Padraig Harrington took a share of the early clubhouse lead in Connecticut as the first wave of players completed their opening rounds at the Travelers Championship.

Australia’s Marcus Fraser won the Ballantine’s Championship today by four shots as a battling three-under-par 69 final round secured a wire-to-wire win and first victory in seven years.

Robert Allenby captured the Australian PGA Championship for a fourth time as he cruised to his second win in as many weeks by four shots from John Senden and Scott Strange.

Adam Scott survived a late scare to claim the Stonehaven Cup by five shots against Stuart Appleby after a tense final round at the Australian Open at NSW Golf Club.

Victoria’s hefty investment in Tiger Woods has returned a healthy dividend in the form of the 2009 JBWere Australian Masters title, the AUSD270,000 (€169,000) first prize and the champion’s yellow jacket, all safely secured by the world number one at Kingston Heath today.

World number one Tiger Woods has his first title on Australian soil firmly in his sights after establishing a two-shot break over the rest of the field at the halfway stage of the JBWere Masters at Kingston Heath in Melbourne.

World number one Tiger Woods has made a huge statement on the opening day of the JBWere Masters at Kingston Heath, Australia, tearing up the sandbelt course with a six-under 66 to sit level with James Nitties and 21-year-old South African Branden Grace.

THE size of the gallery yesterday at Kingston Heath, Melbourne, was nothing new for Tiger Woods, who also played before some 7,000 people a few days ago in China.

TRIPLE major-winning Pádraig Harrington has labelled as “protectionism” any move by the European Tour to introduce a series of core tournaments its members will have to contest to retain automatic membership.

Australian Marcus Fraser hopes to celebrate his 31st birthday tomorrow with the second European Tour victory of his career.

Bogeys on the fifth and seventh at the Barclays Scottish Open in Loch Lomond this morning saw Dubliner Paul McGinley slip from sharing top spot to lie tied for third as he turned for home.

Tournament host Tiger Woods overcame a shaky start to his third round at Congressional Country Club to set up a final-day showdown with defending champion Anthony Kim at the AT&T National in Maryland.

Tournament host Tiger Woods overcame a shaky start to his third round at Congressional Country Club today to set up a final-day showdown with defending champion Anthony Kim at the AT&T National in Maryland.

Tiger Woods’ bid to win a third title of the year suffered a setback at Congressional Country Club today as he bogeyed the opening hole of his third round at the AT&T National in Maryland.

Tournament host Tiger Woods took charge at the AT&T National at Congressional Country Club on Friday but a back-nine collapse put paid to Paul Casey's hopes of competing over the weekend.

Tournament host Tiger Woods turned up the heat on defending champion Anthony Kim by taking the clubhouse lead in the second round of the AT&T National at Congressional Country Club today.

Brian Gay strengthened his lead at the Verizon Heritage with a bogey-free third round four-under-par 67 at Harbour Town Golf Links in South Carolina.

Luke Donald made his move in the Verizon Heritage in South Carolina today as he posted an early low score to give the leaders something to think about at Harbour Town Golf Links.

Former Open champion Todd Hamilton moved to the top of the leaderboard at the Verizon Heritage today as overnight pacesetter Alex Cejka battled to stay in touch.

Germany's Alex Cejka grabbed the first-round lead at the Verizon Heritage event as Jose Maria Olazabal found his way onto a leaderboard again at Harbour Town Golf Links.

Germany’s Alex Cejka gave the Verizon Heritage field a low score to aim at as he took the early clubhouse lead at Harbour Town Golf Links.

Phil Mickelson and Nick Watney are set for another duel at Doral on Sunday after a day of thrust and parry between the Americans at the WGC-CA Championship.

Rory McIlroy showed the nerve to match his talent as he reached the halfway point at Doral firmly in contention at the WGC-CA Championship.

Oliver Wilson missed a chance for a share of the lead at Doral with a disappointing final hole as Padraig Harrington made a welcome return to form today at the WGC-CA Championship.

Tiger Woods overcame a front-nine wobble to win his opening match at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship in his much-anticipated comeback from an eight-month injury lay-off.

Lee Westwood got the European challenge at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club off to a flying start as the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship began near Tucson today.

Europe's newest star Rory McIlroy could face Tiger Woods in the third round of next week's Accenture World Match Play in Arizona - if, that is, the world number one decides he is ready to return to action.

Former champion Andrew Coltart opened up a one-stroke lead at the midway point of the second round of the Qatar Masters today, with Ireland's Damien McGrane tied for fourth at six under.

Play has been suspended on day two of the Australian Open at Royal Sydney after heavy rain rendered the Rose Bay layout unplayable.

Three players hold a two-shot lead at the end of an eventful opening day at Royal Sydney after carding course-record equalling seven-under 65s in benign conditions.

Craig Parry loves being referred to as the reigning Australian Open champion - but he expects to lose the title by Sunday.

Darren Clarke has declared his intention to get back into the world’s top 50 and is targeting a big performance at this week’s Australian Open as a great way to start.

Rod Pampling won the Australian Masters today after edging out Marcus Fraser at the third play-off hole at Huntingdale Golf Club after the two Australians finished at the top of the final round leaderboard locked at 12 under par.

The master and his apprentice, Robert Allenby and Michael Sim, have a two-shot lead going into the final round of an enthralling 2008 Australian Masters at Huntingdale.

Phil Mickelson conjured up a piece of magic at the final hole to win the Crowne Plaza Invitational on Sunday.

Phil Mickelson ended the third round of the Crowne Plaza Invitational as he started it, with a one-stroke lead.

Tiger Woods’ bid for the Accenture Match Play Championship title has barely survived after a tight encounter at Dove Mountain.

The withdrawal of American Brett Wetterich has prevented a first round clash between Colin Montgomerie and Justin Rose at the Accenture World Match Play Championship in Arizona next week.

Open champion Padraig Harrington is in line for a first round clash with Swede Peter Hanson at the Accenture World Match Play Championship in Arizona next week.

Woody Austin and Mark Calcavecchia captured the Merrill Lynch Shootout with a one-shot victory over Greg Norman and Bubba Watson last night.

Teenage rookie Rory McIlroy produced a three-under-par second round to take a share of third place, four shots off the lead, in the Mastercard Masters in Melbourne.

Tiger Woods needed just six holes to signal his intent to capture a third straight Open Championship at a cold and wet Carnoustie on Thursday.

Tigers Woods has jumped into a share of the lead at the Open Championship with an eagle on the sixth, holing from 14 feet to move to three under par.

Tiger Woods kept to his early-morning practice routine at Carnoustie today - despite getting caught in a torrential downpour.