Tiger Woods’ hopes of a third straight victory this year ended today when he withdrew from the Nissan Open in Los Angeles.

Tiger Woods had a real mixed bag when he returned to action in California today.

Jason Gore shot a five-under-par 67 to take a two-shot lead after the third round of the 84 Lumber Classic in Pennsylvania.

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.

Vijay Singh has the lead but Tiger Woods stole the show overnight at the Buick Open.

PÁDRAIG Harrington landed a 60ft eagle putt on the final hole to claim the Barclays Classic in New York late last night.

Irish golfers Pádraig Harrington and Graeme McDowell have made the cut, but remain well off the pace after the second round of the Honda Classic in Florida.

Justin Leonard has won out over Joe Ogilvie to register his first victory in nearly two years.

British raider Justin Rose remains in contention at the Chrysler Championship after a second-round level-par 71 in Florida.

It is not unusual to see the Stadler name atop the leaderboard at the Buick Invitational.

Michelle Wie admitted she had been nervous after shooting five bogeys and three birdies in a two-over-par 72 in the opening round of the Sony Open in Hawaii.

Gary Murphy shares the lead on six under par at the Dutch Open in Hilversum.

First-round scores from the Disney Golf Classic, Disney Magnolia and Disney Palm Course, Lake Buena Vista, Florida (par 72, US unless stated)

Craig Barlow shot his best round of the year - a six-under-par 65 - to claim a one-stroke lead after the second round of the Air Canada Championship in British Columbia.