COULD this US Open have been any better, any more exciting or any more suspenseful?

KJ Choi leads the way at the halfway stage in the Barclays Classic in Harrison, New York after shooting a five-under-par 66.

England’s Simon Dyson will try to achieve something only Tiger Woods has managed in 2007 when he defends his KLM Open title this week.

Former Open champion John Daly was on Friday looking for more help from the “golfing gods” to get back into contention for the Scandinavian Masters.

It was a case of Strange by name, strange by nature in the first round of the Scandinavian Masters in Stockholm.

Australian Scott Strange today made the most of his last-minute call up to the Scandinavian Masters by setting the clubhouse target in the first round.

Yorkshire’s Simon Dyson, sixth in the USPGA Championship on Sunday, carried on from where he left off in the first round of the Scandinavian Masters today.

WOODY AUSTIN, the man who chased Tiger Woods all the way to the line at Southern Hills on Sunday and did himself proud in the process, is that American rarity.

Tiger Woods’ lead slipped to just one shot after 14 holes of his final round in the PGA Championship at Southern Hills.

Tiger Woods closed in on his 13th major victory after maintaining his three-shot lead at the halfway point of his final round in red-hot conditions at the US PGA Championship at Southern Hills in Oklahoma.

Simon Dyson and Colin Montgomerie both made good starts in the final round of the US PGA Championship at Southern Hills today.

Tiger Woods held a three-shot lead as he went for his 13th career major championship victory – but that advantage is even larger when you consider the mindset of those chasing him in the US PGA Championship.

Trevor Immelman found some of his long lost form on Saturday after being struck by a debilitating illness at the Masters in April as the South African carded six birdies in a four-under-par 66 in the third round of the US PGA Championship.

Tiger Woods stands on the verge of his 13th major as he heads into the final day of the US PGA Championship at Southern Hills with a three-shot lead over his rivals.

Padraig Harrington arrived at Southern Hills hoping to add the US PGA Championship to the Open title he won at Carnoustie last month but a third-round 72 left him 11 strokes behind leader Tiger Woods and his dream in tatters.

American Steve Stricker made a promising start to his third round in the US PGA Championship at Southern Hills, with the leaders still hours away from taking to the course.

Paul McGinley rebounded from a rough opening round to move into contention at the halfway stage of the US PGA Championship.

Tiger Woods came within a fraction of making history but still did more than enough to take command of the US PGA Championship.

First round leader Graeme Storm fell out of contention on the second day of the US PGA Championship as he was passed by Tiger Woods heading in the opposite direction.

Padraig Harrington feels he missed an opportunity to make a statement at in the second round of the US PGA Championship at Southern Hills.

Graeme Storm is no longer in the lead at the USPGA Championship but it looked like Tiger Woods would be before too long.

Graeme Storm did not get much sleep last night and it was only fitting because after a dream start, his second round at Southern Hills turned out to be a nightmare.

Graeme Storm found it a bit rougher going around Southern Hills with a stumbling start to the second round of the USPGA Championship.

Lee Westwood and Sergio Garcia managed to beat the heat, if not the course, during the first round of the US PGA Championship at Southern Hills.

Graeme Storm stole Tiger Woods and John Daly’s thunder in the first round of the US PGA Championship.

Lee Westwood was tied for the lead in the first round of the PGA Championship - but that was not nearly as big a surprise as who he was tied with.

Ryder Cup star Sergio Garcia is refreshed and ready to step back into the major spotlight after narrowly missing out at the Open Championship last month.

Jim Furyk will have to hope that less than 100% will be enough this week in the US PGA at Southern Hills.

From a chance at three in a row to a no-show, Phil Mickelson’s life at major championships has been anything but charmed lately.

Padraig Harrington is keen to add the US PGA to his Open success when the event starts at Southern Hills tomorrow.

Tiger Woods may be big but the world’s top-ranked golfer can come up with at least one athlete who he feels trumps him on a world-wide stage.

Sweden’s Carl Pettersson and American Jason Bohn have both pulled out of this week’s USPGA Championship at Southern Hills in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

A CERTAIN Steve Banky became something of a household name in American golfing circles at the weekend.

IT ISN’T often the temperature becomes the main topic of conversation in the lead-up to a major golf championship but that has been very much the case here over the past few days.

Tiger Woods travelled from Akron to Tulsa last night with yet another world title to his name and a reminder to the rest of golf that when he is on his game nobody comes close.

Tiger Woods was back enjoying himself at one of his happiest hunting grounds today.

Although British Open champion Padraig Harrington admits he is currently nowhere near the level that saw him raise the Claret Jug at Carnoustie, he concedes the WGC Bridgestone Invitational in Akron, Ohio has provided him with excellent preparation for next week’s US PGA Championship.

TIGER WOODS insists he has no worries about breaking his habit of not playing a tournament in the week before a major.

AFTER a week of incessant interviews and celebration, Pádraig Harrington is gradually beginning to refocus on his golfing career.