Graeme McDowell became the first Irish winner of the World Match Play Championship yesterday, making amends for his defeat in the event last year with a hard-fought victory over Thailand's Thongchai Jaidee in Bulgaria.

Louis Oosthuizen withdrew from the Byron Nelson Championship before the final round because of a neck issue.

World No 2 to keep it in the family as he plots return to summit

Defending champion Nicolas Colsaerts and former winner Ian Poulter face a battle to remain in the Volvo World Match Play Championship after losing their opening group games in Bulgaria.

After Players victory Tiger is heavy favourite to win a 15th major at the US Open next month

The Way I See It: The heavenly scene in north Florida was one of epic triviality

Who needs friends when you have an enemy like Sergio Garcia? Tiger Woods did not so much win the Players Championship as fish it out of the water after Garcia’s challenge drowned at the penultimate hole.

Wigan fan's round kicks in to gear around the time his side were lifting the FA Cup

Out of a pure blue sky came thunder, three bogeys from nowhere to blow a hole in Rory McIlroy’s card, if not yet his challenge. He is still in the mix at the Players Championship, but the imperious game he brought to Thursday’s opening round looked in need of some repair on Friday night.

This was a twirly stick day for Lee Westwood, when the shots he likes, and there were plenty of those on the second day at The Players, are finished off with an extravagant flourish of the club. It is the golfing equivalent of ’ave it, and not unique to Westwood. It is just that we have seen too little of it of late.

World No 2 in fine form to card six under par in the first round of the Players Championship

Adele helped him to US Open glory in 2011, and he's feeling perfectly tuned for Sawgrass test

The American Derek Ernst has climbed 1,084 places up the world rankings after winning the Wells Fargo Championship on Sunday.

The PGA Tour rookie Derek Ernst parred the first hole of a sudden-death play-off yesterday to beat Briton David Lynn and win the Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Winless thus far this season Rory McIlroy and Lee Westwood are converging on happiness at the Wells Fargo Championship. Overnight leader McIlroy needed a back-nine recovery to stabilise his challenge with a 71 after starting with a bogey.