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

Tiger Woods and Vijay Singh set up a showdown at the Wachovia Championship after moving into a joint lead at Charlotte.

Britons Lee Westwood and Greg Owen were among 12 players today handed a start in next month’s Open championship.

South African Trevor Immelman has won more than €1m on the US Tour in the last two weeks – but it could so easily have been more than €1.8m.

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

Colin Montgomerie is sitting out the weekend for the sixth tournament running - this time all because American Chad Campbell sank a 15-foot putt.

Wes Short Jr claimed his first USPGA Tour victory when he defeated Jim Furyk on the second play-off hole at the Tournament Players Club in Las Vegas to win the Michelin Championship.

Briny Baird entered the third round with a two-shot lead but finished the day tied for 43rd as Ted Purdy powered ahead at the Michelin Championship in Las Vegas.

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

Sean O’Hair collected his first PGA Tour title after firing a bogey-free six-under-par 65 for a one-stroke victory at the John Deere Classic in Illinois.

Tiger Woods missed the cut at the Byron Nelson Championship in Texas – ending a record streak of 142 tournaments in the money on the USPGA Tour.

Darren Clarke’s double-bogey on the par-four 18th hole allowed Peter Lonard to capture the MCI Heritage in South Carolina – the Australian’s first career victory on the PGA Tour.

Darren Clarke has been paired with Tiger Woods and Lee Westwood with Vijay Singh for the first two rounds of the Masters on Thursday and Friday.

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

Justin Rose is one shot off the lead after the first round of the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic.

PADRAIG HARRINGTON is just one shot off the lead after the first round of the Shinhan Korea Golf Championship.

Padraig Harrington is just one shot off the lead after the first round of the Shinhan Korea Golf Championship.

Stewart Cink recorded the greatest final-round PGA Tour comeback on American soil when erasing a nine-stroke deficit before breaking Ted Purdy’s heart in a five-hole play-off at the Heritage.

Ben Curtis, who won last year’s Open at Royal St George’s, is leading at the halfway stage of the Heritage in South Carolina.

It is not unusual to see the Stadler name atop the leaderboard at the Buick Invitational.

Michelle Wie admitted she had been nervous after shooting five bogeys and three birdies in a two-over-par 72 in the opening round of the Sony Open in Hawaii.