Tiger Woods is teaming with Jim Furyk for the U.S. as Day Two of the Presidents Cup at Royal Montreal Golf Club gets under way with four ball. Woods and Furyk will be playing the International team’s Vijay Singh and Stuart Appleby. Other matchups for Friday: Phil Mickelson and Hunter Mahan take on Angel Cabrera and Retief Goosen; Zach Johnson and Charles Howell III play Ernie Els and Mike Weir; Steve Stricker and Scott Verplank play Adam Scott and K.J. Choi; Stewart Cink and Lucas Glover take on Geoff Ogilvy and Nick O’Hern and Woody Austin and David Toms play ...

The 2007 Presidents Cup opening match ups are set and the competition between the U.S. and International teams is set to begin at Royal Montreal Golf Club. Among the featured battles will be Tiger Woods wand Charles Howell III taking on the team of K.J. Choi and Nick O’Hern, and Phil Mickelson and Woody Austin playing Vijay Singh and Mike Weir. … Se Ri Pak was enshrined in the World Golf Hall of Fame, becoming just the 19th player to earn the required amount of points for the honor. In her illustrious 10-year career thus far, Pak has accumulated 24 LPGA ...

The Royal & Ancient Golf Club announced the venues for the 2011 and 2012 British Opens yesterday. Royal St. George’s will host the 2011 event, followed the next year by Royal Lytham & St. Annes. It will be the former club’s 14th time hosting the British Open since 1894 … The Presidents Cup kicks off tomorrow at Royal Montreal Golf Club in Montreal, Canada. The U.S. team is the defending champion and is led by Tiger Woods … At GolfIllinois.com, Kiel Christianson writes about Hickory Ridge in Carbondale, a “must play” round of golf on the Southern Illinois Golf Trail.

Tiger Woods said yesterday that any golfer who violates the PGA Tour’s new performance-enhancing drug policy, which will begin in 2008, should be severely penalized … “Given our reputation in our sport, how honorable our sport is and always has been and will continue to be, I think that the penalty has got to be somewhat significant,” Woods said in a conference call. The tour has not announced the full list of banned substances and is still working out many of the details of the program … Mark Wiebe won in his first start on the Champions Tour last weekend. The two-time PGA ...

Steve Flesch won the Turning Stone Resort Championship Sunday with a final round 1-over-par 73. Flesch defeated Michael Allen by two shots in his second PGA Tour victory of 2007, marking quite a turn around for a guy who missed the cut in half of the first 20 tour events he entered this year … Meanwhile, Lee Westwood shot a final round 7-under-par 65 to win the British Masters Sunday. Westwood made two huge putts on the last three holes for his second victory of 2007. “I’m delighted to win,” Westwood told reporters. “This is a very prestigious tournament in Britain, and ...

The Fall portion of the PGA Tour is underway in New York, and Jeff Gove and Chad Campbell both shot 65s to take the lead after the first round of the Turning Stone Resort Championship. … Jim McGovern, Nicholas Thompson, Jeff Klauk and Brendan Pappas all shot 63s to share the lead after the first round of the Nationwide Tour’s Albertsons Boise Open. … Sweden’s Martin Erlandsson shot a 9-under 63 to take the lead after the first round of the British Masters. Jarmo Sandelin and Richard Sterne are two shots back. … Pete Dye’s Bulle Rock in Havre de Grace may be ...

The major golf organizations of the world have released a new drug policy they will follow starting in 2008. Below is the press release describing the new rules: “Leading Golf Organisations Come Together to Develop Anti-Doping Policy for Golf” ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. – The major governing organisations in golf today announced that they have agreed in principle to an anti-doping policy for professional golf on a global basis that will be accomplished in two phases. The first phase of the policy, which has been completed, encompasses the development of The Model ...

Organizers of The Masters have already made the PGA Tour happy by agreeing to offer the top 30 in the FedEx Cup points standings invitations to the prestigious event, and the tour has asked the U.S. Open and British Open to do the same. The tour recently sent both organizations letters asking that the money list and FedEx Cup points standings be used, and discussions are ongoing, according to Andy Pazder, the tour’s vice president of competition … Head to Barona Valley Ranch Resort and Casino in Lakeside, Calif., for great golf and gaming, Kiel Christianson writes at GolfCalifornia.com.

The organizers of The Masters have probably made PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem very happy. The prestigious tournament has announced it will invite the top 30 in the final FedEx Cup standings to compete in next year’s event. The top 30 players from the final money list will also get a nod … After months of anticipation about the PGA Tour’s plans to instate a performance-enhancing drug testing policy, the tour is making an official announcement this week. Commissioner Tim Finchem is expected to announce the tour’s new drug policy in a conference call as early as Thursday … In the TravelGolf.com ...

