Sweden's Carl Pettersson and Tiger Woods were neck and neck as the second round of the U.S.PGA Championship at Kiawah Island, North Carolina drew to a close on Friday.
In 1951 the British Open left mainland Britain and was played at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland.
Brandt Snedeker leads the British Open after Friday's eventful second round. The American matched Adam Scott's incredible opening round of 64 to claim a one stroke lead over the Australian.
As the British Open reached its climax 12 months ago, a weather beaten Rory McIlroy cut a frustrated figure, as he aimed a few barbs at the tournament many consider to be golf's greatest.
U.S. Open champion Webb Simpson pulled out this year's British Open Friday because his wife is due to give birth later this month.
Some of golf's biggest names failed Friday to make the cut at the U.S. Open, victims of the Olympic Club's unforgiving roughs and slick greens.
There will be many star golfers swinging irons at the Olympic Club starting Thursday, but for the next few days all eyes will be on Tiger Woods.
Some of the greatest champions of all time have missed out at the Olympic Club -- the venue for this year's U.S. Open.
It was at San Francisco's Olympic Club that "Gentleman Jim" Corbett, world heavyweight champion and to many the man who took boxing from a brawl to an art, trained and coached.
World Sport's Patrick Snell and Mark McKay discuss what Tiger Woods' victory at Memorial means ahead of the U.S. Open.
European golf legend Colin Montgomerie tells CNN's Amanda Davies that Tiger Woods may never win another major title.
Tiger Woods is a long way from matching Jack Nicklaus' record of 18 major titles, but he is still in with a chance of equaling the golf legend's mark of 73 PGA Tour victories on Sunday.
DUBLIN, Ohio -- Tiger Woods shot two-under 70 at the Memorial Tournament, which means two things:
Tiger Woods carded a two-under-par opening round of 70 at the Memorial Tournament on Thursday to sit within striking distance of the early leaders.
World No. 1 Rory McIlroy lost his cool in the midst of a heatwave at the BMW PGA Championship as Luke Donald stepped up his challenge to usurp the 2011 U.S. Open champion at the top of the rankings.
Fresh from being awarded honorary life membership of the European Tour after his record-breaking 2011, Luke Donald is aiming to cap a landmark week by reclaiming the world No.1 spot.
Former British Open champion Paul Lawrie marked his 500th European Tour start by powering into the semifinals of the World Match Play in Spain Saturday.
Defending champion Ian Poulter eased into the last 16 of the Volvo World Match Play Championship in Spain as three major champions exited Friday.
Rickie Fowler rode the momentum from his first PGA Tour win to storm into contention at the Players Championship on Saturday with a 6-under 66 in the third round.
Nick Faldo believes it will be awhile before Tiger Woods contends in another championship.
Hank Haney, former coach for Tiger Woods, talks about his new book "The Big Miss" and working with the famed golfer.
When Tiger Woods won the Players Championship for the first and only time, he was at the peak of his powers.
There is much debate in the world of golf as to whether four-time major winner Phil Mickelson deserves his place in the game's Hall of Fame, but journalist David Dusek is in no doubt.
When Rickie Fowler was named the PGA Tour's rookie of the year in 2010, the groundswell of opinion outside the U.S. was that the award should have gone to another young golfing prodigy -- Rory McIlroy.
Even by Bubba Watson's unpredictable standards, his decision to pull out of this month's Players Championship to spend more time with his family is an unusual one.
Masters champ Bubba Watson turns trick shots and sings in boy band. CNN's Jeanne Moos reports.
Hank Haney, Tiger Woods' former swing coach, talks about his new book, where he discusses Tiger's sex scandal.
Tiger Woods believes he has fixed the swing problems that led to his disastrous Masters showing last month, although he accepts that a chronic left knee problem will always compromise his efforts to improve.
Masters champion Bubba Watson speaks with CNN about what life has been like since his dramatic win in Augusta.
England's Luke Donald reclaimed golf's No. 1 ranking from Rory McIlroy by finishing third at the Zurich Classic, but it could be the shortest of stays at the top.
Golf's Ernie Els tells Nkepile Mabuse about his son with autism and his work raising awareness of the disability.
Just a week after losing to Bubba Watson in a playoff at the U.S. Masters, Louis Oosthuizen bounced back with a three-shot victory in the Malaysian Open Sunday.
U.S. Masters runner-up Louis Oosthuizen was one shot off the lead when a storm brought an early end to play on the second day of the Malaysian Open Friday.
