Greg Chalmers held off a late surge from former world number one Tiger Woods to claim his second Australian Open crown in Sydney.
Rory McIlroy will take a three-shot lead into the final round of the Shanghai Masters after firing an impressive seven-under par round of 65 on Saturday.
Australia's Geoff Ogilvy has secured the last automatic place in the International team for the Presidents Cup after finishing third at the BMW Championship in Chicago on Monday.
Tiger Woods has been paired alongside reigning U.S. Open champion Graeme McDowell and Australian Robert Allenby in the first two rounds of the Masters at Augusta this week.
World No. 1 Lee Westwood's miserable record at the World Match Play continued as more top names crashed out of the $8.5 million tournament in Arizona.
South African Brandon Pieters took a surprise lead on the first day of the Africa Open, while compatriot and the tournament's highest-ranked player Retief Goosen struggled to find his form on home soil.
Young golf star Rory McIlroy has turned his back on the PGA Tour and decided to focus on playing in Europe next year, revealing that he feels "lonely" when on the U.S. circuit.
Paul Casey may have been left out of Europe's Ryder Cup team, but the Englishman is in prime position to collect the $10 million prize for winning the FedEx Cup playoffs.
A stunning round of 62 that included 11 birdies propelled Charley Hoffman to the Deutsche Bank Championship Monday.
Tiger Woods continued his improvement as he completed a two-under-par 70 on Saturday to close to within five shots of PGA Championship leader Matt Kuchar at the halfway stage in Wisconsin.
CNN's Patrick Snell one-on-one with PGA Championship leader Matt Kuchar.
Defending champion Geoff Ogilvy and the remaining top seeds all crashed out in the second round of the WGC-World Match Play Championship at Dove Mountain in Arizona on Thursday.
South African Charl Schwartzel coasted to a second successive European Tour victory in his home city on Sunday.
Geoff Ogilvy successfully defended his title at Kapalua by winning the PGA season-opening SBS Championship in Hawaii.
Colin Montgomerie's Europe team have battled back to take a 4.5-3.5 lead over Asia into the final day of the Royal Trophy in Thailand.
Lee Westwood charged to a runaway victory in the inaugural Dubai World Championship on Sunday to be crowned Europe's number one golfer this year.
Tiger Woods made it a perfect five wins from five matches as he crushed Y.E.Yang 6 and 5 to clinch the Presidents Cup for the United States in the concluding singles against the Internationals on Sunday.
Tiger Woods and Steve Stricker's partnership continued to flourish as they helped the United States take a 6.5-5.5 lead at the end of the second day of the Presidents Cup on Friday.
There was a dramatic end to the opening day of the Presidents Cup in San Francisco, which saw the United States finish with a 3.5 - 2.5 lead over the International side.
South Africa's Rory Sabbatini fired seven birdies in a five-under 66 to seize a share of the first-round lead in the BMW Championship at Cog Hill, Illinois.
The U.S. Open golf championship had a humble beginning when 11 players in 1895 completed on a nine-hole course in Newport, Rhode Island.
Matt Bettencourt and Mark Wilson lead the field after the third round of the Memorial tournament -- although three-time champion Tiger Woods is ominously poised four shots off the pace.
CNN's Justin Armsden speaks with promising young golf pro Rory McIlroy at the teenager's home in Northern Ireland.
Richie Ramsay is CNN Living Golf's resident European Tour player. He is also the first Scot to win the U.S. Amateur Championship in over a century. In his second blog for Living Golf, Ramsay talks about his approach to practising and physical fitness, the importance of a good short game, and the five P's. When going out to practice I will always sit down beforehand alone, or with my coach, and identify weaknesses in my game. I will form a structured practice, which will generally look at the technical side of things.
Paul Casey launches his Masters challenge at Augusta this week from a career-high sixth in the world after a play-off victory over American JB Holmes at the Houston Open on Sunday.
American journeyman Bo Van Pelt leads the weather-disrupted Houston Open in Texas on 11-under-par as world number two Phil Mickelson missed the cut after rounds of 77 and 76.
Tiger Woods trailed the leaders in the WGC-CA Championship at Doral in his first appearance in a strokeplay event since winning last year's U.S. Open.
Robert Allenby continued the fine form of Australian players on the PGA Tour this season by taking a one-shot lead after the first round of the Honda Classic in Florida.
Australian Geoff Ogilvy won the 36-hole WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship for the second time in four years, defeating Paul Casey of England 4 and 3, at The Ritz-Carlton Golf Club in Marana, Arizona.
