Arnold Palmer

Arnold Palmer in hospital

Orlando, Florida: Golf great Arnold Palmer has been hospitalised after doctors noticed a rise in his blood pressure during the final round of the tournament named in his honour and won by Tiger Woods...

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Wozniacki steals show at Masters

Caroline Wozniacki.

Allan Kelly Ted Potter set the stage for the 77th Masters by winning the traditional eve-of-tournament Par-3 Contest on Wednesday, while tennis star Caroline Wozniacki provided comic relief.

'It will taint his legacy': Woods under attack for playing on after admitting scorecard error

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James Corrigan Tiger Woods came under fire from his fellow professionals and leading figures in golf on Saturday after resisting pleas for him to withdraw from the Masters, despite signing for an incorrect...

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Charles Happell Why Augusta is no longer a comfortable fit for the world No.1.

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'From friendship to something more': golf star Tiger Woods and Olympic ski champion Lindsey Vonn reveal relationship

Golfer Tiger Woods and downhill skier Lindsey Vonn.

Tiger Woods, the 14-time major golf champion whose infamous sex scandal with multiple mistresses led to a 2010 divorce, is dating ski star Lindsey Vonn, the two US sports icons announced on Monday.

Woods fighting 'stalker-azzi'

Tiger Woods, who can overtake Rory McIlroy as world No.1 by defending his title at Bay Hill, says he and ski star Lindsey Vonn went public as a couple to combat 'stalker-azzi'.

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Justin Rose takes PGA lead with 65

Tiger Woods and Justin Rose

Justin Rose started out as another player in Tiger Woods' group on Thursday at Bay Hill - but wound up in the lead.

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Garcia goes to new heights

Sergio Garcia.

Spanish star Sergio Garcia has played a memorable stroke from five metres up a tree.

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From three-iron to tree-iron: 'Tarzan' Garcia's wonder shot

Sergio Garcia's tree shot.

Doug Ferguson Spanish golfer Sergio Garcia might want to change his name to Tarzan.

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Tiger Woods back as world No.1

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Tiger Woods reclaimed the world No.1 ranking for the first time since 2010 with a closing round of two-under 70 to capture the Arnold Palmer Invitational on Monday.

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Woods on top again

Tiger Woods reclaimed the world No. 1 spot for the first time since his career was derailed by a sex scandal and a string of injuries.

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Woods tops world rankings

Tiger Woods

Tiger Woods is back at the top of the world rankings for the first time in two and a half years following his win at the Arnold Palmer Invitational in Florida.

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Mickelson triumphs in Phoenix Open

Phil Mickelson.

Phil Mickelson fired a four-under par 67 on Sunday to complete a wire-to-wire victory in the US PGA Tour's Phoenix Open at 28-under-par, capturing his 41st career title by four strokes.

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Chalmers, Baddeley head PGA charge

Greg Chalmers

Australian golfers Greg Chalmers and Aaron Baddeley blitzed the La Quinta Country Club course to be one stroke off the lead after the first round of the PGA Tour event in California.

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Open's golden days are gone

Jack Nicklaus.

Charles Happell Jack Nicklaus chose in 1971 to forgo the season-ending US PGA Tour event in Las Vegas - which would decide who'd win that season's money-list title - and instead make the 13,000-kilometre trip to...

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A chip off the old block

DUBLIN, OH - JUNE 03:  Tiger Woods poses with the trophy after his two-stroke victory at the Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide Insurance at Muirfield Village Golf Club on June 3, 2012 in Dublin, Ohio.  (Photo by Scott Halleran/Getty Images)

Ben Everill Jack Nicklaus hailed one of the greatest shots he's seen after watching Tiger Woods match his tally of all-time US PGA Tour victories with win No.73.

Out of the fog, Simpson stands alone

How sweet it is: Webb Simpson with the US Open trophy.

Barry Svrluga, San Francisco The lead at the US Open, it would seem, is something that should be seized.

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Leishman breaks Aussie drought

Angela Habashy Marc Leishman's remarkable final round at the Travelers Championship not only handed him his maiden US PGA victory but also broke the almost year-long drought of Australian winners on the tour.

Woods wary of Royal Lytham

Tiger Woods enters the British Open confident in his game and aware of the dangers on offer at Royal Lytham, where dense rough, 205 pot bunkers and rain will test the 14-time major champion.

Tiger says he will be ready for Masters

Tiger Woods, nursing a strained left Achilles tendon, vowed yesterday on a United States television show that he would be ready to play in next month's Masters.