First-time Masters champion Bubba Watson admits he's still learning to control his emotions after a miraculous win left him bawling on the green.
Bubba Watson won the 76th U.S. Masters as he beat South African Louis Oosthuizen at the second hole of a sudden death playoff at Augusta National on Sunday.
Former Masters champion Fred Couples fired a five-under par round of 67 to claim a share of the lead with fellow American Jason Dufner at the Masters on Friday.
Tiger Woods trailed first-round leader Lee Westwood by five shots after battling to a level-par 72 in the opening round of the Masters at Augusta National Thursday.
When Arnold Palmer drove up Magnolia Lane on the eve of the 1962 Masters, he was in a confident mood. He'd already won it twice, as well as the U.S. and British Opens, but this was to be his "Annus Mirabilis" -- the year he cemented his reputation as a global sporting superstar.
Golf writer Bill Elliott has witnessed the last 32 Masters tournaments and seen the making of golfing greats.
From grandma to grandson, from fan to foe, the throngs at Augusta are happy Tiger Woods is back in form and ready to contend for a fifth Masters title.
In the golf world, springtime means only one thing: the Masters.
Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods will predictably be among the favorites for this week's Masters Tournament, but another name slipped into title contention on Sunday.
Golf.com's David Dusek discusses Tiger Woods' early withdraw from Doral with CNN World Sports' Alex Thomas.
After years plagued by injuries and scandal, Tiger Woods pulled away from his competition Sunday to capture his first PGA Tour win since September 2009.
Tiger Woods has finally ended a victory drought that lasted for 30 months, winning the Arnold Palmer Invitational by five strokes to move back up to sixth in the world.
Tiger Woods will take a one-shot lead into the final round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill bidding for his first PGA Tour victory since September 2009.
The road back to the top of world golf is proving to be a long and arduous one for former world No. 1 Tiger Woods.
Tiger Woods returned to competitive golf Monday dispelling fears he might miss the first major of the year at the Masters next month.
When Luke Donald became the first player to top the PGA and European Tour money lists in December last year, it seemed unimaginable the Briton's position at the top of world golf would be called into question just three months later.
Tiger Woods was forced to withdraw from Sunday's final round of the World Golf Championships-Cadillac Championship in Doral, Florida, after suffering an injury to his left leg.
Bubba Watson will take a three-shot lead into the final round of the WGC-Cadillac Championship after a five-under 67 Saturday on Doral's Blue Monster Course.
A stunning 10-under par round of 62 fired Bubba Watson to the top of the leaderboard at the halfway mark of the WGC-Cadillac Championships on Friday.
Nick Faldo believes Rory McIlroy will be World No. 1 for a very long time.
Rory McIlroy's first round as new world number one ended in a disappointing one-over par 73 as Adam Scott and Jason Dufner set the pace in the WGC-Cadillac Championships at Doral in the U.S. state of Florida.
Fresh from becoming world no.1 for the first time, Rory McIlroy is predicting "exciting times" for golf as the world's top players hit peak form ahead of the Masters at Augusta.
Rory McIlroy began a fresh bid to topple Luke Donald as world No. 1 with a challenging four-under-par 66 in the Honda Classic in Florida Thursday.
Nick Watney sent former world No. 1 Tiger Woods packing in the second round of the WGC Match Play Championship in Arizona Thursday.
Tiger Woods battled into the second round of the WGC Match Play Championship in Arizona Wednesday with a last-hole win over Spaniard Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano.
Spain's Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano believes he can send former world number one Tiger Woods packing in this week's WGC Match Play tournament, as a high-class field arrives in Arizona vying for a winner's purse of a cool $1.4m.
Bill Haas should have spent Sunday celebrating a friend's wedding. Instead he was toasting a fourth PGA Tour title after beating major champions Phil Mickelson and Keegan Bradley in a playoff to clinch the Northern Trust Open.
Four-time major winner Phil Mickelson entered last week's Pebble Beach tournament without a PGA Tour success since April 2011, but now the American golfer has a chance for his second victory in a week.
Tiger Woods is looking to the familiarity of home as he continues his search for a first full-field tournament win in over two years.
Phil Mickelson's rivalry with Tiger Woods has provided some of golf's best stories of the past decade, and that battle for supremacy was renewed at Pebble Beach on Sunday as both sought to re-establish themselves as the PGA Tour's marquee names.
Rafael Cabrera-Bello defied a clutch of big names to land the Dubai Desert Classic Sunday after a final round four-under 68 at the Emirates Golf Club.