Australia's Geoff Ogilvy halted the dream run of Northern Ireland teenager Rory McIlroy 2&1 in the quarterfinals of the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championships in Arizona on Saturday.
Scott McCarron holds a two-stroke lead after the second round of the Northern Trust Open after carding a three-under-par 68 to follow his opening 64 at Riviera.
Ryder Cup hero Kenny Perry seized the lead after the third round of the FBR Open in Arizona with a five-under-par 66.
Geoff Ogilvy surged five places to sixth in the world following his six-stroke triumph at the season-opening Mercedes-Benz Championship in Hawaii on Sunday.
Nathan Green of Australia and Tom Pernice Jr share the lead after the second round of the Sony Open in Hawaii.
Japan's Shigeki Maruyama carded a five-under 65 to take the first round lead at the Sony Open in Hawaii on Thursday as Geoff Ogilvy continued his fine form.
Geoff Ogilvy goes into Sunday's final round at the PGA Tour season-opener in Hawaii with a six stroke lead after a sparking eight-under-par 65 in the third round.
Australian Geoff Ogilvy leads the PGA Tour's season-opening event in Hawaii after a first round six-under-par 67 in the Mercedes Championship.
New Zealand left-hander Tim Wilkinson shot a fine six-under-par 66 to take a one-shot clubhouse lead after the first round of the weather-hit Australian PGA Championships in Queensland.
Sergio Garcia and Henrik Stenson each sank putts on the final hole on Saturday to reach 10-under and shared the lead after two-rounds of the rain-plagued HSBC Champions tournament.
World number one Tiger Woods will begin his much-vaunted bid for a sweep of this season's majors when he tees off on Thursday morning at Augusta National.
Tiger Woods is poised to extend his astonishing winning streak after finishing the second round of the CA Championship at Doral Resort's Blue Monster one stroke behind leader Geoff Ogilvy.
Trevor Immelman won his "home major" by one stroke from Justin Rose after a nerve-wracking final round of the Sun City Challenge on the Gary Player Country Club course on Sunday.
Steve Stricker overcame a bogey at the first hole by firing seven birdies to claim a one-stroke lead over South Korean KJ Choi after the Barclays Classic third round on Saturday.
K.J. Choi holed out from the fairway on the 350-yard par-four seventh for eagle on Friday on his way to claiming a two-stroke lead at the halfway mark of the Barclays Classic.
It's a tradition in the first two rounds of the PGA Championship to group together the winners of the first three majors of the year. So this year's, ahem, stellar threesome is Zach Johnson (Masters), Angel Cabrera (US Open) and Padraig Harrington (British Open).
Jim Furyk's back-to-back Canadian Open titles doesn't even merit a blip on the radar of this season's surprises.
Tiger Woods stretched his commanding lead at the top of the world rankings on Monday after his win at the Wachovia Championship.
SI.com: Power Rankingsupdated: Tue Apr 24 2007 18:04:00
After a brief hiatus, the golf Power Rankings return. During their absence, we decided to limit the rankings to PGA Tour players, and SI's statistical guru, David Sabino, worked with me to develop a mathematical formula we could use to determine our top 10. The new rankings incorporate 15 different statistical categories, some weighted to grant them additional influence, so it's more reflective of overall play than simply dollars earned.
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) -- Billy Payne got off to a memorable start in his first Masters as chairman of Augusta National.
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) - If not for ol' No. 18, Retief Goosen would be in great shape.
SI.com: Heaven Freezes Overupdated: Sat Apr 07 2007 22:25:00
AUGUSTA, Ga., April 7 -- The last red number at Augusta National died quickly in the third round of the 2007 Masters. Stuart Appleby performed last rites with a pull-hooked drive into the trees on the 17th hole and six more awful strikes through forest and sand.
AUGUSTA, Ga., April 5 -- Justin Rose took only 20 putts.
AUGUSTA, Ga.(AP) Last year's Ryder Cup rookies were this year's early leaders at the Masters. Zach Johnson and Henrik Stenson were among the few players shooting under par Thursday during a slow start at Augusta.
AUGUSTA, Ga., April 4--As competitors coaxed their tiny caddies/children around the par-3 course on Wednesday at Augusta National Golf Club, anticipation of the far-more serious event, the Masters, grew. The 71st playing of golf's first major will answer a wide variety of questions. But even before Arnold Palmer hits the much anticipated ceremonial first shot, we can safely assume the following:
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) -- Nothing could drag Geoff Ogilvy out of bed before dawn when he was growing up.
