Graeme McDowell hopes he will finally be able to replicate his excellent team match play record in individual competition when the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship gets under way in Tucson this week.

Heath Slocum fired a third straight 66 to establish a one-shot lead at the McGladrey Classic at Sea Island, Georgia.

Tiger Woods was bracing himself to lose the world number one ranking after a woeful third round left him 11 over par at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational.

After 108 starts in America since his one and only win 12 years ago Lee Westwood could today make it three European victories in a row at golf’s richest event.

Lee Westwood, not for the first time, was carrying European hopes on his shoulders as Phil Mickelson came charging into the picture at golf’s richest event today.

Lee Westwood soared into the halfway lead at The Players Championship in Florida today as his decision to put golf's richest event back on his schedule paid handsome dividends.

Paul Casey fired a six-under-par 65 at Harbour Town to give himself a chance of making the cut at the Verizon Heritage as Jim Furyk moved to the top of the early second-round leaderboard.

PÁDRAIG HARRINGTON heads to the United States for an eighth and last occasion this year, still striving for a first Tour win of the season.

THOUGH some of his keenest supporters feared Pádraig Harrington would never return to the major championship winning form of 2007 and 2008 the man himself has insisted throughout a summer of swing changes that he ‘will have the last laugh’.

Padraig Harrington is back in the world’s top 10 after finishing joint runner-up in the opening event of the US Tour’s FedEx Cup play-offs.

Heath Slocum saved par in dramatic fashion at the final hole to clinch a one-shot victory in The Barclays at Liberty National.

THE MOUNTAIN top may be in sight, but there’s plenty of hard climbing to be done yet. Cork’s ousting of Kerry in last month’s Munster semi-final has pushed them front and centre in the All-Ireland football betting markets, but it’s also exposed them to closer and more unforgiving scrutiny.

FORMER star Michael Slocum, for whom next Sunday’s trip to Killarney for the Munster SFC semi-final will evoke special memories, is happy to think that the different elements falling into place will enable Cork to make a serious bid for an All-Ireland title win.

BOTH John Kennedy and Mick Slocum are singing from the same hymn sheet ahead of tonight’s Munster MFC semi-finals.

Ireland’s Padraig Harrington battled foul weather and a wrist injury in defence of his Open title at Royal Birkdale today, but former champion Sandy Lyle quit after just 10 holes.

Stewart Cink closed with consecutive birdies on Saturday to take a two-shot advantage after the third round of the Travelers Championship.

Tiger Woods was heading for his 14th major championship as the final round of the US Open got under way at Torrey Pines.

FRED COUPLES has teed up his golf ball 23 times in the Masters and has played the weekend at Augusta National each and every year.

Scotland's Colin Montgomerie and Marc Warren held their nerve in a thrilling play-off against the United States at Mission Hills today to capture the World Cup trophy.

A YOUNG whale has died possibly after being a casualty of inshore nets off the south-west coast.

BASKING sharks, the second largest fish in the world, have been sighted off the coast of West Cork.

A newborn black Angus calf romps about a farm just like any other – only this one does it on six legs.

IT’S becoming increasingly difficult to leave the word “choke” out of the sporting lexicon these days.

Mark Calcavecchia won the Pods Championship in a dramatic finish today.

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.

A flawless round put John Senden 18 holes away from his first PGA Tour victory and a trip to the Open.

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.

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

Rookie Joey Snyder fired a seven-under-par 65 and has a one-shot advantage after the third round of the Southern Farm Bureau Classic.

Justin Leonard followed an opening 62 with a solid five-under-par 65 to take a five-shot lead over Sweden’s Fredrik Jacobson after the second round of the St Jude Classic in Memphis, Tennessee.

MICHAEL SLOCUM knows the heartache of losing a Corn Uí Mhuirí final.

Justin Leonard won the Worldcom Classic despite failing to pick up a birdie during his final round at the Harbour Town Golf Links.