Lee Westwood faces a race against time to regain fitness for next week’s Open at St Andrews after being diagnosed today with a slight tear in his right calf muscle.

RORY McILROY’S back problem is just a slight nerve impingement and will not prevent him taking his place in next week’s line-up for the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship in Arizona.

Rory McIlroy’s back problem is just a slight nerve impingement and will not prevent him taking part in next week’s WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship in Arizona.

Darren Clarke, has "95% recovered" from his hamstring injury that forced him out of last week's Irish Open, according to spokesman Martin Hardy.