Six years after sitting disconsolately in his hotel room in Akron wondering if he had the game to play on tour, Shane Lowry stands on top of the world safe in the knowledge that he’s now a man to be feared.

Graeme McDowell has returned to Orlando from Malaysia to begin his Masters preparations at a little known private golf course that has remained relatively hidden for 100 years.

I have looked as hard as I can around this monster of a golf course and searched the massive structure that is the clubhouse.

Eastbourne champion Tamira Paszek was the last woman standing after a marathon battle on Wimbledon’s Centre Court with seventh seed Caroline Wozniacki.

THE rise and rise of Rory McIlroy this year has coincided with the fall and fall of Pádraig Harrington – but the 20-year-old does not expect his fellow Irishman’s slide to continue for much longer.