Ryder Cup captain Colin Montgomerie will not announce his vice-captains until after July’s Open Championship at St Andrews at the earliest.

A three-under-par 67 kept Australia's Greg Chalmers on top of the leaderboard as the US Bank Championship in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, reached the halfway stage.

Jeff Sluman fired a dazzling eight-under-par 64 on Sunday to win the Bank of America Championship by two strokes – his first victory on the Champions Tour.

Paul Casey stormed to the £1m (€1.49m) first prize – the biggest in golf – by crushing American Shaun Micheel by a record 10 and eight margin in the final of the HSBC World Match Play Championship at Wentworth today.

Tiger Woods was tied for the lead in the Buick Classic when the second round was suspended due to fading light.

Jason Bohn had a long, hot and productive day on Friday, draining 12 birdies to take the clubhouse lead after his second round of the US Bank Championship.

South African Trevor Immelman experienced bitter disappointment on the US Tour for the second week running today.

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

Northern Ireland’s Graeme McDowell shot an eight-under-par 64 to grab the lead after the first round of the Zurich Classic in New Orleans.

A last-hole double bogey sent Lee Westwood crashing off the leaderboard when the US Tour’s Zurich Classic began in the hurricane-recovering city of New Orleans.

Tiger Woods tonight made it three wins in five starts this year – but only after a late scare at Doral in Miami.

Ireland’s Pádraig Harrington was still in touch at eight under on the second day of the Ford Championship at Doral in Florida.

Ben Crane led from start to finish to win at the US Bank Championship in Milwaukee.

Ben Crane stayed on top of the leaderboard at the US Bank Championship in Cincinnati despite carding his first bogeys of the tournament in the third round.

Ben Crane carded a second consecutive bogey-free round and was holding the lead when the second round of the US Bank Championship in Milwaukee was suspended due to darkness.

Ben Crane carded a bogey-free 62 that included six birdies and an eagle on the par-five 15th to be clubhouse leader when rain ended play early at the US Bank Championship in Milwaukee.

Darren Clarke may have had a good week coming into the Open but he remains circumspect about his chances at St Andrews.

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

BART BRYANT spent 20 years trying to prove he belonged among the best, often lying awake at night wondering if three surgeries and too many trips to Q-school were a sign he was wasting his time.

Bart Bryant outplayed a star-studded field to win the Jack Nicklaus-hosted Memorial by one stroke over Fred Couples.

Darren Clarke’s double-bogey on the par-four 18th hole allowed Peter Lonard to capture the MCI Heritage in South Carolina – the Australian’s first career victory on the PGA Tour.

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.

Justin Rose tumbled into a tie for eighth place, five shots behind leader Shigeki Maruyama, after a disappointing two-over-par 72 in the third round of the Sony Open in Hawaii.

Japan's Shigeki Maruyama is ahead by one shot in the Sony Open in Hawaii.

Stewart Cink, Brett Quigley, Tom Byrum and Hank Kuehne share the lead on 66 after the windswept first round of the Sony Open at Waialae Country Club.

Hank Kuehne and Jeff Sluman carded a final-round 11-under-par 61 to retain the Franklin Templeton Shootout title in Florida.

Hank Kuehne (pictured) and Jeff Sluman combined to fire a 10-under-par 62 and join Steve Flesch and Justin Leonard at the head of the Franklin Templeton Shootout leaderboard.

Steve Flesch and Justin Leonard carded a nine-under-par 63 to lead by one stroke from Hank Kuehne and Jeff Sluman after the first round of the Franklin Templeton Shootout in Florida.

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

World number two Vijay Singh leads Tiger Woods by three shots at the end of the third round of the USPGA Tour Deutsche Bank Championship at the TPC of Boston.

Vijay Singh eagled the first hole on his way to an eight-under-par 63 to take a two-shot lead over Tiger Woods, Bill Haas and John Rollins after the second round of the Deutsche Bank Classic in Massachusetts.

ADAM Scott captured his second PGA Tour win of the season after equalling the tournament scoring record in a four-shot victory at the Booz Allen Classic in Potomac, Maryland.

Adam Scott captured his second PGA Tour win of the season after equalling the tournament scoring record in a four-shot victory at the Booz Allen Classic in Potomac, Maryland.

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PADRAIG HARRINGTON could well have one of the biggest galleries in the first two rounds after the US Masters draw paired him with world number two Vijay Singh and John Daly.

Scott Verplank had to contend with ice in the opening round of the FBR Open, before posting an eight-under-par 63 to take a one-shot lead over Phil Mickelson.

Padraig Harrington has single-handedly since April kept Europe representation in the top 10, golf’s end-of-year world rankings released today reveal.

JEFF SLUMAN found out quickly that being the assistant captain for the US team at the Presidents Cup was hardly an honorary position.

FOR 12 of the last 15 champions of the US PGA, it was their first time winning a major championship.