Tiger Woods put the heat on the Golf Channel over analyst Brandel Chamblee’s insinuation of him cheating.

Rory McIlroy’s PGA Tour season might have been a nightmare almost from start to finish but there is much for the talented Holywood star to glean from the last two months of his competitive year.

Graeme McDowell blames sleep-walking for the freak hand injury that almost ended his season prematurely.

Rory McIlroy’s goal of ending the season as European No. 1 has received a huge boost with his five nearest rivals, including closest challenger Peter Hanson, deciding not to contest two of the last three events on this year’s schedule.

England’s Ian Poulter, still on a high from Ryder Cup glory, won the second World Golf Championship title of his career in China today.

South African Louis Oosthuizen turned on the style again today to take charge of the WGC-HSBC Champions in China.

Ryder Cup Swede Peter Hanson continued his brilliant form in China today – and that was bad news for the absent Rory McIlroy.

Life gets better and better for Shane Lowry.

Rory McIlroy outscored Tiger Woods for only the third time in 11 head-to-head clashes in China today, winning their 'Duel at Jinsha Lake' with a five-under-par 67 to the American's 68.

Despite a glowing result for Irish golf, with four men inside the top 11, there was no hiding Rory McIlroy’s disappointment at finishing runner-up at the BMW Masters in Shanghai.

Tiger Woods is to play the CIMB Classic in Malaysia on October 25-28.

The event in which Rory McIlroy grabbed the biggest first prize in golf last October – €1.5m – will become part of the European Tour later this year.

Australia made a good start to today’s foursomes at the Golf World Cup to maintain their two-shot cushion over Ireland at the Mission Hills resort on Hainan island.

THE US Open winning duo of Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell are the closest of friends but there is one key difference in that relationship ahead of the Omega Mission Hills World Cup at Haikou in China.

TWO years after a one-shot defeat to Italian brothers Francesco and Edoardo Molinari, Graeme McDowell and Rory McIlroy return to Mission Hills in China bidding to capture the World Cup of Golf.

RORY McILROY arrived at the giant Mission Hills complex on Hainan Island to a welcome usually afforded a head of state.

THE value of that?” mused Old Head director of golf Jim O’Brien, as he admired the magazine cover.

Tiger Woods' late replacement Graeme McDowell made his impact felt at the Chevron World Challenge as he took a share of the lead heading into the final round in California.

Rory McIlroy will look to bounce back from his recent double disappointment at this week’s Nedbank Golf Challenge in South Africa.

IRELAND’S Graeme McDowell will replace Tiger Woods at this weeks Chevron World Challenge in California following the World Number One’s withdrawal from the exclusive limited field event.

Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell stretched Ireland’s lead at the Omega Mission Hills World Cup to five strokes midway through today’s second round foursomes.

AFTER the excitement of the Race to Dubai and Lee Westwood’s successes on Sunday, the attention switches to the World Cup of Golf which starts Thursday at the Mission Hills Golf Club in China.

Rory McIlroy will make his debut for Ireland and Sergio Garcia will represent Spain for only the fourth time when golf’s World Cup takes place in China in November.

Kristy McPherson is alone atop of the leaderboard at the Kraft Nabisco Championship at Mission Hills after shooting a two-under 70 move on to eight-under 208 overall.

Martin Kaymer is keen to turn the disappointment of narrowly missing out on a Ryder Cup debut earlier this year into a positive by leading Germany to World Cup success at Mission Hills this week.

Ireland’s Graeme McDowell and Paul McGinley were making a solid charge up the leaderboard midway through the opening round of the Omega Mission Hills World Cup today, and were seven under through 12.

Ryder Cup wild card Ian Poulter will lead England’s challenge for the World Cup at Mission Hills in China at the end of November.

With no options left to earn her 2009 LPGA Tour card, Michelle Wie has entered the first stage of tour qualifying next week at Mission Hills Country Club.

England’s Laura Davies, who won the title a record four times in a row in the mid-1990s, launches her American season at the Safeway International in Phoenix. Arizona.

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.

Former French Open winner Michael Chang believes he could help the Chinese tennis team increase their chances of winning medals at the 2008 Olympics if he were more involved in the set-up.

The USA look set to retain outright top spot on the Omega Mission Hills World Cup leaderboard for the final day as they stayed ahead towards the end of the third round.

Ian Poulter is hoping he and England partner Justin Rose can continue their recent success and demonstrate a potential Ryder Cup pairing at the inaugural Omega Mission Hills World Cup this week.

Jose Maria Olazabal's persistent injury problems have forced him to pull out of Spain's team to play at this month's World Cup in China.

Justin Rose will represent England at this year’s World Cup, ensuring the tournament has at least one world top-20 player.

The number of teams competing in golf’s Omega World Cup in China on November 22-25 has been increased from 24 to 28.

Retief Goosen’s International team will take a 2.5-1.5 lead into the singles at the inaugural Goodwill Trophy at Mission Hills after a series of impressive displays against Colin Montgomerie’s Ryder Cup select side.

Ryder Cup star Paul Casey and European Tour rookie Alejandro Canizares are captain Colin Montgomerie’s latest selections for next month’s inaugural Goodwill Trophy in China.

Half of Europe’s Ryder Cup team will be competing in golf’s World Cup in Barbados in December – but there are a huge number of big name absentees again.

The elderly man whose car smashed through a California outdoor market, killing 10 people, has made his first public comment, saying “my heart is broken over the extent of the tragedy”.

Ronnie O'Sullivan will miss England's encounter with the Republic of Ireland in the Coalite Nations Cup because of a back injury.