Lee Westwood put himself into contention at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational today and credited his strong US Open finish at Torrey Pines for helping him get there.

Peter Lonard’s disappointment at losing the New Orleans Classic by one shot to Argentina’s Andres Romero will be eased by confirmation that he has made it into the field for next week’s US Masters.

Woody Austin, Nicholas Thompson, Briny Baird and Peter Lonard were tied on eight under par at the close of play on a weather-interrupted third day at the Zurich Classic.

Briny Baird shot a three-under-par 69 to take a one-stroke lead over Peter Lonard and Jay Williamson after the second round of the Zurich Classic of New Orleans on Friday.

Dean Wilson reaped the benefits of a break as he claimed the early lead at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans with a first-round 66.

Sweden’s Daniel Chopra took a one-shot lead into the final round of the Mastercard Masters in Melbourne.

Peter Lonard is hoping he can return from a spell on the sidelines in the right shape to win the Mastercard Masters in his native Australia for the third time.

Luke Donald carded a near-perfect seven-under-par 65 to vault within four strokes of the lead after the third round at the Players Championship.

Spaniard Jose Maria Olazabal charged to within three strokes of the clubhouse lead with a superb six-under-par 66 in the second round at the £4.5m Players Championship.

Padraig Harrington continued his spirited comeback during the second round of the Players Championship today.

Padraig Harrington was today staging a minor fightback early in the second round at the Players Championship.

Fred Funk has a chance to make the PGA Tour’s first trip to Mexico a historic one as he moved into a two-stroke lead after the third round of the Mayakoba Classic.

Fred Funk, Cameron Beckman and Boo Weekley share a three-way tie for the lead after the second round of the Mayakoba Classic in Mexico

Overnight leader Jeff Quinney extended his advantage to four shots midway through the third round of the £3m FBR Open at the TPC of Scottsdale in Arizone.

Englishman Justin Rose captured his first European Tour victory in four years by winning the co-sanctioned MasterCard Australian Masters in Huntingdale.

An eagle on the 14th hole enables England’s Justin Rose to take a two-shot lead into the final round of the MasterCard Australian Masters at Huntingdale.

Englishman Justin Rose holds a share of the lead with Aaron Pike in the MasterCard Australian Masters at Huntingdale after a second-round 66, with the entire field either finished or out on the course on Friday afternoon.

Englishman Nick Dougherty may have fired a brilliant 65 on day one of the co-sanctioned Mastercard Australian Masters at Huntingdale, but it was not good enough for the clubhouse lead with Australian amateur Aaron Pike equalling the course record with an eight-under 64.

Tiger Woods was pleased to get off to a good start as he again took a position that is all too familiar for his PGA Tour competitors – atop the leaderboard.

Graeme McDowell’s overnight lead was shortlived on the second day of the 135th Open championship at Hoylake today.

Overnight leader Graeme McDowell did not have long to wait to resume his bid for British Open glory at Hoylake this morning.

Swede Mathias Gronberg moved into contention for a first US Tour victory when he produced a third-round 65 at the Buick Championship in Cromwell, Connecticut, today.

Darron Stiles carded his second four-under-par 66 at the River Highlands and has a one-shot lead after Friday’s second round of the Buick Championship.

An eagle two on the 296-yard 15th helped Ryder Cup hopeful Carl Pettersson to a four under par 66 that left him only one off the lead after the first round at the Buick Championship in Cromwell, Connecticut.

American Tim Herron, without a victory in over seven years, and Australian Rod Pampling share the lead with a round to go in the Bank of America Colonial tournament in Texas.

South African Trevor Immelman experienced bitter disappointment on the US Tour for the second week running today.

AARON BADDELEY holed an eight-foot par putt at the 72nd hole of the Verizon Heritage in South Carolina to claim his maiden PGA Tour win.

Aaron Baddeley held off the challenge of Ryder Cup veteran Jim Furyk tonight to win the Verizon Heritage, his maiden PGA Tour win.

Darren Clarke, who threw away a chance to win the event on the 72nd hole last year, had a terrible opening day of the Verizon Heritage at Hilton Head Island yesterday, closing at five over par.

England’s Ian Poulter flew the flag for the Europeans in the opening round of the £3m Verizon Heritage Classic at Hilton Head Island as a number of others struggled to get going.

England’s Ian Poulter flew the flag for Europe early on in the opening round of the £3m (€4.3m) Verizon Heritage Classic at Hilton Head Island.

A measure of how well Phil Mickelson had played in the first two rounds of the BellSouth Classic in Atlanta came today from Swede Richard Johnson.

Northern Ireland’s Graeme McDowell faces a match against Tiger Woods after squeezing into the 64-man field for next week’s Accenture world match play championship at La Costa near San Diego.

Words of encouragement from Justin Rose could not save Michelle Wie from a nightmare start to her fourth appearance on the US Tour today.

Robert Allenby moved four strokes clear of the field after recording an even-par 72 in the second round of the Australian Open in hot and windy conditions at Moonah Links near Melbourne.

Angel Cabrera and Ricardo Gonzalez demonstrated what a difference a day can make with an astonishing display at golf’s World Cup in Portugal today.

Paul McGinley and Padraig Harrington made a good start in their attempt to climb back into contention at golf’s World Cup in Portugal today.

Four days after beating Tiger Woods in Shanghai David Howell today did something else he has never done before - sign for a round of 59.

AFTER David Howell’s admirable 20 under par, three-shot victory over Tiger Woods in Shanghai on Sunday, it is only reasonable that he and Luke Donald should be the bookmakers’ favourites for the World Cup of Golf at the Victoria Course at Vilamoura on Portugal’s Algarve on Thursday.

Darren Clarke was given a glimmer of hope today as he tried to prevent France’s Raphael Jacquelin running away with the Madrid Open.

Six years after he thought his European Tour career was over, England’s Stuart Little has the chance this weekend to put the icing on easily the best season of his golfing life.

It is all to play for at the Presidents Cup as the United States and International teams enter the final day tied on 11 points each.

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.

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.