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

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.

IT’S a holiday tradition like no other: Masters invitations are in the mail.

En route to his first win since his 1990 rookie campaign, Robert Gamez birdied his first three holes and never looked back, posting a three-shot victory at the Valero Texas Open.

Overnight leader Mark Wilson bogeyed his final two holes, opening the door for Woody Austin to take a one-stroke lead after the third round of the Valero Texas Open.

Robert Gamez fired an eight-under-par 62 to claim a one-shot lead after the first round of the Valero Texas Open.

Ben Crane led from start to finish to win at the US Bank Championship in Milwaukee.

Fred Funk, a 48-year-old with one victory in the last seven years, has become the oldest-ever winner of golf’s richest event.

LUKE DONALD’S hours of practice in the ‘Windy City’ of Chicago were being put to the acid test yesterday as Sawgrass finally bared its teeth.

Luke Donald’s hours of practice in America’s “Windy City” of Chicago were being put to the acid test today as Sawgrass finally bared its teeth.

Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson did not have to wait long for their first birdie when the Players Championship – golf’s richest event – began at Sawgrass in Florida today.

Irish golfers Pádraig Harrington and Graeme McDowell have made the cut, but remain well off the pace after the second round of the Honda Classic in Florida.

Justin Leonard has won out over Joe Ogilvie to register his first victory in nearly two years.

Justin Rose tumbled into a tie for eighth place, five shots behind leader Shigeki Maruyama, after a disappointing two-over-par 72 in the third round of the Sony Open in Hawaii.

Japan's Shigeki Maruyama is ahead by one shot in the Sony Open in Hawaii.

World number two Vijay Singh leads Tiger Woods by three shots at the end of the third round of the USPGA Tour Deutsche Bank Championship at the TPC of Boston.

Steve Flesch made his 37th birthday a special one.

Luke Donald fired a seven-under-par 65 to lead the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am by one shot after the second round in California.

Padraig Harrington has single-handedly since April kept Europe representation in the top 10, golf’s end-of-year world rankings released today reveal.

Final-round scores from the Memorial Tournament Muirfield Village GC Dublin, Ohio.

European number one Retief Goosen moved to within one shot of the lead at The Memorial Tournament in Ohio with a second round 67 last night.

Collated scores after the first day of the Players Championship at Sawgrass, Ponte Vedra Beach, Jacksonville, Florida,

Matt Gogel erased some bad memories with a victory at the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am in California.