Gary Player

Rumford aims for three-peat

Brett Rumford.

Australian golfer going for third European tour win in succession at Volvo World Match Play Championship.

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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.

Golf

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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First 2012 title for Kaymer in Sun City

German golfer Martin Kaymer

Germany's Martin Kaymer won his first title this year after a final round three-under-par 69 at the Sun City Golf Challenge, beating South African Charl Schwartzel by two strokes.

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Straight shooter likes his chances

Adam Scott

Richard Hinds, Lytham For Adam Scott, major championships have proven far too elusive to suggest he should win. But at the British Open venue that suits his game better than any other, and with Scott looking almost...

Forgotten wizard strikes

Score one for the journeyman. While some of golf's biggest stars lost their heads in the heat of the Australian Open battle, Greg Chalmers calmly plotted his way round The Lakes and upstaged them all.

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Mickelson unfazed as glare settles on Woods, McIlroy

Phil Mickelson

Martin Blake at Augusta Phil Mickelson is one of a handful of the world's best players who are being somewhat disrespected by the Tiger Woods versus Rory McIlroy storyline at Augusta National this week.

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'Wounded' Day leads Australian tilt at Masters title

MIAMI, FL - MARCH 06: Jason Day of Australia plays a shot during a photo shoot after a practice round prior to the start of the World Golf Championships-Cadillac Championship on the TPC Blue Monster at Doral Golf Resort And Spa on March 6, 2012 in Miami, Florida.   Scott Halleran/Getty Images/AFP

Ben Everill An injury scare for spearhead Jason Day was the last thing Australian golf needed on the eve of the 76th Masters.

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Happy to fly under the radar

Phil Mickelson.

Martin Blake Phil Mickelson is being somewhat disrespected by the Woods versus McIlroy storyline.

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Player stands tall

US Masters golf dinkus

Martin Blake Fifty-one years ago this week, Gary Player won the first of his US Masters green jackets.

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Bubba Watson's 'miracle' wins US Masters

Bubba

Martin Blake The idiosynchratic American left-hander conjures a miracle shot at the second playoff hole to beat South Africa’s Louis Oosthuizen and win the US Masters at Augusta National today.

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Masters wonder shot slowed me: Oosthuizen

Louis Oosthuizen believes the wonder shot he played for a rare albatross on the second hole in the final round of the Masters may have held him back.

Stenson cruises to nine-stroke victory

Henrik Stenson has cruised to a nine-stroke victory in the Nedbank Challenge at the Gary Player Country Club.

Sponsors 'willing' in Aussie Tiger chase

John Coomber Golf Australia has a plan and sponsors with the money to bring Tiger Woods to the Australian Open, but CEO Stephen Pitt will not stake his reputation on it.

Norman wants Presidents Cup captaincy

Wayne Heming Greg Norman has expressed a burning desire to captain the International Presidents Cup team against the United States at Royal Melbourne in 2011.

South Africa's Immelman wins US Masters

Trevor Immelman became just the second South African to earn a green jacket when he won the 72nd Masters.

Immelman leads into Masters final round

Andrew Both South African Trevor Immelmann has made a stylish birdie at the final hole to earn a two-stroke lead after the third round at the 72nd Masters in Georgia.

Norman, Couples to captain in San Fran

Fred Couples and Greg Norman are the new captains for the 2009 Presidents Cup in San Francisco.