Graeme McDowell ended an otherwise disappointing 2012 campaign in magnificent fashion by holding on under strong pressure from American Keegan Bradley to capture the Tiger Woods World Challenge and the first prize of more than a million dollars at Sherwood Country Club near Los Angeles last night.

Graeme McDowell produced a superb second round of 66 in the second round of the Tiger Wood Challenge at Sherwood Country Club near Los Angeles last night to open up a three stroke lead in an event worth more than a million dollars to the champion at the conclusion of the event tomorrow.

Tiger Woods heaped praise on Rory McIlroy’s achievements in 2012, but on the eve of his own final event of the season vowed: “I still feel I have some of my best golf to play.”

Tiger Woods was hoping to hear today that the way long putters are anchored to the body is going to be outlawed.

JUST about everybody by now has had their fling at picking their various sporting stars of 2011.

Graeme McDowell thanked his good fortune at Tiger Woods’ expense as he booked his ticket to the 2010 Masters last night.

JIM FURYK staged a sensational finish to the Chevron World Challenge at Sherwood Country Club last night to hold off a strong challenge over the closing holes from the Irish pair Pádraig Harrington and Graeme McDowell and England’s Lee Westwood and Ian Poulter and pull off his first win of the year.

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.

Padraig Harrington believes the game of golf is well placed to recover from the negative publicity surrounding the current scandal involving Tiger Woods.

Ian Poulter took a share of the lead at the Chevron World Challenge yet still cut a forlorn figure in the California sunshine.

EUROPEAN number one Lee Westwood insists victory at this week’s Chevron World Challenge would still be special, even without the presence of tournament host Tiger Woods.

Padraig Harrington last night defended Tiger Woods’ decision to skip his own tournament following the world number one’s car accident last Friday.

Tiger Woods has chosen to stay out of the media glare rather than face questions today regarding his car accident.

TIGER WOODS last night withdrew from his own Chevron World Challenge tournament due to begin at the Sherwood Country Club in the Thousand Oaks suburb of Los Angeles on Thursday.

The Florida Highway Patrol have distanced themselves from reports that they are seeking search warrants for medical records relating to Tiger Woods’ facial injuries from last week’s car crash.

TIGER WOODS owned up last night, but not to much.

Tiger Woods broke his silence about the car accident he was involved in early on Friday morning as Florida Highway Patrol were informed the world number one golfer had cancelled another scheduled interview with its troopers and appointed a lawyer to represent him in the case.

Jim Furyk shot a four-under-par 68 to take a two-shot lead after the first round of the Chevron World Challenge at Sherwood Country Club.

Tiger Woods carded a final round four-under-par 68 to win the Target World Challenge by seven strokes from Zach Johnson last night.

Tiger Woods and Jim Furyk were three-under-par midway through today’s first round of the Target World Challenge.

Tiger Woods completed an outstanding year by firing a six-under-par 66 in Sunday’s final round to win the Target World Challenge in California, the tournament that benefits his own foundation.

Tiger Woods shot a 4-under-par 68 to take a one-stroke lead after Friday’s second round of the Target World Challenge.

Irish golfers Darren Clarke and Pádraig Harrington have given themselves every chance of victory, placed second and third respectively, after the opening round of the Target World Challenge at the Sherwood Country Club in California.

Tiger Woods heads a talented 16-man field for this week’s Target World Challenge which begins at the Sherwood Country Club in California today.

PADRAIG HARRINGTON and Darren Clarke are among the 14-strong field intent on denting Tiger Woods’s record in his Target World Challenge commencing Thursday at the Sherwood Country Club near Los Angeles.

Colin Montgomerie fired a four-under-par 67 to take a two-shot lead from Tiger Woods and two other Americans at the Target World Challenge in California.

Colin Montgomerie, Tiger Woods, the host of the Target World Challenge since its inception in 1999, and Jim Furyk were tied for the lead after the first round of this year’s event.

IT would be a tough old station except they travel in luxury, are treated like royalty and then play four days of competitive golf on beautifully manicured courses for a great deal of money.

Davis Love III held off a dramatic charge by tournament host Tiger Woods to win the Target World Challenge.

Davis Love III carded a nine-under-par 63 to take a third-shot lead into the final round of the Target World Challenge at Sherwood Country Club in California.

Defending champion Padraig Harrington seized the lead in the second round of the Target World Challenge in California.

After battling windy conditions in California, Love made two late birdies and grabbed a one-shot lead after the first round of the Target World Challenge, a tournament hosted by Tiger Woods that offers an €1.14m top prize.

TIGER WOODS embraces charity and as such this week’s Target World Challenge will benefit his own foundation, but there will be no pre-Christmas hand-outs from the newly-crowned PGA Tour Player of the Year when he goes into battle against an elite field at the Sherwood Country Club.

Tiger Woods embraces charity and as such this week’s Target World Challenge will benefit his own foundation, but there will be no pre-Christmas hand-outs from the newly-crowned PGA Tour Player of the Year when he goes into battle against an elite field at the Sherwood Country Club.

Tiger Woods carded a final round eight-under-par 64 to overcome Fiji’s Vijay Singh and win the Williams World Challenge at Sherwood Country Club, Thousand Oaks.

Padraig Harrington is three shots off the pace after the opening round of the Williams World Challenge at the Sherwood Country Club course, Thousand Oaks.