Graeme McDowell shot the lowest score of the day in Memphis but no-one was able to reel in runaway winner Brian Gay at the St Jude Classic.

Brian Gay gave up a shot at the final hole to leave him with a slender lead as he chased a second PGA Tour victory of the year at the St Jude Classic today.

Steve Stricker triumphed at the second extra hole to win the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial after a three-way play-off tonight.

Tim Clark holed a birdie on the final hole of his third round to take a two-stroke advantage into the final day of the Crowne Plaza Invitational.

Steve Stricker completed a two-round course record at the Crowne Plaza Invitational in Texas today but it was only good enough to secure the American a one-stroke lead at the top of the leaderboard.

Ian Poulter continued his impressive recent form today in the first round of the Crowne Plaza Invitational in Texas.

Luke Donald and Paul Casey both went low on the final day of the Verizon Heritage on Sunday night but neither could prevent Brian Gay from breezing to victory at Harbour Town Golf Links.

Paul Azinger completed the American Ryder Cup team today by handing wild cards to Steve Stricker, Hunter Mahan, JB Holmes and Chad Campbell.

PAUL AZINGER isn’t looking forward to naming his four American wild cards this afternoon (3pm, Irish time).

IT was bad enough for Paul Azinger to see two Europeans lead the way home at Oakland Hills on Sunday.

US Ryder Cup chief Paul Azinger is left to make four captain’s picks after the top eight players in the US Ryder Cup standings earned a spot on the team after the conclusion of the US PGA Championship on Sunday.

Ken Duke and Charlie Wi each shot seven-under-par 64s to share a one-stroke lead after the first round of the John Deere Classic.

Kenny Perry fired a six-under-par 66 last night to win the Buick Open by a stroke over Woody Austin and Bubba Watson.

Sweden’s Daniel Chopra opened up a two-stroke lead after the third round of the Buick Open following a four-under-par 68.

Bo Van Pelt fired a six-under-par 66 to move to 14-under overall and take a two-shot lead during the second round of the Buick Open.

Corey Pavin, Bo Van Pelt and Dudley Hart fired bogey-free eight-under-par opening rounds to share the lead at the Buick Open this morning.

Boo Weekley holds a one-stroke lead after the opening round of the Stanford St Jude Championship.

Richard Finch not only won his second European Tour title today, but did something for which he will always be remembered.

Masters champion Trevor Immelman has withdrawn from the Players Championship at Sawgrass because of illness.

Last year’s joint runner-up Rory Sabbatini carries a jinx into The Masters.

Woody Austin, Nicholas Thompson, Briny Baird and Peter Lonard were tied on eight under par at the close of play on a weather-interrupted third day at the Zurich Classic.

Tiger Woods started slowly but ultimately proved far too good for KJ Choi in their quarter-final at the Accenture World Match Play Championship today.

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

Colin Montgomerie crashed out of the Accenture Match Play Championship tonight.

Colin Montgomerie made an inauspicious start in his second-round encounter at the Accenture Match Play Championship on Thursday.

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.

Henrik Stenson was left alone to fly the European flag in the chase for the £1m (€1.45m) first prize in the HSBC World Match Play Championship at Wentworth.

Paul Casey lost his unbeaten record at the HSBC World Match Play Championship at Wentworth today – and left Swede Henrik Stenson as almost certainly the only European in the semi-finals.

Paul Casey was in severe danger of seeing the end of his unbeaten record in the HSBC World Match Play Championship at Wentworth.

Swede Henrik Stenson and Argentina's Andres Romero took just 15 minutes this morning to clinch places in the quarter-finals of the HSBC World Match Play Championship at Wentworth.

Angel Cabrera thrashed Retief Goosen to be the first player into the quarter-finals at the HSBC World Match Play Championship at Wentworth today.

Paul Casey, winner of the HSBC World Match Play Championship on his debut last year, is going well again at Wentworth today.

Henrik Stenson was the talk of golf earlier this year – and knows it is high time he did something to make everyone start speaking about him again.

American golfer Woody Austin makes his World Match Play debut this week having just discovered a very fast, very wet way to earn worldwide fame.

Between them they have 10 victories at Wentworth but Colin Montgomerie hopes it will be third time lucky when he plays Ernie Els in the opening round of the HSBC World Match Play Championship tomorrow.

Ireland's Padraig Harrington has been drawn against Anders Hansen in the first round of the World Matchplay Championship on Thursday.

Colin Montgomerie has to take on record six-time winner Ernie Els in the opening round of the HSBC World Match Play Championship at Wentworth on Thursday.

The United States, led by a dominant Tiger Woods, had one hand on the Presidents Cup trophy after opening a seven-point lead today.

Tiger Woods and David Toms kept the United States’ Presidents Cup bid on track despite the best efforts of a spirited International team at Royal Montreal.

The United States swept the morning foursomes to open a commanding seven-point lead at the Presidents Cup.

Tiger Woods suffered his worst defeat in professional match play competition as the United States team faltered on day two at the Presidents Cup.