Graeme McDowell was delighted to end a two-year victory drought with a three-shot success at the World Golf Challenge in California.

Graeme McDowell remains on course for victory at the World Golf Challenge after a solid third round at Thousand Oaks.

Nick Watney topped the leaderboard after the first round of the World Challenge in California, with European Ryder Cup hero Graeme McDowell in a chasing pack of three.

Britney Spears is in the "beginning stages" of planning her wedding.

Heather Locklear was released from a hospital after she was treated in the intensive care unit for an unknown ailment.

Tiger Woods’ hopes of ending his title drought ended in a playoff as Graeme McDowell stormed back to win the Chevron World Challenge.

MICHAEL HOEY is seeing the same foot specialist that works with Chelsea F C in a goal to rid himself of continuing aching feet.

California’s blistering autumn heatwave sent temperatures to an all-time record high of 113 degrees Fahrenheit (45 Celsius) in central Los Angeles, with many seeking refuge at the beach or in the shade.

A French fishing vessel was steaming across the southern Indian Ocean today to reach an American teenager stranded after the mast on her yacht broke, ending her round-the-world record bid.

A 16-year-old American girl who was feared lost at sea has been contacted by search teams and is alive and well, a family spokesman said today.

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.

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.

A fan of Paula Abdul was found dead in a car parked near a home belonging to the 'American Idol' judge, police said today.

Padraig Harrington seems increasingly likely to contest Tiger Woods’ lucrative Target World Challenge tournament in California next month.

Tiger Woods has won the Target World Challenge in Thousand Oaks in California by four shots, after shooting a final round of 66.

European Ryder Cup player Henrik Stenson did his best to overshadow world number one Tiger Woods in the Target World Challenge in California last night.

California’s Republican candidate for lieutenant governor said he would no longer use a fund-raising letter sent on his behalf by Mel Gibson, following the actor’s anti-Semitic rant during a drink-driving arrest.

IRELAND has beaten off stiff competition from Switzerland and Singapore to secure 1,100 bio-pharma jobs in a €0.82 billion plant to be built by US firm Amgen in Carrigtwohill, County Cork.

England’s Luke Donald fired a final-round eight-under-par 64 to win the Target World Challenge in California.

SANDRA Dee, who at the height of her fame in the 1960s was arguably the biggest female teen idol of her time, has died, leaving a legacy of film roles that includes Gidget and Tammy and the Doctor.

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.

IT wasn't just beating Tiger Woods but so many other world class players in the Target World Challenge on Sunday that gave Padraig Harrington an extra glow as he left California last night and headed to Mexico where he will partner Paul McGinley in the World Cup starting at Puerto Vallarta on Thursday.

BARRING a late disaster, Padraig Harrington was on course to land a $1m payday as he maintained a four shot lead over Tiger Woods in the Target World Challenge at Thousand Oaks in California.

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.

First round scores from the Williams World Challenge at The Sherwood Country Club Golf Course, 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.

A gunman entered a home in a quiet suburban California neighbourhood and shot five people, killing three, police said.