World Tour Championship: Alejandro Canizares leads with Henrik Stenson close behind

Spain's Alejandro Canizares grabbed a one-shot lead after the first round of the DP World Tour Championship, but Race To Dubai leader Henrik Stenson lies just two back as he looks to add that to his FedEx Cup crown. Canizares completed a six-under-par 66 at Jumeirah Golf Estates that proved enough to hold the first-round lead, with Thailand's Kiradech Aphibarnrat and Australian Marcus Fraser sharing second place after they both bogeyed the...

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Carlos Del Moral extends lead ahead of final day of European Tour Qualifying School

Carlos Del Moral will go into the final day of the European Tour Qualifying School with a four-shot lead after carding a fifth-round 65 at the PGA Catalunya Resort. The seven-under-par round helped the Spaniard extend his overnight lead by three shots over Fabrizio Zanotti as he fired eight birdies and his first bogey in 35 holes at the 16th to reach the clubhouse on 21-under. "I'm not stressed at all on that course," Del Moral, who is...

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Adam Scott two off the lead at Australian Masters

Adam Scott made a solid start to the defence of his Australian Masters title after opening with a four-under 67 in damp and blustery conditions at Royal Melbourne. The Masters champion lies two shots behind surprise leader Nick Cullen, who carded an eagle and six birdies in a sparkling 65. Scott, surrounded by huge galleries, started at the 10th and picked up an early birdie at 13 before reeling off six straight pars. The 33-year-old...

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OHL Classic: Brian Stuard leads after weather-hit opening day in Mayakoba

American Brian Stuard has set the pace in the early stages of a weather-affected opening day at the OHL Classic at Mayakoba. Play was delayed for more than an hour in the morning due to lightning and when the inclement weather suspended play early, only 14 players had managed to complete their opening rounds. But it was Stuard, who had completed 15 holes when play was stopped for a second time, who led the way on five-under. The 30-year-old...

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Annika Sorenstam named 2013 PGA First Lady of Golf

Annika Sorenstam has been named the 2013 PGA First Lady of Golf by the PGA of America. The 43-year-old Swede becomes the first non-American to win the biennial award as she was recognised for her outstanding achievements both on and off the course. Sorenstam won 89 tournaments worldwide during her glittering career, including 10 major titles, and she remains the all-time leading money winner on the LPGA Tour with earnings of over $22m. She...

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Graeme McDowell wants firm and fast conditions at DP World Tour Championship

Graeme McDowell is counting on firm and fast conditions to propel him to the Race to Dubai crown at this week's DP World Tour Championship. The former US Open champion has struggled over the Earth Course at Jumeirah Golf Estates in previous years, but conditions this season appear more suited to his game. McDowell is one of three players along with current money list leader Henrik Stenson and Justin Rose who can be crowned European No...

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Justin Rose focused on becoming European No 1 for second time

Justin Rose hopes he is "strong enough" to become European No 1 for the second time as he prepares for the season-ending DP World Tour Championship. The US Open champion trails Race to Dubai leader Henrik Stenson by 213,000 euros and needs a top-five finish to have any chance of overhauling the Swede. Rose and Graeme McDowell would top the money list with a win in Dubai regardless of where Stenson finishes, and the Englishman is determined...

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Carlos del Moral cards 63 at the European Tour's Qualifying School in Spain

Spaniard Carlos del Moral carded a sparkling nine-under-par 63 as he swept to the top of the leaderboard on the fourth day of the European Tour's Qualifying School in northern Spain. With two rounds still to play, the 28-year-old from Valencia holds a one-stroke advantage over Fabrizio Zanotti and Daniel Brooks, both of whom enjoyed bogey-free days over the Stadium Course at Girona. New leader del Moral, who teed off in a tie-for-26th,...

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Adam Scott wants to become the dominant player at the Masters

Adam Scott is determined to emulate Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson and become a dominant figure at the Masters. Scott became the first Australian to win at Augusta when he edged out former champion Angel Cabrera in a tense play-off in April. The victory was his first major after a number of near misses, most notably at the Open Championship last year when he blew a four-shot lead with four holes to play to gift the title to Ernie Els. But...

