Defending champion Steve Stricker and opening-day hero Paul Goydos were matching each other shot for shot as the leaders made the turn in the third round of the John Deere Classic in Illinois today.

A month after finishing sixth in The Masters, 50-year-old Fred Couples is in Texas tomorrow trying to qualify for The Open at St Andrews, the course on which he came joint third behind Tiger Woods and Colin Montgomerie in 2005.

Jason Bohn saw his lead trimmed to three shots as the rain-delayed third round of the Zurich Classic of New Orleans belatedly got under way.

English duo Brian Davis and Greg Owen hold a share of the overnight lead at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans after play was suspended for the day due to lightning and heavy rain at TPC Louisiana.

Brian Davis and Greg Owen moved into a share of the lead as the second round of the Zurich Classic of New Orleans was delayed due to lightning at TPC Louisiana today.

BRIAN DAVIS will tee it up at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans today with the status of golf’s newest hero following his show of sportsmanship in South Carolina last week.

Ryder Cup team-mates Padraig Harrington and Lee Westwood led the European bid to succeed Paul Casey on the Shell Houston Open victory podium after the defending champion withdrew due to injury.

Ryan Palmer sneaked in with a four-under-par round of 66 late in the day to take the halfway lead at the Sony Open in Honolulu.

An ambitious Ian Poulter saw his five-stroke halfway lead at the Barclays Singapore Open disappear after just six holes of his third round today as Thomas Levet and Japan’s Kodai Ichihara took full advantage before play was suspended.

Ian Poulter established a five-shot lead at the half-way point of the weather-interrupted Barclays Singapore Open today after blitzing a flawless seven-under-par 64 second round at Sentosa Golf Cub.

A buoyant Daniel Chopra revelled in his bogey-free second round at the weather-affected Barclays Singapore Open today as the Swede set the halfway clubhouse mark with a welcome return to form following a frustrating year.

Seven Europeans are through to this week’s BMW Championship in Illinois, the third leg of the US Tour’s FedEx Cup play-off series.

Tiger Woods moved into contention at the Buick Open thanks to a second-round 63 in Grand Blanc, Michigan.

Steve Lowery took the opening-round lead at the Buick Open in Michigan this morning as Tiger Woods made a slow start to his first tournament since the missing the cut at the Open Championship.

Tournament host Tiger Woods saw off defending champion Anthony Kim and held off a last-round charge from Hunter Mahan to win the AT&T National at Congressional Country Club.

Tournament host Tiger Woods overcame a shaky start to his third round at Congressional Country Club to set up a final-day showdown with defending champion Anthony Kim at the AT&T National in Maryland.

Tournament host Tiger Woods overcame a shaky start to his third round at Congressional Country Club today to set up a final-day showdown with defending champion Anthony Kim at the AT&T National in Maryland.

Tournament host Tiger Woods took charge at the AT&T National at Congressional Country Club on Friday but a back-nine collapse put paid to Paul Casey's hopes of competing over the weekend.

Mathias Gronberg led a Swedish charge at La Cantera as Justin Leonard maintained a share of his overnight lead in the Valero Texas Open today.

Germany’s Alex Cejka strengthened his lead at The Players Championship today as the leaders got their third rounds under way at TPC Sawgrass.

Germany's Alex Cejka holds the halfway lead from England's Ian Poulter at TPC Sawgrass after a good second round for the Europeans at The Players Championship.

Defending champion Sergio Garcia made a strong start as The Players Championship got under way at TPC Sawgrass today.

Former Open champion Todd Hamilton moved to the top of the leaderboard at the Verizon Heritage today as overnight pacesetter Alex Cejka battled to stay in touch.

Germany's Alex Cejka grabbed the first-round lead at the Verizon Heritage event as Jose Maria Olazabal found his way onto a leaderboard again at Harbour Town Golf Links.

Germany’s Alex Cejka gave the Verizon Heritage field a low score to aim at as he took the early clubhouse lead at Harbour Town Golf Links.

Paul Casey and Geoff Ogilvy were battling it out for supremacy on the PGA Tour again as the wind-delayed Shell Houston Open played catch up.

Paul Casey was one shot off the lead at the Shell Houston Open today as the delayed first round drew to a close in Texas.

Calmer conditions did Lee Westwood no favours as first-round play resumed at the Shell Houston Open in Texas.

Tiger Woods completed his comeback from knee surgery by winning the Arnold Palmer Invitational in dramatic fashion at the final hole at Bay Hill on Sunday.

Sean O’Hair will start the final round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational with a five-shot lead over Tiger Woods following an arduous day in the wind at Bay Hill.

Angelo Que of the Philippines made birdies on five of his first eight holes this morning to storm out to an early lead at the weather-interrupted Indonesia Open.

Geoff Ogilvy is poised for victory in the opening event of the PGA Tour season after firing a sizzling eight-under-par 65 yesterday to open up a six-stroke lead at the Mercedes-Benz Championship.

Geoff Ogilvy maintained his lead at the season-opening Mercedes-Benz Championship in Hawaii after firing a five-under-par 68 in the second round.

Geoff Ogilvy fired a six-under-par 67 to grab the first-round lead at the season-opening Mercedes-Benz Championship in Hawaii.

Ernie Els took over at the top of the leaderboard after finishing his first round at the Barclays Singapore Open this morning with two birdies in his final three holes.

Michael Letzig and Kent Jones carded bogey-free opening round seven-under-par 65s to open up a two stroke lead at the Ginn Sur Mer Classic last night.

Robert Karlsson has made it into the world’s top 10 for the first time at the age of 39.

Robert Karlsson’s victory in the Mercedes-Benz Championship means that Europe go into their Ryder Cup defence this week with with seven members of the world’s top 20 against America’s six.

Colombian Camilo Villegas leaps into the world top 20 for the first time after his victory in the US Tour’s BMW Championship, the third leg of the FedEx Cup play-off series.

Colin Montgomerie has pulled out of this coming week’s Mercedes-Benz Championship in Cologne with a shoulder injury.

Lee Westwood might be unable to play on the European Tour next week, even though that is where he wants to complete his build-up to the Ryder Cup.

Vijay Singh, down to 15th in the world only five weeks ago, is back to third after registering his third victory in that spell at the Deutsche Bank Championship in Boston last night.

Nick Faldo has picked Ian Poulter and Paul Casey as his two wild cards for the European Ryder Cup team.

Carl Pettersson and Peter Hanson are up to 49th and 64th in the world respectively after the Swedish double this weekend.