Adam Scott's victory in the Houston Open has moved the Australian back to third in the official world rankings.

The British challenge at the Accenture Match Play Championship petered out today when Paul Casey and Justin Rose were eliminated.

Tiger Woods blamed a ball mark for the shocking missed putt that ultimately led to his exit from the Accenture Match Play Championship on Friday.

Paul Casey and Justin Rose were in deep trouble during the quarter-finals at the Accenture Match Play Championship today.

The quarter-final matches in the Accenture Match Play Championship have been delayed for nearly an hour because of frost.

Retief Goosen has won the Commercialbank Qatar Masters in Doha by one shot. Goosen finished on -15, one ahead of Australia's Nick O'Hern. Ernie Els finished in third on -13.

American Ben Curtis finally achieved his first win since the 2003 Open on Tuesday - after the US Tour's rain-hit Booz Allen Classic had gone into not just one extra day, but two.

PADRAIG HARRINGTON was the only Irishman still standing on a day when there was no keeping Tiger Woods out of the headlines when the Accenture World Match Play championship began at La Costa near San Diego.

KEVIN STADLER emerged from his father’s shadow to win the Johnnie Walker Classic at The Vines in Perth.

TWO years after Tiger Woods and Ernie Els staged an unresolved tension-packed twilight play-off duel in South Africa, someone might finally take sole possession of the Presidents Cup this weekend.

AS Jack Nicklaus finally departs the scene he has graced for so long, Tiger Woods stands poised to narrow the majors gap on the Golden Bear when the 134th Open Championship dawns at 6.30 this morning.

New Zealand's Michael Campbell still leads the European Order of Merit after the Scottish Open.

The European Order of Merit following the Wales Open.

Darren Clarke has been forced to withdraw from the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth.

NOT since Carnoustie dominated the headlines before, during and after the 1999 British Open has a tournament venue generated such debate as Colin Montgomerie's Carton House in the build-up to this year's Nissan Irish Open.

The 2004 Ryder Cup trio of Paul Casey, Miguel Angel Jimenez and Lee Westwood are among a host of names to confirm their participation in the Nissan Irish Open in Co Kildare later this month.

Retief Goosen tops the Order of Merit following the Masters in Augusta.

There is little movement at the top of the European Order of Merit this week as the big guns gear up for the forthcoming Augusta Masters.

PÁDRAIG Harrington, seeded seventh, was a major casualty – going down three and one to South African Rory Sabbatini in the Accenture World Match Play Championship in California.

European Order of Merit

The European Order of Merit after the Dunhill Links Championship.

GRAEME MCDOWELL'S first round 67 left him joint leader in The Heritage at Woburn with Spain's Jose Manuel Lara and Australia's Nick O'Hern.

A THRILLED Pádraig Harrington yesterday made it three wins in-a-row for Europe’s Ryder Cup side heading into this week’s match in Detroit.

Padraig Harrington has won the Linde German Masters on 13 under par, three shots clear of Australian Nick O'Hern.

A RUN of form which came just too late to earn him a Ryder Cup debut took Ireland’s Graeme McDowell into the halfway lead at the Linde German Masters in Cologne yesterday.

Padraig Harrington went from one ahead to five behind today at the Linde German Masters – the final event before the Ryder Cup.

REMEMBER those halcyon days when Ben Crenshaw and Hubert Green, Severiano Ballesteros and Bernhard Langer, Ian Woosnam and Nick Faldo, used to enthrall us all among the sandhills and the sunshine of those famous Co Dublin dunes?

The €63,000 car won by Spaniard Jose Manual Carriles did not stop it from being Australia Day in the Nissan Irish Open at County Louth today.

US Open champion Retief Goosen claimed he was "brain dead" for the first few holes at The K-Club yesterday.

Graeme McDowell has moved to within a shot of the leaders at the Diageo Championship after a fine round of 71 in testing conditions at Gleneagles today.

PAUL MCGINLEY need never hit another golf ball to be remembered as a Ryder Cup hero but he wants more than that.

BARRY LANE, playing his 499th European tour event and without a win on the circuit for 10 years, stormed to a three-stroke victory in the British Masters at the Forest of Arden yesterday.

LAURA DAVIES, who was so racked with nerves she hardly slept a wink, overcame debilitating pressures to make a credible debut on the European Tour at the ANZ Championship in Australia yesterday.

PETER LAWRIE maintained his good start to his first full season on the European Tour with an opening round 68 in the Wales Open at Celtic Manor.

Nick Faldo is four shots off the pace after the first round of the Caltex Singapore Masters.

Sweden's Robert Karlsson strengthened his grip on the Victor Chandler British Masters.

Michael Campbell, winner of the Heineken Classic in Perth by six shots last year, has retained the title.

The effects of a bad headache finally caught up with Steen Tinning as he lost a four-stroke lead in the Heineken Classic in Perth.

Nick Faldo crashed out of the Heineken Classic in Perth today.

Scotland's Dean Robertson came up with a dramatic way to upstage Greg Norman on the opening day of the Heineken Classic in Perth.

Andrew Coltart went out of the Accenture World Matchplay Championship in dramatic fashion in Melbourne.

Padraig Harrington, the highest-ranked European in the Accenture World Matchplay Championship, failed to survive the opening round for the second year running in Melbourne today.