Augusta, Ga., April 2 -- Remember Olympic runner Michael Johnson's gold cleats in the 1996 Games? They've returned, but this time they're laced onto the reigning 2006 U.S. Open champ, and they include soft spikes.
The clouds above Doral Resort & Spawere looking dark and angry last Saturdayafternoon, so it was no surprise when itbegan to rain, lightly at first, then violently.
MIAMI (AP)-- Davis Love III was the first.
SI.com: Shark Shooterupdated: Thu Mar 22 2007 14:25:00
Interview by Josh Sanburn
European number one Henrik Stenson is taking great care to live up to his own expectations, and not those of others.
SI.com: Matchlessupdated: Tue Feb 27 2007 09:46:00
It wasn't the outfit. Tiger Woods was wearing a black shirt and hat, with charcoal-gray slacks. It must've been his sinewy arms and buff, V-shaped upper body, and the faster-than-a-speeding-bullet, 341-yard drive he had just launched at the 4th hole of the Gallery at Dove Mountain. Whatever, as Woods strode down the fairway a starstruck fan blurted out, "Wow! He looks like Superman!"
SI.com: Hot and notupdated: Mon Feb 26 2007 22:11:00
1. Byron Nelson. Eleven in a row will live forever, even if Lord Byron couldn't.
Swede Henrik Stenson overcame fatigue to become the second European to win the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship, beating defending champion Geoff Ogilvy of Australia two and one in the final.
South African Trevor Immelman booked his place in the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship semifinals with a five and four win over Britain's Justin Rose in Arizona on Saturday.
American Paul Goydos ended a PGA Tour title drought of more than a decade with three birdies in the last four holes and a one-shot victory at the Sony Open on Sunday.
SI.com: Seven for the Sonyupdated: Thu Jan 11 2007 10:03:00
No Tiger, no Phil, too much Michelle. That's the reductionist version of this week's Sony Open, but if you look hard enough there are plenty of good stories at this year's first full-field event. Here are the players I'll be keeping an eye in the shadow of Diamond Head:
Joint leaders Nick O'Hern and Peter Lonard will go into the final round of the Australian PGA Championship with a three-stroke lead after finishing the third round at 18-under-par at the Coolum course.
Britain's Justin Rose moved up 18 positions to 51st in the world rankings issued on Monday after his victory in the Australian Masters.
Nathan Green defied buffeting wind and rain and nerves about partnering Greg Norman to shoot five-under par 67 to lead the first round of the Australian Open at chilly Royal Sydney on Thursday.
Eight-times PGA Tour winner Stuart Appleby and defending champion Robert Allenby have been added to the line-up for next month's Australian Open at the Royal Sydney Golf Club.
Britain's Paul Casey jumped 10 places to 17th in the world rankings issued on Monday thanks to his win in the World Match Play Championship.
US Open champion Geoff Ogilvy thought his breakthrough in the majors had been most likely to come in the British Open.
Ireland's Padraig Harrington is the highest-ranked player at this week's Booz Allen Classic in Potomac, Maryland, following the late withdrawal of holder Sergio Garcia.
Australian Geoff Ogilvy edged into a one-stroke lead at two under par after eight holes of the final round of the U.S. Open at Winged Foot.
Former winner Vijay Singh rattled up four birdies in five holes to take charge in the U.S. Masters first round on Thursday while holder Tiger Woods ground out a level-par 72.
Davis Love again demonstrated his fondness for the TPC at Sawgrass by snatching a share of the lead in the Players Championship first round.
Australian Geoff Ogilvy climbed 27 places to a career-best 26th in the world rankings issued on Monday after his win at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship in Carlsbad, California.
Davis Love reached the WGC-Accenture Match Play final for the second time in three years with a 4&2 victory over fellow American Zach Johnson.
Lucas Glover holed out from a bunker at the 18th to claim a stunning one-stroke victory in the 4.4 million-dollar Funai Classic in Orlando.
Top seed Retief Goosen has been drawn to face Kenneth Ferrie in the first round of the World Match Play at Wentworth.
American Tom Pernice Jr fired a course record eight-under 64 as he secured a spot in the 134th British Open at the international qualifying event at the Canoe Brook Country Club in Summit, New Jersey.
World No. 1 and defending champion Vijay Singh was stalking joint leaders Tom Lehman and Briny Baird after the Funai Classic third round in Florida on Saturday.
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