Ladies European Tour rookie Kiran Matharu makes her first appearance of the year at this week’s Tenerife Ladies Open at Golf del Sur having set herself a target of winning three times this season.

The Irish ladies on the European Tour have had a slow start to the season with just Australian-born Rebecca Coakley in action thus far in 2007.

Australia’s Karrie Webb cruised to a six-shot victory in the MFS Women’s Australian Open at the Royal Sydney Golf Club.

TIGER WOODS and Fred Couples crashed to a 4 & 3 defeat against Retief Goosen and Adam Scott in the first match of the Presidents Cup yesterday.

ENGLAND’S Laura Davies and Scot Mhairi McKay will be the only British players in Europe’s Solheim Cup team to face the United States at Interlachen in Minnesota from September 20-22 after they were named as wildcards today by captain Dale Reid.

The finest women golfers in the world have arrived at Sunningdale for the Evian Tour’s first Major championship, the £1m Weetabix Women’s British Open.