The United States opened up a five-point lead on the third day of the Presidents Cup as play was once again disrupted by rain at Muirfield Village in Ohio.

John Daly slumped to a wretched 15-over-par 86 to tumble out of contention at the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open in Las Vegas.

Davis Love III returned to the day job and found an American who failed to make his Ryder Cup team just too hot to keep pace with at the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open.

The focus of the vast majority of the golfing world may be on the Open Championship instead of the True South Classic, but this week’s PGA Tour event can at least boast four major champions in the field.

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.

Veteran Jeff Maggert joined overnight leader Matt Every on top of the leaderboard and two shots ahead of the pack at the Sony Open in Hawaii.

David Hearn shot a second successive 66 to take the clubhouse lead on the second day of the Sony Open in Hawaii, but it was Brendon de Jonge who stole the limelight as he charged up the standings with a superb 62.

Brendon de Jonge and Webb Simpson are joint leaders of the Greenbrier Classic in Sulphur Springs, West Virginia after the second round concluded last night.

First-round co-leader Brendon De Jonge jumped out into the outright lead today as the 110th US Open resumed in California.

US Open officials have played down criticism of their championship set-up by world number one Tiger Woods.

Steve Flesch fired a seven-under-par 65 yesterday to take a one-shot lead after the second round of the Turning Stone Resort Championship.

A GORILLA weighing 30 stone escaped from its enclosure and ran amok in a Netherlands zoo yesterday, biting one woman, dragging her around, and causing scenes of panic among dozens of families before being subdued.

England’s Greg Owen was Britain’s best early performer in the early stages of the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.