Tiger Woods recorded his best finish in a full-field PGA Tour event since August 2015 at the Farmers Insurance Open.

Shane Lowry has moved up to four-under after seven holes on day two of the Farmers’ Insurance Open in California.

Tiger Woods makes his first official start on the PGA Tour for a year in the Farmers Insurance Open, but for once all eyes may not be on the 14-time major winner.

Tiger Woods is playing the Hero World Challenge this week, making it the 10th time he has returned from layoffs of 10 weeks or longer.

World number four Jon Rahm is set to play more European Tour events next season after expressing his frustration at not having a chance to win the Race to Dubai.

It is appropriate in these golden times for Spanish golf that the oldest major should be returning to the place where the godfather of the sport in that country first made his mark.

Padraig Harrington will lead the Irish challenge into the final day of the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open.

Only one year and one week ago, Spain’s Jon Rahm made his professional debut at the Quicken Loans National on the PGA Tour. He opened with a 64 at Congressional and tied for third, earning a spot in the British Open and putting him on the fast track to earning a PGA Tour card.

Paul Dunne qualified for next month’s US Open as three-time US Open winner Tiger Woods was suffering another public humiliation that leaves as many questions about the former world No 1’s mental well-being as it does about his ailing back.

This summer’s Dubai Duty Free Irish Open has received another boost of star power after world number 12 and rising Spanish star Jon Rahm added his name to the entry list.

The celebration for John Daly began the day he became eligible for the PGA Tour Champions.

Millions who had never watched a golf tournament tuned in every time Woods was on the course, says Paul Newberry.

Greystones’ Paul Dunne enjoyed his USPGA Tour debut in the Farmers Insurance Open in California with the weekend weather conditions making him feel right at home.

Pádraig Harrington is no longer searching for ‘the secret’ in the autumn of a glorious career, but he remains just a little bitter nobody told him where his ball was at St Andrews this year, writes Brian Keogh.

Open Championship hero Paul Dunne will attract much of the attention at Royal Portrush in two weeks as Ireland bid to defend their Home Internationals title on home soil.

No wonder Rickie Fowler fancies his chances of becoming a major champion at The Open this week. 

As a high school student, Cole Hammer is too young to drive the courtesy car given to all players to use during the US Open this week at Chambers Bay. So you can imagine yesterday was an emotional day for 15-year-old high school sophomore Cole Hammer.

He’s back at the Masters, with his game in shape and a smile on his face. 

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

JB Holmes put the disappointment of losing a play-off at the Farmers Insurance Open behind him in the first round of the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.

As the golf world waits on Tiger Woods’ next move, there appears to be no limit to the number of players both current and former who have advice to offer the 14-time major champion.

Tiger Woods faces further questions over his future in golf after being forced to withdraw from the Farmers Insurance Open in California on Thursday.

American Dustin Johnson denies he has had a drug problem but admits "drinking to excess" was an issue he had to address.

"I would drink and drink to excess. The change I made is I just don’t do that any more."

The advice has been passed along for decades on the PGA Tour, and Matt Kuchar believes it has merit. He just doesn’t like it.

Former world number one Tiger Woods has confirmed he will start his 2015 season at the Waste Management Phoenix Open, arguably the most raucous event on the PGA Tour. 

The golf seasons tend to merge into each other these days, so much so that this week’s first European Tour event of 2015 is actually the third of the 2015 season, writes Phil Casey.

Shane Lowry believes he’s ready to chase the American dream on the PGA Tour and play the kind of global schedule that could make him a Ryder Cup player and an Olympian in 2016.

Martin Kaymer would love to compete against Tiger Woods in this week’s US PGA Championship, but hinted that the 14-time major winner would be better off taking a lengthy break from the game.

Injury has prevented Tiger Woods from seeking a record ninth title at Bay Hill this week – and tournament host Arnold Palmer believes the world number one will also find it “tough” to match Jack Nicklaus’ record of 18 majors.

Rory McIlroy was emphatically living up to his billing as pre-tournament favourite as Tiger Woods battled to match his playing partner’s exploits in the Omega Dubai Desert Classic on Thursday.

His game is dominant, and with five victories in 12 starts this year as well as two major top-10 finishes, the success rate is phenomenal.

Tiger Woods can’t wait to get to the PGA Championship. Woods grabbed a big lead with a second-round 61 and then closed out the field with a safe and smart even-par 70 on Sunday to roll to a seven-shot victory at the Bridgestone Invitational.

Jack Nicklaus today led the tributes to Open champion Phil Mickelson after the American claimed his first Claret Jug in stunning style at Muirfield.

WHEN picking a modern day venue capable of meeting the demands of a US Open, the USGA have recently identified huge properties like Congressional, Bethpage & Torrey Pines, all of which have the course strength, the size and infrastructural capability to allow them to maximise the commercial return from the attendance of 50,000 spectators a day.

You are an 11-year-old who goes to bed on Christmas Eve with a spirit in your belly, only to wake up the next morning to discover Santa Claus has skipped your house.

Rory McIlroy may not yet consider it a rivalry but as Tiger Woods bids to end a five-season quest for his 15th Major championship, it is the Irishman whom he believes presents the biggest obstacle to a fifth Masters victory.

Emigration is a topic so often tinged with sadness and regret but from sunny San Diego, California, comes news of an Irishman turning adversity into the hope of fulfilling a lifelong dream.

Phil Mickelson is back in the world’s top 10 for the first time since last May after his wire-to-wire victory at the Waste Management Phoenix Open.