Lee Westwood's patience paid off as he sank three birdies in a row to rescue his second round and take a share of the halfway lead at the St Jude Classic in Memphis.

PADRAIG HARRINGTON faces a battle to resurrect his fortunes at the St Jude Classic at TPC Southwind, Memphis, after carding a second-round 74 that leaves him well off the pace.

Robert Karlsson and Rory McIlroy made significant moves up the St Jude Classic leaderboard as overnight leader Lee Westwood struggled to repeat his opening-day good form in Memphis.

Ireland's Padraig Harrington is third following a 65 in the St Jude Classic as the first round was suspended for the day due to bad weather.

Jason Bohn saw his lead trimmed to three shots as the rain-delayed third round of the Zurich Classic of New Orleans belatedly got under way.

English duo Brian Davis and Greg Owen hold a share of the overnight lead at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans after play was suspended for the day due to lightning and heavy rain at TPC Louisiana.

Brian Davis and Greg Owen moved into a share of the lead as the second round of the Zurich Classic of New Orleans was delayed due to lightning at TPC Louisiana today.

Darron Stiles has taken a three-stroke lead in the John Deere Classic, but the headlines today belong to Steve Stricker after a stunning second round.

Heavy rain forced the postponement of the second round of the John Deere Classic last night.

England’s Brian Davis and Greg Owen lie two shots behind first-round co-leaders Paul Goydos and Justin Leonard at the Valero Texas Open following a day of low scoring on Thursday at La Cantera near San Antonio.

Luke Donald and Paul Casey both went low on the final day of the Verizon Heritage on Sunday night but neither could prevent Brian Gay from breezing to victory at Harbour Town Golf Links.

Brian Gay strengthened his lead at the Verizon Heritage with a bogey-free third round four-under-par 67 at Harbour Town Golf Links in South Carolina.

Luke Donald made his move in the Verizon Heritage in South Carolina today as he posted an early low score to give the leaders something to think about at Harbour Town Golf Links.

Former Open champion Todd Hamilton moved to the top of the leaderboard at the Verizon Heritage today as overnight pacesetter Alex Cejka battled to stay in touch.

Germany's Alex Cejka grabbed the first-round lead at the Verizon Heritage event as Jose Maria Olazabal found his way onto a leaderboard again at Harbour Town Golf Links.

Germany’s Alex Cejka gave the Verizon Heritage field a low score to aim at as he took the early clubhouse lead at Harbour Town Golf Links.

Padraig Harrington and Tiger Woods both made moves up the leaderboard at Bay Hill during early second-round play in the Arnold Palmer Invitational in Orlando today.

Without naming any names this time Paul Azinger has once again made gamesmanship a talking point ahead of this week’s Ryder Cup.

Bart Bryant held a one-shot lead after the rain-shortened first round of the PODS Championship in Florida.

Tim Petrovic, Joe Durant, Mathew Goggin, Omar Uresti and Shigeki Maruyama have found themselves in a tie for the lead after the first round of the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic.

It was one hell of a weekend to come of age but, 13 years ago, amid the madness of a World Cup on American soil and O.J. Simpson’s police chase, Ernie Els quietly became a golfing superstar at Oakmont. He spoke to Simon Lewis.

Ryuji Imada and Troy Matteson each shot a three-under-par 69 in the third round of the AT&T Classic to remain tied atop the leaderboard.

Tiger Woods was on the wrong end of a whitewash today in the annual match between the stars of the Isleworth and Lake Nona clubs in Orlando.

BRAY’S Keith Nolan has revived his professional golfing career on the back of a fighting performance in the US Tour School that ended yesterday with the sixth and final round over the PGA West and Jack Nicklaus Tour courses in Florida.

Phil Mickelson may have failed to hang on to two of his titles so far this season, but he made a sparkling start to his defence of the BellSouth Classic in Atlanta yesterday.

PÁDRAIG HARRINGTON has played down his chances in today’s BellSouth Classic in Atlanta after making changes to his clubs.

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.

Brandt Jobe fired a five-under-par 67 to maintain his lead after the second round of the Buick Invitational.

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

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

Padraig Harrington is among the later starters of the US Open at Pinehurst next Thursday and Friday and he will partner current world number one Vijay Singh and American Bart Bryant, winner of last week’s Memorial Tournament.

CAN you just imagine the envy of golf promoters and sponsors the world over when they saw the list of players for the J.P. McManus invitational pro-am at Adare Manor on July 4/5.

MASTERS CHAMPION Tiger Woods will contest the JP McManus Invitational Pro Am at Adare Manor Hotel & Golf Resort in July.

Ernie Els was the luckiest man at Sawgrass today after it was decided that the second round of the €6.5m Players Championship, golf’s richest event, would start all over again.

In keeping with an event which in time wants to be considered one of golf’s majors, the Players Championship has never in its 31-year history been decided over anything less than four rounds.

ONLY 44 minutes’ play was possible on the second day of golf’s richest event, the £4.5 million Players Championship, at Sawgrass yesterday.

Only 44 minutes’ play was possible on the second day of golf’s richest event, the Players Championship, at Sawgrass today before play was suspended until tomorrow.

Geoff Ogilvy recently got his first taste of victory. Brett Wetterich is still looking for his first bite.

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.

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.

American Spike McRoy and Swedes Carl Pettersson and Mathias Gronberg – all now playing on the USPGA Tour – were the leading lights at a poorly-attended 36-hole qualifier for next month’s Open at Royal Troon.