A six-year-old schoolgirl broke through heavy security around Tiger Woods today to get her hero’s autograph during one of his rare public outings.

It will probably need something special, but Phil Mickelson could be just a day away from becoming world number one for the first time after producing a 66 in the third round of The Players Championship in Florida.

Phil Mickelson gave himself a mountain to climb at Sawgrass today, but wasted little time moving from nine strokes behind Lee Westwood to just six back.

ONE month he wins the Champion Hurdle with Binocular, the next it’s the Aintree Grand National, and it seems life just couldn’t get any better for JP McManus.

RICH BEEM’S PGA Championship victory on the major’s last visit to Hazeltine National in 2002 may still seem unlikely, given his singular lack of success since, but the Beemer’s performance that week in Minnesota was definitely no fluke.

LOREN ROBERTS won the British Senior Open title a dramatic play-off win over Mark McNulty and Fred Funk.

Loren Roberts won the Senior Open Championship title with a dramatic play-off win over Mark McNulty and Fred Funk.

Greg Norman finds himself in familiar territory at Sunningdale ahead of the final round of the Senior Open Championship on top of the leaderboard.

FRED Funk set a record halfway total at The British Senior Open presented by MasterCard but Sunningdale expert Sam Torrance is hot on his heels going into the weekend.

TOM WATSON bounced back from his British Open Championship play-off heartache with an opening-round 67 yesterday at The Senior Open Championship.

Padraig Harrington will tee-off with defending champion Tiger Woods and 2007 champion Angel Cabrera at this week's US Open at Bethpage, New York.

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

KJ Choi signed for a five-under-par 65 on the second day of the Sony Open to open a two-shot lead over Kevin Na.

Vijay Singh was among five players tied at the top the leaderboard after the first round of the AT&T National at the Congressional Country Club.

Hunter Mahan captured his first PGA Tour victory on Sunday by winning the Travelers Championship in Connecticut after a sudden-death play-off.

David Toms and Jay Williamson utilised different formulas for success but the duo ended up tied for the lead at eight-under-par 132 at the Travelers Championship in Connecticut.

On the condition of anonymity, a PGA Tour pro ranks his top 10 to win the U.S. Open at Oakmont.

Niall Turner led home Ireland's quartet of golfers and helped his team to a US collegiate national top10 finish at the season-ending NCAA Championships in Williamsburg, Virginia.

Bradley Dredge is not going to next week’s US Open, but Wales will still be represented there – by 22-year-old amateur Rhys Davies.

Mark Wilson and Anton Haig, 270th and 292nd in the world at the start of the year, are now 86th and 88th after winning the Honda Classic and Johnnie Walker Classic in play-offs.

Mark Wilson outlasted a trio of players in a three-hole play-off on Monday to win the Honda Classic.

Less than six months away from his 50th birthday Bernhard Langer continued his recent revival with a four under par 66 on the opening day of the Honda Classic at Palm Beach Gardens in Florida today.

Fred Funk led from start to finish to claim a famous victory in the Mayakoba Golf Classic in Mexico.

Fred Funk has a chance to make the PGA Tour’s first trip to Mexico a historic one as he moved into a two-stroke lead after the third round of the Mayakoba Classic.

Fred Funk, Cameron Beckman and Boo Weekley share a three-way tie for the lead after the second round of the Mayakoba Classic in Mexico

Fred Funk vindicated his decision to take part in the Mayakoba Golf Classic after carding a brilliant eight-under-par 62 to open up a two-shot lead after the first round at the Riviera Maya-Cancun course in Mexico.

Vijay Singh’s victory in the US Tour-opening Mercedes-Benz Championship in Hawaii has lifted the Fijian up two places to fifth in the world.

Vijay Singh was delighted as he started the new season with a two-stroke victory at the $5.5m (€4.2m) Mercedes-Benz Championship to become the most successful over-40-year-old in PGA Tour history.

Tom Lehman today handed Ryder Cup wild cards to Scott Verplank and Stewart Cink – and then added that he will “go crazy” if anybody questions how much Tiger Woods wants to be part of his team next month.

Tom Lehman today named Stewart Cink and Scott Verplank as his two wild cards for the Ryder Cup.

Fifty-six players had the chance to force their way into the American Ryder Cup team at the US PGA championship this week – and 56 failed.

Spain’s Miguel Angel Jimenez today stormed into the lead on the second day of the 135th British Open championship at Hoylake.

Graeme McDowell’s overnight lead was shortlived on the second day of the 135th Open championship at Hoylake today.

Overnight leader Graeme McDowell did not have long to wait to resume his bid for British Open glory at Hoylake this morning.

Swede Mathias Gronberg moved into contention for a first US Tour victory when he produced a third-round 65 at the Buick Championship in Cromwell, Connecticut, today.

Chris Smith fired a bogey-free six-under-par 64 to take a two-shot lead after the first round of the St Jude Classic in Memphis.

Chris Couch chipped in from 26 feet on the 18th hole to preserve his lead and win the Zurich Classic of New Orleans.

Aaron Baddeley held off the challenge of Ryder Cup veteran Jim Furyk tonight to win the Verizon Heritage, his maiden PGA Tour win.

Darren Clarke’s testing time in the £3m Verizon Heritage at Hilton Head Island in South Carolina continued today as he slumped to six over par and on his way out of the tournament.

Darren Clarke, who threw away a chance to win the event on the 72nd hole last year, had a terrible opening day of the Verizon Heritage at Hilton Head Island yesterday, closing at five over par.

TEN days of chilling out with his wife and family on the exclusive island of Abaco in the Bahamas have helped put Darren Clarke into the most relaxed frame of mind he's ever been in going into a major tournament.

THE controversy rages whether Augusta National’s powers-that-be have handed too much of an advantage to the game’s biggest hitters. That they have literally gone too far this time.

Three issues were destined to dominate the final countdown to this year’s Masters – and they have.

Greg Owen came off Sawgrass proud of himself today after showing the golfing world that he is a real fighter as well as a quality player.