Renowned for his short-game prowess, Phil Mickelson sometimes does his best scoring with his biting perspective and cunning wit.

Ireland’s Pádraig Harrington will continue his bid to stop his slide down the world rankings in the Sanderson Farms Championship in Mississippi this week.

There have been a lot of "before and now" comparisons in Erik Compton’s life, let alone golf career, but as television audiences in the US found out on Saturday evening, no mention of the latter can avoid the context of the former.

There are two sets of names that will bear down on Phil Mickelson at Pinehurst No. 2 tomorrow as he tees off in a US Open for the 24th time.

Pre-tournament favourite Rory McIlroy has been drawn in with two young American stars in the first round of the US Masters on Thursday.

Billy Horschel charged to a maiden PGA Tour victory as an eight-under-par 64 gave him a one-stroke win over DA Points at a stormy Zurich Classic of New Orleans.

Shane Lowry will tee off from two under par later this afternoon at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans.

Tiger Woods will have to create history to win a fifth Masters title, but tournament officials at Augusta may secretly have wished someone else gets to pull on the famed Green Jacket.

World number three Luke Donald put himself firmly in contention as Bae Sang-moon and Fredrik Jacobson shared the lead at the halfway stage of the Northern Trust Open in California.

Tiger Woods expects to face a confident Rory McIlroy when he bids to edge closer to Jack Nicklaus’s record and challenge for a fourth US Open and 15th Major title at the Olympic Club this week.

Webb Simpson was nervous about playing with Tiger Woods for the first two rounds at the Wells Fargo Championship, but on day two the challenge came from another familiar face in the form of his house guest Nick Watney.

Rory McIlroy is five shots off the lead after day one of the Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow.

Australia‘s Robert Allenby led the way as he came to the end of his opening round at the CIMB Asia Pacific Classic.

JASON DUFNER is keen to dispel the funereal air surrounding him following last weekend’s USPGA Championship play-off defeat.

PHIL MICKLESON has been talked about in many terms –exciting and dynamic, pretentious and confounding being some of the extreme descriptions.

SO how exactly did Darren Clarke, ranked 111th in the world, climb from the depths of despair to become British Open champion?

A TEXT from Tiger Woods, a boot up the backside from Rory McIlroy and some sage counselling from Dr Bob Rotella.

Four years ago no Irish golfer had won a major since Fred Daly in the 1947 Open.

It did not take long for Royal St George’s to serve up a warning of what troubles lay in store for the remaining players in the Open Championship today.

Australia’s Matthew Millar teed off in the third round of the Open at Royal St George’s in joint-last position – but still only seven shots off the lead.

DARREN CLARKE spent the build-up to this week’s British Open deflecting questions about his protegé Rory McIlroy.

DARREN CLARKE has been here before but it has been such a long and unlikely route back to the top of a British Open leaderboard that when he was cheered up the 18th at Royal St George’s yesterday there was an air of a long-lost son returning.

Rory McIlroy had mentor Darren Clarke firmly in his sights after grinding out a second round of 69 in the 140th Open Championship at Royal St George’s.

Darren Clarke, as proud as anyone about what is already a golden era for Irish golf, has the chance this weekend to add another chapter to the remarkable story.

Amateur Tom Lewis and joint overnight leader Thomas Bjorn lost their magic today and threw the 140th Open Championship at Sandwich wide open.

Amateur Tom Lewis today made a solid start to his second round of the 140th Open Championship as he looked to build on his record-breaking exploits at Royal St George’s.

American Lucas Glover today moved into a share of the lead as the early starters looked to take advantage of perfect conditions in the second round of the 140th Open Championship.

The players chasing shock leaders Thomas Bjorn and Tom Lewis were today hoping to take advantage of perfect conditions in the second round of the 140th Open Championship.

A 40-YEAR-OLD Dane and a 20-year-old amateur share the lead at the British Open heading into today’s second round of the oldest major in golf as Royal St George’s once again conformed to its quirky reputation.

If Phil Mickelson was asked to pick the one title in golf he wants more than any other there would not be the slightest hesitation in his answer.

The time has arrived for Rory McIlroy to see if he can hit straight back from the most crushing disappointment of his young golfing life in the majors.

Graeme McDowell has the chance to show his Ryder Cup partner Rory McIlroy how to handle a last round lead after moving one ahead in the Players Championship - golf's richest event - at Sawgrass today.

Luke Donald and Graeme McDowell were in joint third place entering today’s third round of the Players Championship – golf’s richest event – at Sawgrass.

Golf pundits in the US are speculating that Tiger Woods may need to take another long break from the game, after a knee injury forced him to limp out of the Players Championship at Sawgrass after nine holes.

Lucas Glover beat Jonathan Byrd in a play-off to claim victory in the Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow in Charlotte.

Pat Perez produced an impressive second round to take a two-shot lead at the top of the leaderboard in the Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow in Charlotte.

Bill Haas fired an eight-under 64 to claim a two-shot lead at the end of day one of the Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow in Charlotte.

DESPITE all that is read into the fact America won the last Ryder Cup without Tiger Woods and lost the previous three with him, there seems no way Corey Pavin will choose to bring a Tiger-less team to Celtic Manor in three weeks’ time.

COREY PAVIN, the US Ryder Cup captain, today announces his four wild cards for Celtic Manor next month well satisfied with the form of most of those who have already qualified were performing in the Deutsche Bank Championship in Boston over the weekend.

Despite all that is read into the fact America won the last Ryder Cup without Tiger Woods and lost the previous three with him, there seems no way Corey Pavin will choose to bring a Tiger-less team to Celtic Manor in three weeks’ time.

India’s Arjun Atwal will look to defend a three-stroke lead in the final round of the Wyndham Championship in North Carolina as he looks to claim his maiden PGA Tour title.

Tiger Woods needs a Ryder Cup wild card after coming only 28th in the USPGA Championship – and so do 2008 star Anthony Kim and last year’s US Open champion Lucas Glover after being bumped out of a top eight spot in the final event.

AFTER a woeful performance from Tiger Woods in Ohio at the weekend, United States Ryder Cup captain Corey Pavin may well have to review his long-stated position that the world number one is an integral part of his planning for this year’s title defence against Europe.

US RYDER CUP captain Corey Pavin didn’t know whether to laugh or cry after surveying the leaderboard at the end of the WGC Bridgestone Invitational in Akron.