Thankfully, we no longer have to wonder if Tiger Woods will ever win another major championship. Yesterday’s victory at the US Masters emphatically addressed that matter but it is the manner of his victory that resonates strongest.

Tiger Woods has won the Masters for the fifth time, finishing top of the leaderboard,one-shot ahead of Xander Schauffele, Dustin Johnson and Brooks Koepka.

The past year produced another crop of bizarre, eye-watering injuries for sport stars. And not all of them happened during the action.

When Thomas Bjorn arrived at Le Golf National at the start of last week, Europe’s captain could not have dreamed he would be reflecting on a landslide victory, nor imagined what a pain in the backside it could become.

Well you can rip up the record books, the 42nd Ryder Cup matches will get underway at Le Golf National this morning with a completely new roster of partnerships.

Henrik Stenson has stressed the importance of a strong European start to the Ryder Cup in this morning’s opening fourballs session at Le Golf National.

Patrick Reed relishes the role of Captain America. And he’s just as comfortable being Public Enemy No. 1 at the Ryder Cup.

Keegan Bradley was never more nervous than the moments before his Ryder Cup debut. He had the opening tee shot in foursomes at Medinah against Sergio Garcia and Luke Donald, a European tandem that had never lost in four matches against some of America’s best players.

As expected, Tiger Woods was named on the US Ryder Cup team last night alongside Bryson DeChambeau, and Phil Mickelson as Jim Furyk announced his three picks in Philadelphia.

In-form Bryson DeChambeau left Ryder Cup captain Jim Furyk in no doubt he will be a valuable wildcard after a second successive victory in the FedEx Cup series.

The US Golf Association had one job — ONE JOB! — this week: Don’t mess up another US Open at Shinnecock Hills like it did in 2004.

He managed a top-ten Masters finish despite an extensively bruised and swollen left ankle, which he popped back into place on-course by himself.

Defending champion Sergio Garcia got into some hot water giving new meaning to the old cliche that you can’t win the tournament on Thursday, but you sure can lose it.

Bubba Watson was feeling low about his health and even worse about his golf. It reached a point that he wondered if he would ever win again, and he says he talked with his wife on a dozen occasions about retiring.

During the Christmas break of the PGA Tour’s wraparound season, Graeme McDowell toiled for seven hours at Lake Nona Golf & Country Club, his home track in Orlando, working on his game. 

Tiger Woods finished the first round of the Genesis Open six shots off the lead after returning to the Riviera Country Club for the first time in 12 years.

Shane Lowry has moved up to four-under after seven holes on day two of the Farmers’ Insurance Open in California.

Shane Lowry and Graeme McDowell will start the final day of the QBE Shootout with a share of the lead after a blistering second-round 64 in Naples, Florida.

Dustin Johnson had a chance to win $10m while sitting in front of a television.

England's Paul Casey will head into the final round of the Deutsche Bank Championship with a three-shot lead after carding a third straight 66 on Sunday.

Phil Mickelson saw major championship history elude him at the last moment but at least has the comfort of a healthy lead going into today’s Open Championship second round.

PGA Championship play in the second round at Whistling Straits was brought to an abrupt and premature halt on Friday night as thunder and lightning storms forced a suspension in play with Australia’s Jason Day and Matt Jones leading the final major of the year.

Fit-again Rory McIlroy will not add tournaments to his 2015 schedule in order to make up lost time for his injury-enforced absence this summer.

Masters champion Jordan Spieth made his move towards back-to-back major victories as he claimed a share of the early second-round US Open clubhouse lead at Chambers Bay last night.