Phil Mickelson suffered the embarrassment of an air-shot as the third round of the Masters got underway in wet conditions at Augusta National.

World number one Dustin Johnson holds a two-shot lead going into the final day of the Sentry Tournament of Champions.

Home players Jordan Zunic and Adam Bland led the way on six under par after the opening round of the Australian PGA Championship.

Dustin Johnson had a chance to win $10m while sitting in front of a television.

Marc Leishman will take a five-stroke lead into the final round of the BMW Championship after producing a superb 68 on Saturday.

Marc Leishman has put in another fine performance during the second round of the BMW Championship at Conway Farms.

Rory McIlroy's chance of retaining his FedEx Cup title did not get off the best start after he was left in the bottom half of the table in the first round of the BMW Championship at Conway Farms on Thursday.

The victories keep piling up for Justin Thomas, and all that does is make him want more.

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.

Adam Scott is delighted that this week’s World Cup of Golf has returned to a more traditional team event but the Australian remains opposed to any future participation at the Olympics.

Pádraig Harrington, delighted to be playing in Rio after golf’s reintroduction to the Olympics after an absence of 112 years, began his campaign for a medal with an opening one-under round of 70, and later described some of those who skipped the tournament as “sheep”.

Zach Johnson did not need to win The Open Championship to fall in love with it but lifting the Claret Jug a year ago helped him to really understand the significance of golf’s oldest tournament.

It is a ritual understood by many like-minded individuals who harbour an inner passion for golf and thus indulge in pilgrimages to the great links of Scotland, Ireland, and England.

Shane Lowry spoke of his “anguish” at being forced to give up on his Olympic medal dream over his fears of contracting the Zika virus in Rio.

Rory McIlroy feels playing in this summer’s Olympics is not worth the risk after announcing his withdrawal due to concerns over the Zika virus.

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.

Rory McIlroy suffered a dose of the Bay Hill Blues in the Arnold Palmer Invitational and now faces a struggle to make the cut and get his game sharp with just 20 days to go to the Masters.

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.

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.

To have an amateur leading The Open Championship going into today’s final round is the stuff of fairytales.

Rory McIlroy quickly set about ensuring his previous late heroics did not go to waste in the last 16 of the WGC-Cadillac Match Play in San Francisco today.

Top seed and four-time major winner Rory McIlroy has been handed a tough draw for the new-look WGC-Cadillac Match Play Championship in San Francisco after being grouped with Billy Horschel, Brandt Snedeker and Jason Dufner. 

A stunning round of 61 gave Sergio Garcia a three-shot lead over Ryder Cup team-mate Justin Rose at the halfway stage of the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational on Friday.

England’s David Howell and Italian Edoardo Molinari made the most of perfect scoring conditions at Royal Liverpool to take the early lead in the 143rd Open Championship.

Pádraig Harrington’s hopes of ending his six-year PGA Tour drought ended in a barrage of wild tee shots just outside Dallas last night.

Tiger Woods won the deciding match for a third straight time and the United States lifted the Presidents Cup for a fifth straight time as they beat the International team 18.5 to 15.5 in Dublin, Ohio.

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.

The United States opened up a potentially decisive four-point lead on day three of the Presidents Cup at Muirfield Village in Ohio.

Rory McIlroy saw his hopes of a successful PGA Championship title defence hit the rocks last night as Jason Dufner was attempting to protect a two-shot lead down the stretch at Oak Hill.

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

Adam Scott plans to celebrate with Australian great Greg Norman after breaking his major duck, and that of his nation in the Masters, with a dramatic victory in near-darkness at Augusta.

Nine months after blowing a four-shot lead in the Open, Adam Scott tonight gained sweet redemption with a dramatic Masters triumph at a rain-soaked Augusta.

Adam Scott delivered a first green jacket for Australia as he won a tense Masters in a sudden death play-off over Argentina’s Angel Cabrera at Augusta National last night.

Rory McIlroy was today trying again to figure out the right plan of attack for Augusta National, albeit after starting the final round of the Masters far too early for his liking.

Nine months after blowing a four-shot lead with four holes to play in the Open, Adam Scott has the chance to gain redemption by claiming a first major title in the Masters.

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.