“I’ve had a tough run and I really wanted to play well.”

Ernie Els, the Rolls Royce of golf, looked every inch the classic model admired by all when he closed with an immaculate, six under 66 to win the WGC-CA Championship by four shots from his South African protégé Charl Schwartzel at blustery Doral.

Click to read more ...

“My father always told me, ‘If you can’t win, play well five months of the year; make sure you play well midseason; if you’re going to pick a time to play well, play well through the four majors.’”

Is he back? Who? Tiger? No, Padraig Harrington.

It’s too soon to say that Harrington has started to mine the kind of form that will make him a force at Augusta in a month’s time, but a four under 68 left the Celtic Tiger just four shots off the lead at the halfway stage of the WGC-CA Championship in Miami.

Click to read more ...

Padraig Harrington has played more World Golf Championships than any other player. But will it be 33rd time lucky for the Dubliner at Doral?

Click to read more ...

Graeme McDowell threw away precious world ranking points and a cool $200,000 as he was mangled in the Bear Trap at the Honda Classic.

But the Ulsterman believes he can bite back in this week’s WGC-CA Championship at Doral by taking a chunk out of the famous Blue Monster.

Click to read more ...

A quadruple bogey seven at the 17th sent Graeme McDowell crashing outside the top 30 in the Honda Classic

Click to read more ...

Graeme McDowell’s hopes of capturing  the Honda Classic and his maiden PGA Tour title were horribly mangled by the notorious Bear Trap at the PGA National Champion Course in Florida last night.

Click to read more ...

Graeme McDowell has secured a Blue Monster lifeline with a late invite for next week’s Honda Classic in Florida.

Click to read more ...

Graeme McDowell believes a “humbled” Tiger Woods will be a changed man when he eventually returns to the game.

Speaking on Sky Sports News just minutes after Woods’ appearance at TPC Sawgrass, the European Ryder Cup star said: “He seemed very humbled by everything when he came out. I have never seen him so nervous and so down and depressed about things. I guess he had a lot of time to think about things and had a lot of regrets. 

Click to read more ...

Brett Rumford leads the Qatar MastersPeter Lawrie and Graeme McDowell took advantage of easier second round conditions to move within five strokes of leader Brett Rumford at the halfway stage of the Commercialbank Qatar Masters.

Rumford fired a best of the day 66 to move one stroke ahead of Welshman Bradley Dredge and two ahead of Lee Westwood and Oliver Wilson on nine under par.

Click to read more ...

Shane LowryShane Lowry continued his magnificent start to the 2010 season when he opened with a one under par 71 in the Commercialbank Qatar Masters.

The reigning Irish Open champion, who moved up to 90th in the world thanks to his fourth place finish in last week’s Abu Dhabi Championship, birdied the par five 18th in testing conditions to finish the day tied for 15th place with Ulsterman Gareth Maybin.

Click to read more ...

Padraig Harrington has slipped one place to sixth in the first Official World Golf Ranking of 2010.

The Dubliner has swapped places with US Ryder Cup player Jim Furyk. Henrik Stenson is the only other mover in the world's top 10, climbing above Paul Casey into seventh place.

Rory McIlroy remains ninth while Tiger Woods' lead over Phil Mickelson at the top has been reduced from 6.65 to 6.29 world ranking points.

Click to read more ...

There are lies and damned statistics but the numbers produced by the European Tour boffins give Padraig Harrington the edge over Rory McIlroy this year.

Yes, McIlroy topped the stroke average and almost won the inaugural Race to Dubai while Harrington floundered in swing tinkering hell for half the season before exploding into life in August.

But if you add together their ranking in the nine Genworth Financial Statistics categories, Harrington finished an average of six places ahead of McIlroy.

Click to read more ...