Rory McIlroy was disappointed to three-putt the last but pleased his game is moving in the right direction with just 17 days to go before the start of the Masters.

Rory McIlroy is certainly the biggest name to pull out of this summer’s Olympics in Rio because of concerns over the Zika virus but he is not the first.

Australia’s Marc Leishman ended a trying 2015 on a high after cruising to victory in the Nedbank Golf Challenge to claim his first European Tour title and complete an Australian double.

It turned out to be a day too far for the Irish at St Andrews yesterday.

Paul Dunne was not the only man to miss out on history at St Andrews last night as Jordan Spieth’s shot at golfing immortality went begging but for all the disappointments The Open Championship still managed to conjure up a very special conclusion.

The United States opened up a five-point lead on the third day of the Presidents Cup as play was once again disrupted by rain at Muirfield Village in Ohio.

Former world number one Greg Norman believes fellow Australian Adam Scott can use his Masters victory to propel his career to even greater heights.

Tiger Woods quickly went about trying to repair the damage caused by a two-shot penalty as an incident-packed Masters continued today at Augusta National.

Rory McIlory overcame a nightmare start to his second round to put himself back on track for a big push for Masters glory this weekend as Tiger Woods was making his charge up the leaderboard at Augusta National.

Fred Couples today claimed the clubhouse lead in the Masters at the age of 53 as Sergio Garcia and Dustin Johnson both plummeted down the leaderboard.

After giving up 33 rounds under par yesterday, Augusta National hit back with the aid of some wind and rain on the second day of the 77th Masters.

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Tiger Woods cruised to a comfortable eight-shot victory in the BMW Championship in Illinois today to move to the top of top of the FedEx Cup standings.

ONCE Tiger Woods shot a magnificent nine under par 62 in Saturday’s third round to open up a seven-stroke advantage over his closest pursuer, the rookie Australian Marc Leishman, the rest of the high-class field were all left yesterday to play for second in the BMW Championship, the third tournament in the FedEx series on the US PGA Tour.

Tiger Woods took sole ownership of the lead midway through his third round at the BMW Championship in Illinois.

Sean O’Hair fired a seven-under-par 64 to join overnight leader Jim Furyk at the top of the standings midway through the second day of the Deutsche Bank Championship.

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Dunfermline chairman John Yorkston today invited potential player-coaches of “reasonable stature” to come forward if they want to assist new manager Jim Leishman next season.

Jim Leishman this morning accepted the Dunfermline manager’s job for a second time after masterminding their Bank of Scotland Premier League survival.

Jim Leishman has been given the daunting task of trying to keep Dunfermline in the Bank of Scotland Premier League.

Dunfermline director of football Jim Leishman has insisted plastic pitches do have a place in football.

HOMELESS Scot has been identified as the final victim of the fire at King’s Cross Station that killed 31 people six years ago.

Livingston head coach Marcio Maximo has resigned from the club just four months after his appointment.

Celtic are on the verge of signing Livingston star Javier Sanchez Broto as emergency goalkeeping cover.

Livingston have still to be approached by Celtic for striker David Fernandez - but manager Jim Leishman is resigned to losing Oscar Rubio.

Celtic goalkeeper Dmitri Kharine is poised for a sensational return to first team football with Livingston - in the Scottish Cup semi-final on Saturday.