’Grady wasn’t exaggerating when he claimed on Sunday that 2011 has been the greatest year in his organisation’s history.

Some spectacular putting today swept Swede Fredrik Jacobson into a two-shot lead with a round to go at the WGC-HSBC Champions in Shanghai.

Europe’s Ryder Cup race could well be led on Sunday night by a player who has appeared in the continent just three times in the past five seasons.

KEEGAN BRADLEY has not stopped pinching himself all year — and he was at it again yesterday after taking the lead in the final world championship of the season.

Hunter Mahan tore up the leaderboard on day three of the Tour Championship in Atlanta, wrestling the lead from Australian Adam Scott.

Sean O’Hair claimed victory in the RBC Canadian Open after beating Kris Blanks at the first play-off hole.

SO how exactly did Darren Clarke, ranked 111th in the world, climb from the depths of despair to become British Open champion?

IT is one of those assessments that is personal to the core, a belief you attach yourself to because you’re comfortable no one can offer evidence to the contrary or shake you from your point of view.

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.

David Toms made a final-day comeback to claim his first PGA Tour title in five years as he enjoyed a one-shot victory over Charlie Wi at the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial.

There is still one table in golf that has Tiger Woods as number one - the American Ryder Cup points list.

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.

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.

Rocco Mediate claimed his first PGA Tour victory since 2002 after an extraordinary finish to the Frys.com Open.

Rocco Mediate will take a three-shot lead into the final round of the Frys.com Open at CordeValle Golf Club.

US RYDER CUP captain Corey Pavin didn’t know whether to laugh or cry after surveying the leaderboard at the end of the WGC Bridgestone Invitational in Akron.

Phil Mickelson failed to capitalise on Tiger Woods' woeful third round at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational as he looked to close in on the world number one ranking.

Tiger Woods' hopes of fending off Phil Mickelson's bid to replace him at the top of the world rankings suffered another setback on the second day of the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational today.

Adam Scott and Retief Goosen moved to within a shot of overnight leader Bubba Smith during the early stages of the second round at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational.