IRELAND’S Pádraig Harrington has targeted a pair of 66s over the weekend to rescue hopes of capturing the HSBC Champions event in Shanghai.

SHANE LOWRY managed to upstage the world’s top golfer on the opening day of the HSBC Champions event in Shanghai yesterday.

PHIL MICKELSON singled out Rory McIlroy for praise ahead of the HSBC Champions event in Shanghai.

TIGER WOODS isn’t one of those American golfers content to sit at home from one end of the year to the other and flood his already overflowing bank account with still more dollars.

Asia’s first male winner of a major title, Korean’s Yang Yong-eun, will have the chance to take on Tiger Woods again at the HSBC Champions event – now part of the World Golf Championship series – in Shanghai on November 5-8.