Only a month after people were asking what had gone wrong, Rory McIlroy on Sunday night proved everything is all right by storming to his second major - and at a younger age than Tiger Woods managed it.

Rory McIlroy repeated his stunning US Open success to capture the PGA Championship with a similar commanding eight-stroke winning margin of victory along the sun-splashed Kiawah Island shoreline.

Rory McIlroy was heading towards his second major title tonight – at a younger age than Tiger Woods managed it – as the sporting attention of the world began to turn away from London.

Ian Poulter birdied six of the first seven holes, but still had four strokes to make up on Rory McIlroy as the USPGA Championship headed towards its climax at Kiawah Island.

Rory McIlroy charged to the top of the leaderboard and Tiger Woods tumbled right off it before play had to be suspended in the USPGA Championship third round at Kiawah Island today.

Two months after Lee Westwood lost a ball in branches when in contention for the US Open, Rory McIlroy had tree trouble when one off the lead at the USPGA Championship today.

Tiger Woods took a huge step back towards the summit of golf with a battling 71 on Kiawah Island yesterday.

Even with a seven on his card Welshman Jamie Donaldson continued to make his presence felt today in the USPGA Championship – only the second major he has ever played in America.

Rory McIlroy kicked off golf’s final major of the year with a superb five under par 67 at Kiawah Island today – helped rather than hindered by a spectator this time.

Rory McIlroy will once again be the world number one golfer when the latest rankings are published later.

Louis Oosthuizen recovered from a dreadful start in his third round register a six-under-par total and establish a two-stroke lead at the Shell Houston Open.

Sweden's Carl Pettersson and Argentina's Angel Cabrera set the clubhouse target before bad weather brought an early end to play in the first round of the Shell Houston Open.

Ben Crane will take a two-stroke lead into the final round of the CIMB Asia-Pacific Classic after the American shot a five-under-par 66 to move clear of the field.

Carl Pettersson shot a tournament-record 10-under-par 60 to haul himself into contention heading into the final round of the Canadian Open at St George's.

PÁDRAIG HARRINGTON charged into the early clubhouse lead with a superb six-under-par 65, his low round of the year so far, in the second round of the Transitions Championship in Florida yesterday.

Padraig Harrington charged into the early clubhouse lead with a superb six-under-par 65, his lowest round of the year so far, in the second round of the Transitions Championship in Florida today.

Carl Pettersson and Peter Hanson are up to 49th and 64th in the world respectively after the Swedish double this weekend.

Carl Pettersson staked his claim for a place on the European Ryder Cup team with a two-stroke victory in the Wyndham Championship on Sunday.

Carl Pettersson held a one-stroke lead halfway through the final round at the £2.5m Wyndham Championship today.

Carl Pettersson will take a two-shot advantage over Scott McCarron into the final round of the Wyndham Championship following another benign day at Sedgefield.

Carl Pettersson carded a course record nine-under-par 61 at the Wyndham Championship to match the record low score for the first 36 holes of a PGA Tour event.

Defending champion Vijay Singh was pleased with his consistency after he opened up a two-stroke lead at the Arnold Palmer Invitational in Orlando.

Sweden’s Carl Pettersson and American Jason Bohn have both pulled out of this week’s USPGA Championship at Southern Hills in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Swede Carl Pettersson was suffering every professional’s nightmare at Carnoustie today – ready to go, but no clubs to play with.

An eight-under-par round of 63 saw Nathan Green take a one-shot lead at the halfway mark of the John Deere Classic.

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.

Twelve months ago John Daly, still one of the biggest attractions in golf, crashed out of the Masters with a second round 79 – and people wondered if they would ever see him at Augusta National again.

Scotland missed out on their first World Cup title tonight following a sudden-death play-off in Barbados.

European golfers have been suffering at the hands of Tiger Woods lately.

European golfers have been suffering at the hands of Tiger Woods lately.

Tiger Woods, 70 under par in winning his last four tournaments, was again the man to beat when he began the Deutsche Bank Championship with a five-under 66 in Boston today.

Swede Carl Pettersson could have been telling everybody this week how great it felt to have earned himself a Ryder Cup debut.

The odds are good for a home victory in this week’s Scandinavian Masters with an amazing 48 Swedish players among the 159-strong field at Barseback.

While most of Europe’s Ryder Cup hopefuls battled for points at the K Club near Dublin today there was a chance the most significant move in the table could come late in the day across the Atlantic in Illinois.

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.

Ireland’s Ryder Cup hopefuls did little to boost their chances this weekend as Swedish duo Robert Karlsson and Carl Pettersson have put themselves right in the mix with wins at the Wales Open and Memorial Tournament respectively.

Carl Pettersson has jumped from 51st in the world to 29th following his victory over eight of golf’s top 10 at the Memorial tournament in Ohio.

Carl Pettersson vaulted into contention for a spot on the European Ryder Cup team with a convincing victory at the Memorial tournament.

Swede Carl Pettersson achieved the biggest win of his golfing life in Ohio tonight – and with it earned himself a place in the coming US Open and next month’s Open.

Sweden’s Carl Pettersson was even better placed at the top of the leaderboard after the completion of the third round of the Memorial tournament at Muirfield Village, Ohio, this morning.

Swede Carl Pettersson just had time to regain the outright lead before more bad weather halted the Memorial tournament in Ohio for the third day running.

England’s Paul Broadhurst and Swede Carl Pettersson have just missed out on earning exemptions into next month’s US Open – by 0.1 and 0.01pts respectively.

Swedish police are to re-question some witnesses in the unsolved case of the 1986 murder of Prime Minister Olof Palme after new information emerged in a TV documentary, the lead investigator said today.

Sergio Garcia and Carl Pettersson, the only two Europeans at the Mercedes Championship, are in joint third position after the opening round in Hawaii.