Australians Steve Elkington and Mark Hensby have taken the number of withdrawals from the US PGA Championship at Medinah to eight.

Six players have now pulled out of the US PGA championship at Medinah in Chicago this week.

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.

Jim Furyk, the man expected to be Tiger Woods’ partner in September’s Ryder Cup, is up to third in the American points standings after winning the Wachovia Championship in Charlotte.

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, 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.

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

Sergio Garcia is only 25-years-old, but he’s been around long enough not to count any chickens, and he is taking nothing for granted despite opening up a six-shot lead after the third round at the Wachovia Championship.

The wind blew strongly at the Wachovia Championship, but not hard enough to knock Sergio Garcia out of the second-round lead.

On a day when Tiger Woods made his first appearance since winning The Masters, Sergio Garcia stole the spotlight.

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.

New world number one Vijay Singh completed an impressive turnaround despite bad weather interrupting his first round at the Bell Canadian Open.

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.

Tiger Woods today predicted David Duval will become a force again.

Tee-off times in the second round of the United States Open golf championship at Shinnecock Hills, New York, on Friday.

Tee-off times in the first two rounds of the United States Open golf championship at Shinnecock Hills, New York, on June 17-18 (USA unless stated, all times Irish time):

Tee-off times in the first two rounds of the United States Open golf championship at Shinnecock Hills, New York, on June 17-18 (USA unless stated, all times Irish time):

OAK HILL, the home of the Country Club of Rochester, was good to European golf in 1995 when the visitors somehow pulled off a quite remarkable victory in the Ryder Cup.

Tiger Woods showed signs of returning to form with a two-under-par 69 that left him four strokes behind leader Briny Baird midway through the rain-plagued Buick Classic in New York.

Tee-off times in the second round of the United States Open golf championship at Olympia Fields, Illinois, on Thursday and Friday (USA unless stated, all times Irish time).

US Open Scores

Tee-off times in the second round of the United States Open golf championship at Olympia Fields, Illinois, on Thursday and Friday (USA unless stated, all times Irish time):

Tiger Woods and Ernie Els – and the thousands of golf fans who want to watch every blow – will have to be up early for their first round clash in the US Open next Thursday.

Kenny Perry finished with a 68 to secure a six-shot win at the Colonial, breaking the tournament record by three shots after finishing on 19-under-par 261 over four rounds.

Collated scores after the first day of the Players Championship at Sawgrass, Ponte Vedra Beach, Jacksonville, Florida,

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

Tee-off times in the first and second rounds of the United States Open golf championship.

Ernie Els had his second worst score in nearly 450 rounds on the US Tour today as American Scott McCarron won the BellSouth Classic in Atlanta.