Former world number one Tiger Woods has confirmed his entry for the 147th Open Championship.

Olympic champion Justin Rose believes new formats should remain an occasional diversion from golf’s traditional 72-hole strokeplay events.

The Players Stadium course at Ponte Vedra, Jacksonville, Florida, is famous mostly for the par three 17th hole with its infamous island green.

Masters champion Sergio Garcia continued his remarkable turnaround in fortunes to climb into contention for a second Players Championship title and third win of the season.

Rory McIlroy was far from his ball striking best throughout yesterday’s second round of the Players Championship at Sawgrass but he just about survived into the weekend’s after a round of 71 for an even par total of 144 that leaves him with an outside chance of challenging for the “fifth Major” over the weekend.

Graeme McDowell produced a grandstand finish to finish in one under par 71 and an impressive opening to The Players Championship at Ponte Vedra last night.

Defending champion Jason Day shrugged off a poor finish to his opening round as he targeted an achievement which proved beyond the likes of Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Greg Norman and Jack Nicklaus.

If the Masters signifies the unofficial start of the golfing season on the PGA Tour, then the TPC at Sawgrass represents the real start of business, writes John McHenry.

It might not have been rock bottom for Henrik Stenson as he packed his bags on a January Friday night and slunk out of the 2012 Qatar Masters after another missed cut but the Swede had every reason to feel low.

When the K Club was announced as the venue to host this year’s Dubai Duty Free Irish Open, my initial thoughts were that it was a wonderful opportunity for another Irish victory on home soil.

Asking what’s wrong with Rory McIlroy is a bit like that old joke about George Best, Miss World and the bed in £50 notes. When a player racks up six Top-10 finishes from nine stroke-play starts, there really shouldn’t be any reason to start pressing any alarm bells.

Ryder Cup captain Darren Clarke has led the tributes to the "father" of Irish golf, Christy O'Connor Sr, who has died at the age of 91.

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Ireland's Shane Lowry wrote his name into the record books with a stunning burst of scoring on day one of the Players Championship at Sawgrass.

Shane Lowry is determined to defend his WGC-Bridgestone Invitational title and get his Ryder Cup campaign up and running with a badly-needed win over the next four weeks.

Rickie Fowler believes he still has room for improvement as he targets a first major title and becoming world number one following his success in the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship on Sunday.

The 26-year-old was thousands of miles from his luxurious home in sunny Jupiter, Florida. He was being swept by fierce showers blown in off the Irish Sea. One of his partners was the local hero and tournament host who happened to be going through a horrendous time, failing to break 80.

Ryder Cup captain Darren Clarke is confident his players will be able to handle the partisan atmosphere when Europe defend the trophy against a USA team which will be “baying for blood”.

After a record-setting finish and captivating victory at The Players Championship, Rickie Fowler could have thanked a number of people.

World No 1 Rory McIlroy continued a frustrating Players Championship trend in finishing just a few shots shy of victory for a third year running on the TPC Sawgrass course.

Former world number one Tiger Woods gained an unwanted record as he struggled to a third round of 75 in the Players Championship today.

World No. 1 Rory McIlroy is not the least interested in talk of a new golfing rivalry with Masters Champion Jordan Spieth.

Satisfaction, relief, tension and disappointment – Ireland’s Masters competitors ran the range of emotions at Augusta National last night as the first major of the year reached the halfway stage.

Shane Lowry has given himself eight events up to the first week of June to secure full PGA Tour playing rights. 

There’s no getting away from football in Brazil this month — which is absolutely fabulous if you’re a fan.

European Ryder Cup captain Paul McGinley had a sense US Open champion Martin Kaymer was on the verge of producing something special and believes the “low maintenance” German will make an ideal team member at Gleneagles.

Martin Kaymer is probably best described as being a quiet and unassuming guy.

Watch out world golf, Rory McIlroy’s on a mission to dominate and he’s hoping his remarkable victory on Sunday is the staging post to a summer of success.

Defending BMW PGA Championship champion Matteo Manassero believes making this year’s European Ryder Cup team would be an amazing achievement and is hoping the Irish Open will help him achieve the feat.

Martin Kaymer admitted his Players Championship victory felt like another Major title after a dramatic triumph in near-darkness at Sawgrass on Sunday.

Rory McIlroy was rushing to nearby Jacksonville Airport and a London connecting flight delighted despite yet another ‘back door’ top-10 and on this occasion in the Players Championship.

Jordan Spieth’s remarkable scoring streak finally came to an end on Sunday, but the American sensation remained in contention for a payday in the Players Championship.

If Graeme McDowell had his way this week’s PGA Tour’s flagship Players Championship would return to being an event on the ‘Florida Swing’.

Ryder Cup hero Martin Kaymer remained on course for a £1m payday thanks to a second round of 69 in the Players Championship at Sawgrass on Friday.

A revitalised Lee Westwood shrugged off an unusually early start to lead the European challenge for a rare victory in the Players Championship today.

Darren Clarke didn’t need to shoot a final round 76 in the Masters to know there’s a very fine line between success and failure at Augusta National.

Henrik Stenson hailed a “dream season” as he claimed an historic double in fitting fashion by storming to victory in the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai.

Tiger Woods today made light of being prevented from making his usual early start to his Open preparations at Muirfield.