Lee Westwood will take a one-stroke lead into the final round of the Dubai Desert Classic after posting a five-under par 67 at the Emirates Golf Club on Saturday.
Former world No. 1 Tiger Woods' recent upsurge in form continued on the first day of the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am as the 14-time major winner carded a four-under-par 68 in his opening round of the PGA Tour season.
Tiger Woods talks with CNN after finishing joint third at the Abu Dhabi Championship.
World No.2 Rory McIlroy and Denmark's Thomas Bjorn shared the halfway lead at the Dubai Desert Classic after both shot second round 65s at the Emirates Golf Club Friday.
Spanish golfer Rafael Cabrera-Bello upstaged three of the world's top four players to lead the Dubai Desert Classic after a blistering opening round of nine-under-par 63.
Scotland's Paul Lawrie will take a one-stroke lead into the final round of the Qatar Masters after posting a second round 67 at Doha Golf Club.
Golfer Robert Rock talks with CNN after winning Abu Dhabi Championship.
England's Robert Rock upstaged playing partner Tiger Woods to secure a shock victory in the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship Sunday.
Tiger Woods will take a share of the lead into the final round of the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship after posting a faultless six-under par round of 66 on Saturday.
Tiger Woods says he's feeling physically fit, and is excited about the coming season.
Tiger Woods moved into contention at the halfway stage of the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship Friday as he bids for successive tournament victories.
CNN's Living Golf sits down with Rory McIlroy and see what is in store for the young golfer.
World No. 3 Rory McIlroy eclipsed illustrious playing partners Luke Donald and Tiger Woods as he took a share of the lead after the opening day of the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship.
American golfer Mark Wilson battled high winds and a charge from three of his rivals before clinching a two-shot victory at the Humana Challenge, earning his fifth PGA Tour title.
CNN's Nkepile Mabuse spends time with South African golf star Ernie Els as he enjoys a break in his homeland.
A birdie on the first play-off hole saw Branden Grace beat South African legends Ernie Els and Retief Goosen to the Volvo Golf Champions title at the Fancourt course in George.
Belgium's Nicolas Colsaerts and South African Branden Grace share the lead after the third round of the Volvo Golf Champions event at The Links at Fancourt in George, South Africa.
Branden Grace stepped up his bid for back-to-back tournament wins by taking a four-shot lead at the halfway stage of the Volvo Golf Champions tournament at The Links at Fancourt Friday.
American golfer Johnson Wagner celebrated a new year with a new look and new-found confidence as he booked his spot at the Masters in Augusta with victory at the Sony Open in Hawaii on Sunday.
Former world number one Tiger Woods will begin his 2012 PGA Tour season at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am on February 9.
Tiger Woods's ex-wife demolishes her $12 million mansion.
Teenage golf sensation Alexis Thompson became the youngest professional to win on the Ladies' European Tour when she triumphed at the season-ending championship in Dubai on Saturday.
World number three Lee Westwood matched the lowest 36-hole score in Asian Tour history Friday as he carded a second-round 64 to cement his commanding lead at the inaugural Thailand Golf Championship.
World number three Lee Westwood produced the lowest round of his career -- a sparkling 12-under-par 60 -- to lead the inaugural Thailand Golf Championship Thursday.
Can Tiger Woods regain his form, or will one of Asia's rising stars become the toast of the links?
Rory McIlroy says the Race to Dubai is over, but Luke Donald is taking nothing for granted as he bids to become the first golfer to top both the European and U.S. money lists in the same season on Sunday.
So you want to become a pro golfer. The top players rake in millions of dollars each year, and you want a piece of the action.
Lee Westwood has retained his Nedbank Golf Challenge title at Sun City, South Africa, finishing two strokes clear of Sweden's Robert Karlsson.
ATP Champions Tour at Royal Albert Hall. The event runs through Sunday and features several past greats of the game.
Rory McIlroy's chances of finishing top of the European Tour money list faded on Saturday as he slipped to fifth place at the Hong Kong Open after carding a level-par round of 70.
Sports Illustrated will announce its choice for Sportsman of the Year on Dec. 5. Here's one of the nominations for that honor by an SI writer.
World number two Rory McIlroy retained a share of the lead at the Hong Kong Open despite a poor finish to Friday's second round, keeping alive his hopes of overhauling Luke Donald at the top of the European Tour money list.
World number two Rory McIlroy carded an opening-round 64 at the Hong Kong Open Thursday as he continues his bid to overhaul Luke Donald at the top of the European Tour money list.
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