Rory McIlroy shot his second successive 65 to take the clubhouse lead in the Deutsche Bank Championship at TPC Boston on 12 under par.

PÁDRAIG HARRINGTON will need to shoot the lights out at TPC Boston in Norton, Massachusetts today in the final round of the Deutsche Bank Championship if he wants to retain an active interest in the season-ending FedEx Cup series.

PGA Tour rookie Webb Simpson defied difficult conditions in the second round of The Barclays at Liberty National to take a two-shot lead at the halfway stage.

PÁDRAIG HARRINGTON returns to competitive golf this week at the Barclays Championship, the first of four events in the lucrative, season-ending Fed-Ex Cup series on the US Tour.

Sergio Garcia said must another final-day heartbreak behind him and look forward to a big run in the FedEx Cup during the next month.

Padraig Harrington was set to return to work at TPC Boston today – ready to get back on track for Friday’s Deutsche Bank Championship.

Aaron Baddeley, Rich Beem and Mike Weir are tied for the lead at the Deutsche Bank Championship but it looks like Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson will have plenty to say about who wins.

Vijay Singh carded a record-breaking round to take the lead at the €4.4m Deutsche Bank Championship.

Tiger Woods was pleased to get off to a good start as he again took a position that is all too familiar for his PGA Tour competitors – atop the leaderboard.