US President Barack Obama marveled that playing golf with Tiger Woods was like teeing it up with someone from "another planet."

Asian golf returns this week with the search intensifying for a first global superstar to lead the region into a bright and innovative future -- and put its current squabbles in the shade.

Tiger Woods provided a glimpse at his private weekend round of golf with US President Barack Obama, saying on Tuesday that it had been a "pretty cool" experience.

World number one Rory McIlroy and number two Tiger Woods will face familiar foes in the opening round of the World Golf Championships Match Play Championship on Wednesday.

Southern California native John Merrick captured his first US PGA Tour title with a playoff triumph over Charlie Beljan at Riviera Country Club.

US President Barack Obama played a round with Tiger Woods on Sunday, crowning a buddies golf trip with his long-awaited first match-up with the 14-time major champion.

President Barack Obama practiced his putting technique with friends in balmy Florida on Saturday under the watchful eye of Butch Harmon, who once coached Tiger Woods.

Defending champion Bill Haas fired a seven-under par 64 on Saturday to seize a three-stroke lead after the third round at the $6.6 million US PGA Tour Northern Trust Open.

South Korea's Sang-moon Bae birdied nine holes en route to a six-under 65 that left him tied with Sweden's Fredrik Jacobson in the second round of the Northern Trust Open.

South Korea's Sang-moon Bae seized the clubhouse lead in the second round of the Northern Trust Open on Friday, positioning himself for a run at a first US PGA Tour title.

Once he obsessed over swing states, now he has the luxury of worrying about the state of his own swing.

Golf's Asian Tour outlined a glittering vision for the future and took a swipe at rival OneAsia as it held celebrations to mark the start of its 10th season on Friday.

The US Men's Public Links Championship, an amateur event whose winner earns a berth in the Masters, and its women's version are being ended after 2014, the US Golf Association (USGA) said Monday.

Brandt Snedeker, runner-up to Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson in the past two weeks, fired a four-under par 68 Saturday to share the lead after 54 holes at the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.

Russell Knox matched his career low on the PGA Tour by firing a six-under par 64 to seize a share of the first-round lead at the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.

Disgraced US cyclist Lance Armstrong, who confessed last month to doping after being stripped of his seven Tour de France titles last year, tops the new Forbes magazine list of most disliked US athletes.

Phil Mickelson birdied the last four holes to fire a seven-under 64, grabbing a six-stroke lead at the Phoenix Open with the second-lowest 54-hole score in US PGA Tour history.

Phil Mickelson maintained a four-stroke lead at the Phoenix Open, despite denting an otherwise strong second round with a double bogey at the 18th hole.

Phil Mickelson came tantalizingly close to golf's magic number of 59, a near-miss at his last hole leaving him with a 60 and a four-shot lead in the US PGA Tour Phoenix Open.

Phil Mickelson came tantalizingly close to golf's magic number of 59, a near-miss at his last hole leaving him with a 60 and a four-shot lead in the US PGA Tour Phoenix Open.