Tiger star turn as top golfers gather for charity pro-am

TIGER WOODS and a whole host of other US Tour players were due at Shannon Airport this morning ahead of the JP McManus pro-am at Adare Manor Golf Hotel and Resort.

The charity tournament has a shotgun start today, and tomorrow, at 8am and 1.30pm and carries a prize fund of €1 million.

Most if not all of the transAtlantic visitors were coming straight from the Western Open in Chicago. There are 31 Ryder Cup players in the field, eight American and 23 European, along with 13 major champions including New Zealander Michael Campbell, recent winner of the US Open and, of course, Woods, the Masters champion at Augusta National in April.