England's Justin Rose and Adam Scott of Australia will face off in a mouthwatering pairing in the opening two rounds of the Australian Open, teeing off at The Lakes in Sydney on Thursday.

Adam Scott donned his first Australian Masters gold winner's jacket when he beat England's Ian Poulter by four shots on Sunday and said it made up "in a small way" for his capitulation at the British Open.

Defending champion Ian Poulter jumped to a one-stroke lead on Saturday and was poised for a final round battle with world number five Adam Scott at the Australian Masters at Melbourne's Kingston Heath.

Surprise leader Matthew Guyatt was two shots in front at the halfway stage of the Australian Masters Friday but top-ranked rival Adam Scott was still within reach of winning his first title of the year at Melbourne's Kingston Heath.

Defending champion Ian Poulter and Adam Scott fired an ominous warning to their rivals Thursday, carding 67s to lurk just two shots off the lead after the first round of the Australian Masters.

Australia's Adam Scott said Wednesday the format of the Presidents Cup needed to be drastically overhauled or risk living forever in the shadow of the Ryder Cup.

Former US Open winner Graeme McDowell's season could be at an end after he slammed his hand in a hotel door and was left with painful bruising, his manager said Friday.

Triumphant European Ryder Cup players Ian Poulter and Graeme McDowell and Australia's Jason Day are among 18 players who will take part in the World Challenge hosted by Tiger Woods.

Tiger Woods served notice that he has regained his top form with the Masters approaching, firing a seven-under par 65 on Friday to share the lead at the US PGA Arnold Palmer Invitational.

Tiger Woods served notice that he has regained top form with the Masters less than two weeks away, grabbing the clubhouse lead on Friday at the PGA Arnold Palmer Invitational.

New Zealand's David Smail showed no signs of rustiness after a three-month break to take the clubhouse lead after the first round of the $1 million Enjoy Jakarta Indonesia Open on Thursday.

Injury-nagged Tiger Woods fired a par 72 at Lake Nona on Tuesday in the second and final round of the Tavistock Cup exhibition event as his Albany team stumbled to a last-place finish.

Tiger Woods made his return from a left Achilles tendon injury at the $2.15 million Tavistock Cup on Monday, joining Justin Rose in a nine-under par 63 four-ball pairing for Team Albany.

Tiger Woods said that he has suffered only a mild strain of his left Achilles tendon and that he is hopeful of playing in the US PGA Arnold Palmer Invitational next week as planned.

Another injury scare for Tiger Woods has the golf world wondering if the 14-time major champion will ever win again, much less challenge the all-time record of 18 major titles won by Jack Nicklaus.

Tiger Woods pulled out of the fourth round of the Cadillac Championship at Doral on Sunday with an unspecified left leg injury, a worrying setback less than a month before the Masters.

Tiger Woods pulled out of the fourth round of the Cadillac Championship at Doral on Sunday with an unspecified leg injury, a worrying setback less than a month before the Masters.

A testy Tiger Woods shut down questions about former coach Hank Haney's book about him on Wednesday in a sometimes contentious pre-tournament press conference at the Honda Classic.

Tiger Woods, trying to win his first US PGA title since September 2009, will play the Honda Classic for the first time since his amateur days and compete in the next two World Golf Championships events.

(Reuters) - Former world number one Tiger Woods will play in next month's $1.02 million Honda Classic for the first time as a professional.