The marriage of golfer Greg Norman and Laura Andrassy is officially over, as the two have reached terms on their divorce. Norman has been romantically linked with former tennis star Chris Evert. … While Tiger Woods left no doubt about it, after the FedEx numbers were dissected, it was found that he could have sat out the Tour Championship and still been the FedEx Cup champion. … More than six months after a crash that involved PGA Tour player Arjun Atwal and resulted in the death of a Florida businessman, the Florida Highway Patrol will submit a final accident report to the ...

Tiger Woods shot a 4-under-par 66 Sunday to win the Tour Championship and the inaugural FedEX Cup title. Woods won by eight strokes in his second consecutive victory in the tour’s playoffs, beating the Tour Championship record by six shots along the way. Zach Johnson and Mark Calcavecchia finished second … The Americans won the Solheim Cup this weekend in Halmstad, Sweden. The team defeated Europe in a 16-12 decision for only its second victory in a foreign country … Meanwhile, R.W. Eaks won the Greater Hickory Classic Sunday for his second Champions Tour title of the year. He finished with ...

Tiger Woods goes into the final round of the Tour Championship on Sunday at 19-under, three shots up. And with Phil Mickelson, Steve Stricker, Rory Sabbatini and K.J. Choi all struggling, Woods is nearly a shoe-in to claim the first-ever FedEx Cup title, as well as his seventh PGA Tour victory this season … The U.S. team held off Europe and retained the Solheim Cup. Juli Inkster, Pat Hurst, Angela Stanford, Morgan Pressel, Paula Creamer and Stacy Prammanasudh all grabbed victories in singles as the U.S. team cruised to a 16-12 win in Halmstad, Sweden.

Zach Johnson was on fire on Saturday at East Lake Golf Course in Atlanta, as he flirted with the magic number of 59, shooting a 60 in the third round of the Tour Championship. Johnson, winner of the 2007 Masters, pulled with in two shots of Tiger Woods, who was sitting at 15 under and was 2-under after nine holes of his third round. Check back to WorldGolf.com for all PGA Tour news.

Tiger Woods shot a 28 for his first nine holes and played at par the rest of the way, finishing with a 63 at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta to take a three-shot lead at the Tour Championship, the final tournament in the PGA Tour’s new FedEx Cup. At one point Woods had five consecutive birdies as he stretched his lead over second-place Woody Austin. Phil Mickelson is seven shots back. … Laura Davies used some miraculous work on the 16th hole to save par and to keep the U.S. on top or Europe, 4½-3½ after Day 1 of the ...

Tim Clark went 8 under yesterday to grab the first round lead at the final event of the inaugural FedEx Cup, the Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta. Clark’s course-record tying 62 puts him one up on British Open champion Padraig Harrington … Meanwhile, Lee Westwood shot an 11-under-par 61 yesterday to lead the Mercedes Benz Championship. Westwood, the former No. 1 golfer in Europe, has a four-stroke lead over Soren Hansen … At GolfCarolina.com, Tim McDonald writes about the improvements being planned for Legend Oaks Golf Club outside Charleston, S.C.

The Tour Championship, the final event of the inaugural FedEx Cup playoffs, starts today at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta. Both Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson are competing, a clear indication the playoffs are a success, says ESPN.com’s Jason Sobel. Sobel points out that both golfers skipped the event after a long season last year, and that their participation is a signal the FedEX Cup isn’t a complete flop … Meanwhile, Tiger Woods is skipping the PGA Grand Slam of Golf in Bermuda to spend time with his daughter. Jim Furyk will take Woods’ place in the four-man field at ...

The good news for the PGA Tour in the days before the final event of the FedEx Cup playoffs, the Tour Championship, is that the greens at East Lake Golf Club aren’t nearly as bad as expected. The heat-damaged greens are expected to roll slower than usual but won’t be nearly as inconsistent as feared. “I think the greens will be rolling about 9 to 9.5, and we’re not going to press them too much on the speed,” PGA Tour tournament director Mark Russell told the media. “We’re just going to play it by ear day by day, but I ...

The PGA Tour’s inaugural FedEx Cup playoffs come to a close this week at the Tour Championship at Atlanta’s East Lake Golf Club. Five players have a chance to win the playoffs, with Tiger Woods and Steve Stricker both having the possibility to become overall champion with a victory this week. Phil Mickelson needs to win and have Woods finish lower than a solo second. Rory Sabbatini and K.J. Choi are also in the hunt, if pretty far off the pace … Meanwhile, the tour is allowing players to practice on the majority of holes at East Lake Golf Club for ...

