THE WITHDRAWAL of Sergio Garcia means that Ireland's Graeme McDowell will provide the first round opposition to Tiger Woods in the Accenture World Match Play Championship beginning in Carlsbad, California, on tomorrow week.

American Arron Oberholser has moved up from 80th to 41st in the world rankings following his maiden US Tour victory in the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-am.

American Arron Oberholser capitalised on a massive stroke of luck to land his first US Tour title today.

American Arron Oberholser was given a huge early boost when the final round of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-am began today.

Luke Donald, who came from six shots back to win the Target World Challenge in December, found himself needing the same last-day fireworks after a disappointing third-round 71 at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-am.

Luke Donald followed up one of the luckiest bounces of his career to stay in the hunt for the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-am today.

Even with three birdies at the end of his second round that led to a five-under-par 67, Mike Weir knows what awaits him in the third round of the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am and he is not looking forward to it.

If Greg Owen was waiting for an apology from Open organisers today – or an admission they had made a mistake – then it did not come.

Leading the 2001 British Open at Royal Lytham gave Greg Owen one of the biggest thrills of his career.

Tiger Woods struggled with his swing and plunged five strokes behind leader Arron Oberholser after the third round at the Wachovia Championship.

Vijay Singh fired a four-under-par 68 to move into a tie for the lead with Aaron Oberholser after three rounds of the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am in California.

Rain and fog prevented Tiger Woods marking his US tour return in style – but Northern Ireland’s Darren Clarke managed a hole-in-one before bad weather brought the first round to an early close at the Buick Invitational in La Jolla today.