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Golf-U.S. PGA Tour Mayakoba Golf Classic scores

Scores from the U.S. PGA Tour Mayakoba Golf Classic at the par-71 course on Thursday in Playa del Carmen  played rounds  Holes -5 Brian Stuard (U.S.)                                      15 -4 Erik Compton (U.S.)   17 Alvaro Quiros (Spain)              ...

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Golf-Cullen steals Scott's thunder to lead Australian Masters

Unheralded local player Nick Cullen upstaged defending champion Adam Scott by shooting a sparkling six-under 65 to take a two-shot lead after the opening round of the Australian Masters on Thursday. The 29-year-old Cullen, ranked well outside the world's top 300, grabbed a share of the lead with compatriot Scott after a sublime chip-in for eagle on the par-four 11th, then left the U.S. Masters champion in his wake by rolling in three more birdies on a chilly, blustery day at Royal Melbourne. Having long lived in the shadow of twin brother...

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Golf-Singh says not ready to swing with the grey-hair set

Bullying golf's ageing luminaries on the PGA's Champions Tour is an option that sprightly 50-year-old Vijay Singh would rather not take as he battles to rebuild confidence following a troubled year marred by a doping controversy. The big Fijian made his Champions Tour debut in Hawaii in September but was not enamoured of the experience, and still fancies himself a threat on the regular tour despite five years without a win. "I played one (Champion's event) a couple of months ago. It was different," the former world number one told reporters...

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Golf-Let the good times roll, says red-hot Scott

Adam Scott will appreciate some time off to stop and smell the roses after a breakthrough year and a maiden major trophy at the U.S. Masters, but the Australian may find it hard to quit while enjoying some of the best form of his career. The world number two tees up for the second week of a month-long swing of his home country at the Australian Masters this week, where he will defend the title he credits for easing the crushing disappointment of last year's British Open and setting up his Augusta triumph. Scott blitzed a modest field to...

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Stuard leads rain-affected OHL Classic in Mexico

Unheralded American Brian Stuard held a one-shot lead midway through a rain-interrupted first round of the OHL Classic at Mayakoba in Mexico, as he looks to go one better than his career best finish in Playa del Carmen. Stuard, who was tied for second in the 2010 event at El Camaleon Golf Club for his best result on the PGA tour, was five-under-par through 15 holes on Thursday before play was halted due to heavy rain. With play suspended for two hours and twenty minutes early in the day and then again in the early afternoon, only 15 players...

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LPGA: Phatlum shoots 66 first round lead in Mexico

Thailand's Pornanong Phatlum shot a 6-under round of 66 to take a one shot lead over South Korea's Amy Yang after the first round of the Lorena Ochoa Invitational in Guadalajara, Mexico. Top-ranked Inbee Park from South Korea was two shots off the pace after posting an opening-round score of 68 at the Guadalajara Country Club. She is in a group of three golfers at 4-under that includes Sweden's Anna Nordqvist and South Korea's So Yeon Ryu. Another shot back is American Michelle Wie and South Korea's Jenny Shin at 3-under. World No. 2 Suzann...

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Cullen steals Scott's thunder to lead Australian Masters

MELBOURNE - Unheralded local player Nick Cullen upstaged defending champion Adam Scott by shooting a sparkling six-under 65 to take a two-shot lead after the opening round of the Australian Masters on Thursday. The 29-year-old Cullen, ranked well outside the world's top 300, grabbed a share of the lead with compatriot Scott after a sublime chip-in for eagle on the par-four 11th, then left the U.S. Masters champion in his wake by rolling in three more birdies on a chilly, blustery day at Royal Melbourne. Having long lived in the shadow of...

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Manila Masters to go ahead despite typhoon disaster

The inaugural Manila Masters golf tournament will go ahead this week, despite the unprecedented disaster caused by Typhoon Haiyan, the Asian Tour said on Wednesday. The super typhoon, one of the strongest storms ever recorded, killed thousands and displaced 670,000 people, leaving them with no access to food, water or medicine. The storm flattened Tacloban, coastal capital of Leyte province, where several local officials have said they feared 10,000 people died, many drowning in a tsunami-like surge of seawater. The Tour consulted with...

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