Woods to miss Wentworth

The battle for golf’s biggest cheque – the €1.5m on offer in the HSBC World Match Play Championship at Wentworth on September 15-18 – will be contested without Tiger Woods as well as defending champion Ernie Els.

Masters and Open champion Woods, runner-up to Mark O’Meara in his only appearance in 1998, has confirmed that once again he will not be taking part.