Australian Aaron Baddeley admitted his previous solitary experience of winning on the PGA Tour helped him secure his second victory at the £3m (€4.5m) FBR Open at the TPC of Scottsdale in Arizona.

Overnight leader Jeff Quinney extended his advantage to four shots midway through the third round of the £3m FBR Open at the TPC of Scottsdale in Arizone.

Ben Curtis carded a six-under-par 65 to hold a one-shot lead over Jose Coceres at the halfway stage of the Booz Allen Classic in Maryland.

Chris Couch chipped in from 26 feet on the 18th hole to preserve his lead and win the Zurich Classic of New Orleans.

IF THE average Joe played the 17th hole at TPC-Sawgrass the way most of the pros will play it this weekend, the water surrounding the most famous island green in golf would be relatively calm.

Justin Leonard shot a four-under-par 66 to widen his lead to eight strokes after the third round of the St Jude Classic in Memphis, Tennessee.

Torrential rain delayed the start of the BellSouth Classic in Atlanta today - the eighth US Tour event out of 14 this season to be affected by the weather.

World number two Vijay Singh leads Tiger Woods by three shots at the end of the third round of the USPGA Tour Deutsche Bank Championship at the TPC of Boston.

THE OCCASION was the 2003 US Masters. Tiger Woods was the defending champion, by a distance the game’s finest player and a man who held the American public enthralled.

Padraig Harrington moved to within three strokes of the leader Zach Johnson of America after a third round 67 took him into a share of second place alongside another American Scott Hend on 206, ten under par, in the BellSouth Classic at the TPC at Sugarloaf, Georgia.

HAVING taken part in one of the most exciting finishes to a golf tournament for a long while, one intrepid press representative asked Padraig Harrington whether he intended to keep his blond hair.

EUROPE has ended a seven-week run without a player in the world’s top 10, thanks to Pádraig Harrington’s brilliant last-round performance at The Players Championship in Florida on Sunday.

PGA Tour commissioner Deane Beman had to overcome years of pessimism and resistance before people began to appreciate the magic of Sawgrass. John Garrity explains.

Scott Verplank had to contend with ice in the opening round of the FBR Open, before posting an eight-under-par 63 to take a one-shot lead over Phil Mickelson.

With swirling winds making an already challenging course more difficult, Bob Tway and Lee Janzen grabbed a one-stroke lead over defending champion Retief Goosen midway through the BellSouth Classic.

Jim Furyk fired a six-under-par 65 to tie Charles Howell III for the lead after the second round of the 90-hole Invensys Classic in Las Vegas.

Former Masters champion Vijay Singh had a second round 65 to lead Northern Ireland's Darren Clarke by two shots at the halfway stage of the Shell Houston Open.

Ireland's Padraig Harrington has made a bright start to the Players' Championship in the United States.

Ernie Els had his second worst score in nearly 450 rounds on the US Tour today as American Scott McCarron won the BellSouth Classic in Atlanta.