Tiger Woods won the BMW Championship yesterday after a final round 8-under-par 63. He defeated Aaron Baddeley by two strokes for his sixth PGA Tour victory of the season. He now leads the FedEx Cup points race with one event remaining … America won the Walker Cup Sunday in Newcastle, Northern Ireland, in the team’s first victory away from home in 16 years. Jonathan Moore made an eagle putt on the 18th hole to seal the victory … Meanwhile, Brett Rumford made a 30-foot chip on the first playoff hole to defeat Philip Archer at the European Masters Sunday. Rumford conceded that ...

Steve Stricker (64) and Aaron Baddeley (65) share the lead at the BMW Championship with Tiger Woods (65) one behind as the top three pulled away from the field at Cog Hill. Striker is looking for his second victory in the four-tournament FedEx Cup playoffs, after winning The Barclays. … The U.S. team took commanding lead at the Walker Cup by winning all four of the foursomes matches over Great Britain and Ireland on Sunday morning to lead 10-6 with eight singles matches left to play. … Heavy rain could give amateur Stacy Lewis an unlikely LPGA Tour victory as the LPGA ...

A crowded leaderboard at the BMW Championship sees Aaron Baddeley and Jonatan Byrd on top, but with FedEx Cup front-runners Tiger Woods and Steve Stricker just a shot behind. Woods has two consecutive 67s to sit at 8-under, along with Stricker, Justin Rose and Camilo Villegas, all one shot behind the pacesetters as weekend play begins at Cog Hill … Australia’s Robert Allenby, whose place in next week’s Tour Championship appears secure despite being 10 shots back at the BMW Championship, saw his caddie, Matthew Tritton, quit on him on the 16th hole on Friday … Oliver Wilson goes into the weekend ...

Jonathan Byrd shot a 7-under 64 to take the lead after the first round of the PGA Tour’s BMW Championship in Lemont, Ill. Justin Rose and Camilo Villegas are both one shot off the pace, while Tiger Woods is one of five players three shots back at 4-under. Arron Oberholser, who finished tied for second at last week’s Deutsche Bank Championship, was forced to withdraw from the event at Cog Hill with a hand and wrist injuries. … A heat wave in Atlanta means PGA Tour players could be forced to play on poor greens for the FedEx Cup finale at ...

The third event in the FedEx Cup playoffs, the BMW Championship, kicks off today at Cog Hill. Though FedEx Cup points leader Phil Mickelson is not competing, the field includes Tiger Woods and Vijay Singh, among other top PGA Tour stars … A coffee table book on the career of Jack Nicklaus titled “Simply the Best!” hits bookstore shelves this week. The 328-page tribute includes more than 600 photos, some of which the Golden Bear himself had never seen … At TravelGolf.com, Tim McDonald writes about Patriot Hills Golf Club, a great layout with cheap green fees in the Smoky Mountains.

Phil Mickelson, who defeated Tiger Woods down the stretch at the Deutsche Bank Championship last weekend and jumped to the top of the FedEx Cup points race, has withdrawn from this week’s BMW Championship … Mickelson did not give a specific reason for pulling out, only telling Golf World: “I feel an obligation to the PGA Tour, but I also want to be home with my family.” In a later statement, Mickelson said: “This decision was not an easy one to make and in no way is meant as disrespectful to the Tour or ’sending a message’ to anyone. I’ve talked for ...

Phil Mickelson shot a 5-under-par 66 yesterday to win the Deutsche Bank Championship. Mickelson went head to head with Tiger Woods in the final round and for the first time came out on top. It was Mickelson’s first PGA Tour win since The Players Championship in May … Meanwhile, Marc Warren became the first Scot to win the Johnnie Walker Championship when he birdied the second hole of a playoff Sunday against Simon Wakefield … “It was a dream come true,” Warren told the media. “The support of the Scottish crowd was priceless.” At MichiganGolf.com, Brandon Tucker writes about playing summer golf in ...

Brett Wetterich has the lead at the Deutsche Bank Championship going into the final round today. He shot a 5-under-par 66 yesterday to go one up on Arron Oberholser. Phil Mickelson is in third, and Tiger Woods is tied for fourth. Mickelson and Woods will be paired in the final round for the first time since the Ford Championship at Doral … Sherri Steinhauer sank a 23-foot putt to win the LPGA State Farm Classic yesterday. The 2006 Women’s British Open champion shot a final-round 5-under 67 to earn her eighth career title … Meanwhile, Gil Morgan defeated Hale Irwin by two ...