You do not have to win the Tour Championship to top the FedEx Cup rankings and pick up the $10 million jackpot on Sunday night — but it sure helps.

Not surprisingly, these top ten Augusta clutch shots all came in the final round of the Masters when the pressure was massive and the drama unbearable.

Pre-tournament favourite Charl Schwartzel cruised to victory in the Tshwane Open to claim his 11th European Tour title and an eighth on home soil, despite admitting to some “iffy” moments.

Matt Jones clung on to win the Australian Open ahead of Adam Scott and defending champion Jordan Spieth.

Rory McIlroy quickly set about ensuring his previous late heroics did not go to waste in the last 16 of the WGC-Cadillac Match Play in San Francisco today.

England's Andy Sullivan won his first European Tour title today after home favourite Charl Schwartzel suffered a dramatic collapse in the South African Open.

England’s Andy Sullivan has one local major champion hot on his heels at the halfway stage of the South African Open, but surprisingly another dropped well off the pace in Johannesburg.

Newly-crowned Open champion Rory McIlroy had to settle for an opening 69 on his return to action in the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational in Akron today.

The predicted thunderstorms had yet to materialise, but Rory McIlroy was still not being given an easy ride in the third round of the 143rd Open Championship at Royal Liverpool.

Thomas Aiken kept the Africa Open in South African hands – and his temporary caddie very happy – by defeating England’s Oliver Fisher in a play-off to claim his third European Tour title yesterday.

Denmark’s Morten Orum Madsen was victorious at the South African Open on Sunday as Charl Schwartzel squandered the lead to finish tied fourth in Ekurhuleni.

Former Masters champion Charl Schwartzel, pictured below, held a share of the lead at the midway point of the South African Open thanks to a blistering front nine in his second round.

Newly-crowned European number one Henrik Stenson has given a guarded welcome to a new European Tour regulation requiring players to support their home events or be forced to play an extra two tournaments.

In a thrilling finish to the Cassidy Golf 103rd €30,000 PGA Irish Championship at Roganstown yesterday, Michael McGeady snatched the title by a whisker from Damian Mooney and Cian McNamara.

The United States opened up a five-point lead on the third day of the Presidents Cup as play was once again disrupted by rain at Muirfield Village in Ohio.

The United States opened up a potentially decisive four-point lead on day three of the Presidents Cup at Muirfield Village in Ohio.

Matt Kuchar will take a two-shot lead into the final round of the Memorial Tournament on a testing day of golf which saw defending champion Tiger Woods card the worst nine-hole score of his professional career.

Nicolas Colsaerts will defend his Volvo World Match Play Championship title as the European Tour breaks new ground in Bulgaria this week, but only after his father arrives on a hastily-chartered private jet with his clubs.

England’s David Lynn, who described qualifying for the Masters as a dream come true, might be forgiven for thinking he had yet to wake up after setting the clubhouse target on his tournament debut today.

Pre-tournament favourite Charl Schwartzel today claimed a share of the clubhouse lead before the Maybank Malaysian Open was delayed for the second day in succession by bad weather.

Local boy John Merrick sealed his first PGA Tour win as he edged out Charlie Beljan in a play-off for the Northern Trust Open in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles.

Defending Northern Trust Open champion Bill Haas stormed to the head of the leaderboard going into the final round with a seven-under-par 64 in California.

South African Richard Sterne produced a faultless closing round to claim a seven-stroke victory over local boy Charl Schwartzel with a tournament record 27-under at the Johannesburg Open.

South Africa’s Richard Sterne and Trevor Fisher Jnr are tied for the lead at the halfway stage of the Joburg Open, three shots clear of the chasing pack.

Charl Schwartzel and Sergio Garcia end the year 14th and 16th in the world respectively after their weekend wins in South Africa and Malaysia.

South African Charl Schwartzel completed his fantastic finish to 2012 with an astonishing 12-stroke victory on home soil at the Alfred Dunhill Championship today.

Charl Schwartzel, an 11-shot winner in Thailand last weekend, takes a 10-stroke lead into the final round of the Alfred Dunhill Championship in his native South Africa tomorrow.

Martin Kaymer survived a late wobble to hold on for his first title of the year with victory at the Nedbank Golf Challenge in Sun City.

Martin Kaymer and Charl Schwartzel were locked together at the top of the leaderboard on the final day of the Nedbank Challenge at Sun City.

Another day, another bogey-free round, but still Luke Donald could shake off an under-the-weather Rory McIlroy.

Indian Jeev Mikha Singh today became the seventh player to shoot a record 64 on the Earth course in Dubai today - despite an injured finger and concerns about his mother.

Rory McIlroy intends trimming his 2013 playing schedule after a very tired-looking World No 1 was handed a golf lesson by Tiger Woods in their much-anticipated Turkish Airlines World Golf showdown yesterday.

Lee Westwood and Justin Rose are guaranteed $1m each after making it an all-English final of the Turkish Airlines World Golf Final – but Rory McIlroy had to settle for ’just’ $300,000 after finishing last in the eight-man exhibition.

Rory McIlroy got off to a poor start in his must-win clash with Tiger Woods in the final group games of the Turkish Airlines World Golf Final today.

It was as though the Turkish weather was bigger than the combined presence of Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods when a violent electrical storm delayed their much-anticipated matchplay showdown.

Play has been abandoned for the day at the Turkish Airlines World Golf final after the forecast storm duly arrived.

Tiger Woods enjoyed a more serene start to his round today as the Turkish Golf Airlines World Golf Final resumed following an eventful opening day.

The eagerly-anticipated clash between Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods could be rendered meaningless after both lost their opening matches at the £3.2m Turkish Airlines World Golf Final today.

Two eagles in the space of five holes were not enough to prevent Rory McIlroy facing an uphill battle to win his first match in the Turkish Airlines World Golf Final today.

Rory McIlroy needed just three holes to discover his game was still in excellent shape on the first day of the inaugural Turkish Airlines World Golf Final today.

World No.1 Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods arrived in Antalya yesterday to be presented each with Turkish Airlines model airplanes bearing their names.