Phil Mickelson failed to capitalise on Tiger Woods' woeful third round at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational as he looked to close in on the world number one ranking.

Phil Mickelson made an uncertain start to his third round of the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational as he looked to close in on the world number one ranking.

The new US Open champion Graeme McDowell will have to wait until just before 2pm on Thursday when he tees off with two former winners of that title, Jim Furyk and Geoff Ogilvy at the Open in St Andrews.

Defending champion Darren Clarke lost his share of the lead after the second round of the Taiheiyo Masters in Japan.

Tiger Woods is within sight of his first title since February after extending his lead at the top of the Dunlop Phoenix leaderboard to 10 strokes with a five-under 65 in Miyazaki, Japan today.