View From The Sofa: The Open, BBC

Any suspicions that Tiger Woods would embark on a downward spiral following his recent bad-tempered travails at The Masters were proved to be very foolish indeed in North Carolina yesterday. The world No 1 fired a seven-under-par 65 to open up an early lead in the first round of the Quail Hollow Championship.

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The Masters was able to resume on time today despite a tornado passing through the Augusta area during the night.

The glittering stars of world golf, resplendent in their designer apparel and comfortably ensconced in their private jets, have few problems in life.

Ball the record breaker still going strong at 98 – and counting

Considering how relentlessly the Augusta National clings to its traditions, its handling of Errie Ball remains something of a mystery. Despite being the only man still alive of the 72 who played in the inaugural Masters, the green jackets have resisted inviting back the golfer born in Wales. They may be running out of time. Errie is 98.

Luke Donald insists he is fit and ready to compete in tomorrow's WGC CA Championship at Doral, despite the injury that has hampered his start to the season. Donald, who missed the second half of last season following surgery on his left wrist in August, thought he had caused further damage when he felt weakness during his WGC Match Play quarter-final with Ernie Els 10 days ago in Arizona.

Alvaro Quiros has promised to keep his feet firmly on the ground after yesterday's Qatar Masters victory propelled the talented Spaniard firmly on to the world stage.

Over the years Colin Montgomerie has made the occasional statement that has send eyebrows sky-bound, but yesterday's claim that he would be teeing it up at next week's Masters if he were only Chinese was hard to refute.

There are no tour guides or marker posts but the instinctive urge of any first-time visitor to Augusta National, having marvelled in general at the scene laid out in front of the clubhouse, is to head for the 10th tee.

FOR THE seven European Ryder Cup players present at the 30th edition of the Lancome Trophy, which starts today at the chic St-Nom-la-Breteche club, the event represents their last chance for a morale-boosting few days before jetting out to Boston on Concorde on Monday.

Bruce Critchley says the fourth major is making up lost ground