Turnberry turned from a pussycat into a beast today - but while Tiger Woods became its biggest victim, Tom Watson continued magically on his merry way.

Tiger Woods got his bid for a 15th major title under way in the Open Championship at Turnberry today – but was in danger of being upstaged by the oldest man in the field.

Lee Westwood will go head-to-head with Tiger Woods in the first two rounds of The Open at Turnberry on Thursday and Friday – just as he did on the final day of the US Open last year.

ENGLAND’S Benn Barham and Scotland’s Marc Warren played their final round at the BMW Italian Open in Turin in a mere 141 minutes yesterday.

A fine birdie at the 15th helped YE Yang maintain his slender one-stroke lead at the Honda Classic after the Korean carded a solid third round of 70 in Florida.

Ernie Els was overjoyed to end his long wait for a PGA Tour title when he overcame a three-shot deficit to win the Honda Classic at PGA National yesterday.

Luke Donald, Mark Calcavecchia and Matt Jones tied on six under par to lead the Honda Classic by one stroke from Jose Coceres and Brian Davis after the third round in Florida.

Woody Austin and Mark Calcavecchia captured the Merrill Lynch Shootout with a one-shot victory over Greg Norman and Bubba Watson last night.

Tiger Woods shot a six-under-par 64 in the third round at the Tour Championship, but it was not good enough to increase his lead.

Colin Montgomerie was left feeling confused following a “telephone number” back nine that still left him within striking distance of the first-round lead at the WGC Bridgestone Invitational in Akron, Ohio.

Nick Watney put himself in a good position for an early birthday present by emerging as third-round leader at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans on Saturday.

England’s Justin Rose is among seven players who have earned late invitations to next week’s Masters.

THE world’s top 75 golfers descend on Doral Golf Resort in Florida this week for the World Golf Championships/CA Championship, with 27-year PGA Tour veteran Mark Calcavecchia and his store-bought putter two of the more unexpected participants in the event.

Mark Calcavecchia won the Pods Championship in a dramatic finish today.

Mark Calcavecchia tied the course record as he charged into the clubhouse lead with a brilliant third round at the Pods Championship on Saturday.

Hunter Haas fired a nine-under-par 63 to grab a one-shot lead after the first round of the $4.4m (€3.6m) Funai Classic at Disney World on Thursday.

Colin Montgomerie was today battling to hold on to the lead on the second day of the American Express Championship in San Francisco.

Looking for his first win in four years, Mark Calcavecchia fired a one-over-par 71 in Sunday's final round and held on for a one-shot victory at the $5.5 million Bell Canadian Open.

Mark Calcavecchia nearly squandered all of what was a seemingly comfortable lead on Saturday in the third round of the $5.5m (€4.4m) Bell Canadian Open.

Lee Westwood today suffered a nightmare start to the 134th Open championship at St Andrews.

Yorkshire golfer Richard Finch stepped into the unknown today when he took a one-stroke lead into the third round of the Telecom Italian Open in Milan.

ENGLISH golfer Richard Finch had the best possible reason yesterday to cancel plans to attend a friend’s wedding in Portugal this weekend.

American Mark Calcavecchia was excused for having other things on his mind as he made a poor start to the Telecom Italian Open in sunny Milan today.

Mark Garrod, Milan

Former Open champion Mark Calcavecchia and South African David Frost add a little extra international flavour to the Telecom Italian Open in Milan this week.

THE ROYAL & Ancient aren’t generally known for a sense of humour and would never, it was imagined, get up to a bit of mischief.

Mark Calcavecchia insists anyone can win this week’s Open championship at Royal Troon – but concedes it would take a miracle for it to be him.

TOMMY ARMOUR III claimed his first PGA Tour win in 13 years and set a scoring record at the same time in the Texas Open at San Antonio.

Tiger Woods’ grip on his one remaining major is hanging by a thread after a day he will want to forget at Olympia Fields near Chicago.

PAUL McGINLEY yesterday joined a long list of Irish men who have played crucial parts in Ryder Cup victories.

The USA have won another hole in both the sixth and eighth matches in today's Ryder Cup fourballs.

Darren Clarke and Thomas Bjorn will try to repeat the greatest performances of their careers when they take on Tiger Woods in the opening match of the Ryder Cup at The Belfry tomorrow.

American captain Curtis Strange tonight defended Tiger Woods’ early morning practice session that denied fans the chance to see the world number one in action.

American Ryder Cup captain Curtis Strange revealed some more of his thinking today as practice continued for the match at The Belfry.

Darren Clarke gave himself even more ground to make up when the second round of the American Express world championship began at Mount Juliet in Co Kilkenny today.

IT WAS just a round of golf. Not life or death, not world-changing, not important in the grand scheme of things.

Former Open champion Mark Calcavecchia has revealed there is no love lost between world number one Tiger Woods and his closest rival, Phil Mickelson.

Rocco Mediate cruised to his fifth US PGA Tour title, overcoming a record-tying performance by Mark Calcavecchia to win the Greater Greensboro Classic.

First round scores from the Williams World Challenge at The Sherwood Country Club Golf Course, Thousand Oaks.

American Ryder Cup captain Curtis Strange is to announce his two wildcard players around noon (Irish Time) today.

New world rankings:

Padraig Harrington - making his first appearance in the Players Championship - made a dream start with back-to-back birdies at Sawgrass.

Tiger Woods will be bidding for a hat-trick of wins when he returns to Pebble Beach tomorrow.